Benmansour, B., F. Youssef, M. Ben Ali, B. Albogami & F. Boufahja. (2022). The survey of ectoparasites on two species of Triakids (Mustelus mustelus and M. punctulatus) sharks from Tunisian coasts. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 29(5):3610-3616. May 2022.

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10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.02.052 [view]

Benmansour, B., F. Youssef, M. Ben Ali, B. Albogami & F. Boufahja

2022

29(5):3610-3616. May 2022

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Between 2018 and 2020, 696 ?sh belonging to two species of sharks from the Family Triakidae (Mustelus mustelus and M. punctulatus) were collected from the coasts of Tunisia and inspected for parasites. Six copepod taxa (Perissopus dentatus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861, Eudactylinella alba Wilson, 1932, Kroyeria lineata Van Beneden, 1853, Nesippus orientalis Heller, 1865 and Lernaeopoda galei Krøyer, 1837, Kroyeria sp.), four isopod species (Anilocra physodes (Linnaeus, 1758), Emetha audouini (H. Milne Edwards, 1840), Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828) and Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso, 1816)) and two monogenean species (Erpocotyle sp1. And Erpocotyle sp2) were collected. A large number of global host records was reported, including the occurrence of E. audouini on M. mustelus and of Erpocotyle sp.2 on M. punctulatus. The study of the diversity of parasites per host species revealed that M. mustelus had a higher parasitic richness compared to M. punctulatus. In this study, it was provided for the ?rst records on ectoparasites on Triakidae sharks from Tunisian coasts and their infection indices.

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