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The common dab as definitive host for the Pennellid copepods Lernaeocera branchialis and Haemobaphes cyclopterina
Author(s) -
Begg G. S.,
Bruno D. W.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb00705.x
Subject(s) - biology , host (biology) , zoology , ecology
Seven (0.039%) and five (0·028%) of 18 163 common dab from the east coast of Scotland were definitive hosts to Lernaeocera branchialis and to Haemobaphes cyclopterina , respectively. Both represent new host records. Muscle necrosis and localized haemorrhage were associated with H. cyclopterina infestation and as described from other definitive hosts.