Rodríguez-Santiago, M.A., S. Gómez & M.I. Grano-Maldonado. (2015). New Records Of Parasitic Copepods (Copepoda: Pandaridae, Eudactylinidae, Caligidae) On Five Shark Species (Pisces: Elasmobranchia) In The Gulf Of Mexico. Nuevos Registros De Copépodos Parásitos (Copepoda: Pandaridae, Eudactylinidae, Caligidae) En Cinco Especies De Tiburones (Pisces: Elasmobranchia) En El Golfo De México. Neotropical Helminthology. 9(1):177-182.

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10.24039/rnh201591786 [view]

Rodríguez-Santiago, M.A., S. Gómez & M.I. Grano-Maldonado

2015

9(1):177-182.

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The present study is part of an ongoing survey of the parasitic copepods on fishes from coastal waters in Campeche State (Southern Gulf of Mexico). The aim of this work is to describe the parasitic copepod species found on five shark species: Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839), Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839), Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827), Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (Richardson, 1836), and Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758). Except for R. terraenovae, all shark species were at least infected with one copepod species. A total of eight copepod species were found: Nesippus orientalis Heller, 1865, Nemesis sp. and Paralebion elongatus Wilson C.B., 1911 on C. leucas (n = 6); Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson C.B., 1908, Lepeophtheirus longispinosus Wilson C.B., 1908 and Pandarus sinuatus Say, 1818 on C. limbatus (n = 9); Pandarus sp. on C. plumbeus (n = 4); and Eudactylina longispina Bere, 1936 on S. tiburo (n = 24). The occurrence of these copepod species on these sharks from the Gulf of Mexico constitutes new host records and extends their known geographical distribution, and contributes to the knowledge of the biodiversity of parasitic copepods in Mexico.

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