Cestodes from deep-water squaliform sharks in the Azores

Caira, Janine N.; Pickering, Maria

doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.08.008

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“…Data on the parasite fauna of elasmobranchs in general (MacKenzie, 2002;Caira & Healy, 2004) and of E. spinax in particular, however, are still scarce. Although isolated records of parasite species in this host exist (Klimpel et al, 2009;Noever et al, 2010;Caira & Pickering, 2013), there is a single survey on the parasite fauna of this host based on the examination of juvenile fish from the Norwegian Deep (Klimpel et al, 2003).…”

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Metazoan parasite communities and diet of the velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae): a comparison of two deep‐sea ecosystems

Isbert

Rodríguez-Cabello

Frutos

et al. 2014

Journal of Fish Biology

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By combining an examination of stomach contents yielding a snapshot of the most recent trophic niche and the structure of parasite communities reflecting a long-term feeding niche, this study aimed at gaining more comprehensive information on the role of the small-sized deep-water velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax in the local food webs of the Galicia Bank and the canyon and valley system of the Avilés Canyon, which have been both proposed for inclusion in the Natura 2000 network of protected areas. As far as is known, this study provides the first comparative parasite infracommunity data for a deep-sea shark species. Component parasite communities in E. spinax were relatively rich, whereas the infracommunities were rather depauperate, with similar low diversity at both localities. The significant differences in the composition and structure of both parasite communities and prey assemblages indicate differential effects of the two deep-sea ecosystems on both long-term and most recent trophic niches of E. spinax. These results underline the importance of the use of multivariate analyses for the assessment of geographical variation in shark populations based on parasites and diet data.

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Metazoan parasite communities and diet of the velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae): a comparison of two deep‐sea ecosystems

Isbert

Rodríguez-Cabello

Frutos

et al. 2014

Journal of Fish Biology

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“…The shark Centroscymnus coelolepis is known to include Alepocephalus sp. in its diet (du Buit, 1983) and Caira and Pickering (2013) found adult phyllobothriids in the shark C. coelolepis off Azores. Further research on A. rostratus predators and their parasites is needed to better understand the role of this fish in Phyllobothrinae gen. sp.…”

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Parasite communities of the deep-sea fish Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820 in the Balearic Sea (NW Mediterranean) along the slope and relationships with enzymatic biomarkers and health indicators

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Constenla

Padrós

et al. 2015

Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

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“…The majority of the cestodes infecting deep-water fishes appear to be larval stages belonging to the order Tetraphyllidea, and adults of the order Trypanorhyncha. Larval trypanorynchs were also found in some deep-water sharks [18,40,47,48]. Acanthocephala are poorly represented in the deep-water habitat, with only 3 species found to date [7,17,49].…”

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“…Summarizing, to date 1 haematozoan, 2 microsporidians, 3 myxozoans, 5 monogeneans, 17 digenean, 28 cestodes, 3 acanthocephalans, 12 nematodes and 9 crustaceans, have been found in the 30 different deep-water fishes from the Macaronesian region. Although the parasite fauna of deep-water squaliform sharks appears to be depauperate in comparison to the parasite fauna of deep-water carcharhiniforms [18,40,53], it would be worthwhile to conduct more research, including surveys of more host species, to understand better the dynamics of parasite transmission in the deep sea.…”

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“…Larval stages of cestodes, of the orders Trypanorhyncha and Tetraphyllidae, were transmitted to the black scabbard fish, by feeding on cephalopods and crustaceans, as well as on mesopelagic fishes [6,17]. In the deep water realm trypanorhynchs of the families Aporhynchidae, Gilquinidae and larval tetraphyllideans are the most common cestodes infecting fishes and sharks [18,40,47,48]. Nevertheless, trypanorhynchs of the families Tentaculariidae and Sphyriocephalidae, common parasites of epipelagic and mesopelagic fishes, were additionally found in the black-scabbard fish and the conger eel [9,17,54].…”

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A Review of the Parasites of Deep-Water Fishes from Macaronesian Islands, North-East Atlantic Ocean

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Santos³

et al. 2018

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The deep-water fish fauna of Macaronesian islands is currently estimated at a total of 1029 different fish species, but records of both ecto- and endoparasites are from only about 30 of those species. This fact presents an exciting field of research for scientists interested in fish parasitology, by exploring the structure of parasite communities and their connections with ecological and oceanographic variables. Research on the effect of climatic changes on the parasite faunas, on the occurrence of fish parasites in man and its impact on human health, has not been carried out to date. The present review aims to collate our present knowledge about the parasites of deep-water fishes of Macaronesia, and to suggest directions for future research on the parasites of fishes from the deepwater realm. A checklist of the parasites infecting the deep-water fishes from this region is included.

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Cestodes from deep-water squaliform sharks in the Azores

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

Metazoan parasite communities and diet of the velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae): a comparison of two deep‐sea ecosystems

Metazoan parasite communities and diet of the velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae): a comparison of two deep‐sea ecosystems

Parasite communities of the deep-sea fish Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820 in the Balearic Sea (NW Mediterranean) along the slope and relationships with enzymatic biomarkers and health indicators

A Review of the Parasites of Deep-Water Fishes from Macaronesian Islands, North-East Atlantic Ocean

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