Les Monogènes Capsalinae parasites des thons de l’Atlantique tropical oriental

Metazoan gill parasites of wild albacore Thunnus alalunga (Bonaterre, 1788) from the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean) and their use as biological tags

“…Fresh and mounted parasites were micrographed and measured with a digital sys- tem. Among the literature used for species identification: Bussieras (1972), Chisholm and Whittington (2007), Lamothe-Argumedo (1997), Palombi (1949) and Price (1939) for monogeneans; Ariola (1902), Guiart (1938), Ishii (1935), Legendre (1940), Pozdnyakov (1990), Pozdnyakov and Gibson (2008) and Yamaguti (1958Yamaguti ( , 1970 for didymozoids; Brian (1906), Hewitt (1969) and Kabata (1992) for copepods; Bruce (1983), Brusca and Iverson (1985), Haswell (1882) and Richardson (1905) for isopods. Prevalence (P%), range of intensity (IR) and mean intensity (MI) of each parasite species were calculated according to Bush et al (1997).…”

Diversity of Monogenoidea parasitizing scombrid fishes from Rio de Janeiro coast, Brazil

“…In the Pacific Ocean it was reported by Egorova (2000) from an unidentified scombrid fish. N. klawei was referred in the Atlantic Ocean parasitizing T. albacares by Bussiéras andBaudin-Laurencin (1967, 1973), Bussiéras (1972), Williams Jr. and Bunkley- Williams (1996) and redescribed by Kohn et al (2004). Ours specimens correspond to the description presented by Kohn et al (2004) Allopseudaxinoides euthynni Yamaguti, 1965 Host: K. pelamis (new host record).…”

“…Allopseudaxinoides euthynni Bussiéras and Baudin-Laurencin (1970) and by Bussiéras (1972) and as Caballerocotyla neothunni by Kohn and Justo (2006). (Ishii, 1936) Price, 1938 Synonym: Caballerocotyla llewelyni Kohn & Justo, 2006 [sic] Hosts Remarks: Capsala katsuwoni was described by Ishii (1936) as Tristoma katsuwonum from Pacific.…”

Skin lesions on yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares from Gulf of Mexico outer continental shelf: Morphological, molecular, and histological diagnosis of infection by a capsalid monogenoid

“…Regarding the haptor, Bussiéras [13] designated two subspecies for C. abidjani based upon the presence of a strikingly small haptor in specimens (as Caballerocotyla abidjani microcotyla) collected from the inner surface of the operculum of yellowfin tuna and blackfin tuna, Thunnus obesus, captured in the eastern Atlantic Ocean ( Table 1). The cephalothorax of parasitic copepods seemingly offers little space for attachment by large-bodied capsalines that each have a correspondingly large haptor, and Bussiéras's [13] observation of a small haptor may be related to the worm's habit of attaching to the copepod.…”