Parasites of pufferfish, Lagocephalus spp. and Torquigener flavimaculosus of the Israeli Mediterranean: A new case of Lessepsian endoparasites

Gabel, Michael; Unger, Patrick; Theisen, Stefan; Palm, Harry W.; Rothman, Shevy Bat-Sheva; Yitzhak, Nitzan; Morov, Arseniy R.; Stern, Nir

doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.09.003

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“…According to Palm (2004), C. gracilis has a trophically linked 4-host life cycle. In the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, larger fish species such as the bullet tuna Auxis rochei , the little tunny Euthynnus alletteratus , greater amberjack Seriola dumerili and the bluefin tuna act as hosts for the plerocerci of C. gracilis (Abdelsalam et al , 2016; Gabel et al , 2022; Morsy et al , 2022). High infection levels by this parasite have been reported in these hosts.…”

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An update and ecological perspective on certain sentinel helminth endoparasites within the Mediterranean Sea

Palomba,

Marchiori,

Tedesco

et al. 2023

Parasitology

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The Mediterranean Sea is recognized as a marine biodiversity hotspot. This enclosed basin is facing several anthropogenic-driven threats, such as seawater warming, pollution, overfishing, bycatch, intense maritime transport and invasion by alien species. The present review focuses on the diversity and ecology of specific marine trophically transmitted helminth endoparasites (TTHs) of the Mediterranean ecosystems, aiming to elucidate their potential effectiveness as ‘sentinels’ of anthropogenic disturbances in the marine environment. The chosen TTHs comprise cestodes and nematodes sharing complex life cycles, involving organisms from coastal and marine mid/upper-trophic levels as definitive hosts. Anthropogenic disturbances directly impacting the free-living stages of the parasites and their host population demographies can significantly alter the distribution, infection levels and intraspecific genetic variability of these TTHs. Estimating these parameters in TTHs can provide valuable information to assess the stability of marine trophic food webs. Changes in the distribution of particular TTHs species can also serve as indicators of sea temperature variations in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the bioaccumulation of pollutants. The contribution of the chosen TTHs to monitor anthropogenic-driven changes in the Mediterranean Sea, using their measurable attributes at both spatial and temporal scales, is proposed.

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Section: What Are the Most Reported Tths From Organisms Of Mid-high T...mentioning

confidence: 99%

An update and ecological perspective on certain sentinel helminth endoparasites within the Mediterranean Sea

Palomba,

Marchiori,

Tedesco

et al. 2023

Parasitology

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The first report and a new host record of leech fish, Trachelobdella lubrica (Grube, 1840) infecting the gills of Sparus aurata (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Gulf of Bejaia, Algeria

Ramdani

2023

Aquat Res

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This study is to be the first report and new host record of segmented worms in the family Piscicolidae, Trachelobdella lubrica parasitizing Sparus aurata off the coasts of Algeria. Sparus aurata constitutes new host record for Trachelobdella lubrica. 05 specimens of Sparus aurata were examined for their leech parasites. A single specimen of leech species was recovered from the gills of Sparus aurata. Typical characters allowed us to classify the leech as Trachelobdella lubrica.

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Parasites of pufferfish, Lagocephalus spp. and Torquigener flavimaculosus of the Israeli Mediterranean: A new case of Lessepsian endoparasites

Cited by 2 publications

References 83 publications

An update and ecological perspective on certain sentinel helminth endoparasites within the Mediterranean Sea

An update and ecological perspective on certain sentinel helminth endoparasites within the Mediterranean Sea

The first report and a new host record of leech fish, Trachelobdella lubrica (Grube, 1840) infecting the gills of Sparus aurata (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Gulf of Bejaia, Algeria

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