First confirmed record of<i>Mola</i>sp. A in the western Mediterranean Sea: morphological, molecular and parasitological findings

Ahuir-Baraja, Ana Elena; Yamanoue, Yusuke; Kubicek, Lukas

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“…The third clade, Mola sp. B of Yoshita et al (2009), has been equated to M. mola (Yoshita et al 2009;Matsuura 2014;Sawai et al 2018), with residual uncertainties in the nomenclature, as this species appears to include two basin-wide groups (Atlantic vs Pacific), as revealed by phylogenetic analysis (Bass et al 2005;Ahuir-Baraja et al 2017;Sawai et al 2017). Here, the nomenclature follows Sawai et al (2018) by treating Mola sp.…”

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“…However, a legacy of taxonomic confusion (Nyegaard et al 2017;Sawai et al 2018) has obscured a more complex zoogeographical pattern within the Mola species. The traditional view of M. alexandrini being restricted to the South Pacific, with sympatric occurrence with M. mola in Australian waters (Fraser-Brunner 1951), has been challenged in recent years, as molecular, morphological and ecological studies have confirmed that M. alexandrini is found over a wide range in both hemispheres (Yoshita et al 2009;Thys et al 2013Thys et al , 2016Ahuir-Baraja et al 2017;Sawai et al 2018). Prior to its recent description, Mola tecta was mistaken for M. mola or M. ramsayi (now M. alexandrini) and while M. tecta appears to have a circumpolar distribution in temperate waters of the southern hemisphere (Nyegaard et al 2017), little is known of this recently described species.…”

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“…[INSERT FIGURE 7 AND 8 APPROXIMATELY HERE] Both the 'subtropical' and 'temperate' M. alexandrini groups (Yoshita et al 2009;Ahuir-Baraja et al 2017) were found in Australia and New Zealand, with a dominance of the former among the Indian Ocean samples, and the latter among the Pacific Ocean samples. Slightly higher SSTs were associated with sampling of the 'subtropical' group compared to the 'temperate' group.…”

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“…4a). To date, very few Atlantic M. mola have been included in phylogenetic studies anywhere (D-loop: n = 3 [Yoshita et al 2009, this study]; partial Dloop: n = 5 [Bass et al 2005, Ahuir-Baraja et al 2017). One of these Atlantic M. mola specimens was sampled off the south coast of South Africa (Accession number AY940816), which together with our findings, suggests that this clade may have a range extension into the Indian Ocean.…”

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Giant jelly eaters on the line: Species distribution and bycatch of three dominant sunfishes in the Southwest Pacific

Nyegaard

Loneragan

Hall

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Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

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The ocean sunfishes have a long and confusing taxonomic legacy, clouding the global zoogeography of each species and hindering fisheries bycatch assessments. The traditional view of Mola mola as the most common sunfish species worldwide is challenged by our findings from Australia and New Zealand, revealing that three large sunfishes, Masturus lanceolatus, Mola alexandrini and Mola tecta, dominate the tropical/subtropical, warm-temperate and coldtemperate waters here, respectively, while Mola mola-both Pacific and Atlantic clades-is relatively rare. These findings were based on phylogenetic (mtDNA D-loop) and/or morphological species identification of sunfish from longline bycatches (n = 106), natural history museum collections (n = 45) and other sources (n = 12), informed by recent advances in the taxonomy of the genus Mola. Furthermore, separation in species distributions were seen when comparing sampling latitude and sea surface temperature. The findings imply that the longline fisheries observer sunfish data from Australia and New Zealand is a mix of species, and not dominated by M. mola as previously assumed. Mean catch per unit Effort (2001-13) in 1° latitude/longitude grids off Pacific Australia and New Zealand were predominantly < 1 sunfish.1,000 hooks-1 (up to 6.5 in some areas) with no statistical significant upwards or downwards trends detected over time in four fishing ground subareas, each presumably dominated by either Masturus lanceolatus, Mola alexandrini or Mola tecta. Widespread specimen identification errors had previously obscured a more complex Molidae zoogeography in the area, highlighting that phylogenetic analyses of sunfish bycatch globally would benefit species-level conservation status evaluations. 1 Introduction The ocean sunfishes (genera Mola and Masturus, Family Molidae) are a somewhat overlooked group of large teleosts, infamous for their odd shape resembling 'swimming heads' without tails, and for including the world's heaviest bony fish (Sawai et al. 2018). They are difficult to study, but with the advances in modern technology they have experienced a surge in research in recent years, revealing they are not the peculiar, sluggish oddities of nature they have traditionally been considered (e.g. Cartamil and Lowe, 2004; Watanabe and Sato, 2008). Instead, their diet and evidently high numbers worldwide suggest they play an important ecological role as predators of gelatinous zooplankton (Breen et al. 2017; Grémillet et al., 2017; Phillips et al. 2017). Advances in telemetry, digital imagery and other technologies continue to confirm that ocean sunfish are active predators, hunting at depth in dynamic frontal systems (Nakamura et al. 2015; Thys et al. 2015; Sousa et al. 2016a, b). However much of their life history is still unknown, as is the global zoogeography of all taxa in the family. including the generic use of M. mola, are also common in longline fisheries in other parts of the world (e.g.

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Giant jelly eaters on the line: Species distribution and bycatch of three dominant sunfishes in the Southwest Pacific

Nyegaard

Loneragan

Hall

et al. 2018

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

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“…Os peixes da espécie Mola mola pertence a ordem Tetraodontiforme e a família Molidae (Ahuir-Baraja et al, 2017), conhecido popularmente como peixe Lua, peixe Sol ou molas. São encontrados nos oceanos Atlântico e Pacífico (Pope et al, 2010).…”

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Lima²,

Freitas³

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RESUMO. Devido à escassez de trabalhos relacionados ao parasitismo no mundo, sendo assim, percebe-se a importância de realizar uma revisão bibliográfica em artigos científicos, dissertações e teses em bancos de dados e periódicos de fácil acesso para os estudantes e pesquisadores acerca das ocorrências de parasitas em M. mola entre os anos de 1904 -2017. A espécie de peixe conhecida popularmente como peixe lua (Mola mola: Molidae) são encontrados em todos os oceanos do mundo. O parasitismo pode ser uma das possíveis causas de encalhe desta família no Brasil, uma vez que existe um número de publicações cientificas reduzida de relatos de ocorrência da espécie M. mola. Foram encontrados 51 trabalhos relacionados a parasitos da espécie Mola mola no mundo, no estudo foram registradas 44 espécies de parasitos e 9 espécies são sinônimos, ou seja, são parasitos conhecidos por mais de um nome. O estudos possibilitou encontrar a ocorrência de parasitária em M. mola nos cinco filos e nos cinco continentes, destes houve maior registro de ocorrência parasitária na Europa nos filos Platylhelminte (n=28), Arthopoda (n=15) e Nematoda (n=1) e na América os filos Acanthocephala (n=1), Platylhelmintes (n=27) e Arthopoda (n=15), Oceania Platylhelmintes (n=7), Nematoda (n=1) e Arthopoda (n=14), na Ásia foram registrados os filos Platylhelmintes (n=3) e Arthopoda (n=5), na África foram registrados estudos apenas no filo Arthopoda (n=10) e algumas espécies os artigos científicos não identificaram o localidade do parasito encontrado impossibilitando de registrar o continente (NI) apresentou registro de parasitos nos filos Platylhelmintes (n=7), Arthopoda (n=3). Percebe-se a importância dos trabalhos de revisão de literatura, pois facilita o trabalho de futuros pesquisadores em agilizar a pesquisa.Palavras chave: Parasitismo, peixe sol, platelmintos, sunfish Check List of the parasites of the ocean sunfish (Mola mola: Molidae) fish in the world ABSTRACT. Due to the scarcity of works related to parasitism in the world, it is important to carry out a bibliographic review of scientific articles, dissertations and theses in databases and journals that are easily accessible to students and researchers about the occurrence of parasites in M. spring between the years of 1904 -2017. A species of fish popularly known as moon fish (Mola mola: Molidae) has been found in every ocean in the world. Parasitism may be one of the next causes of family sweeping in Brazil, since there are a number of reduced scientific reports of occurrences of M. mola species. The studies made it possible to find parasitic occurrence in M. mola in the five phyla and in the five continents, of which there was a higher parasitic occurrence in Europe in the Platylhelminte (n = 28), Arthopoda (n = 15) and Nematoda (n =1), and in America the phyla Acanthocephala (n = 1), Platylhelmintes (n = 27) and Arthopoda (n = 15), Oceania

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Redescription of the bump-head sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1839), senior synonym of Mola ramsayi (Giglioli 1883), with designation of a neotype for Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)

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First confirmed record ofMolasp. A in the western Mediterranean Sea: morphological, molecular and parasitological findings

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Giant jelly eaters on the line: Species distribution and bycatch of three dominant sunfishes in the Southwest Pacific

Giant jelly eaters on the line: Species distribution and bycatch of three dominant sunfishes in the Southwest Pacific

Check List of the parasites of the ocean sunfish (Mola mola: Molidae) fish in the world

Redescription of the bump-head sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1839), senior synonym of Mola ramsayi (Giglioli 1883), with designation of a neotype for Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758) (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae)

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