Spiral valve parasites of blue and common thresher sharks as indicators of shark feeding behaviour and ecology

A Preti, K MacKenzie, KA Spivey, LR Noble… - Journal of Fish …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study documented the parasite faunas of the spiral valves of blue sharks Prionace
glauca (L. 1758) and common thresher sharks Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) caught …

[HTML][HTML] Comunidades de parásitos de dos tiburones, Etmopterus granulosus (Squaliformes) y Schroederichthys bivius (Carcharhiniformes), del sur de Chile

G Muñoz, S Hernández, FD Cartes - Anales del Instituto de la …, 2021 - SciELO Chile
The purpose of this study was to analyze the parasite community of two shark species from
Southern Chile considering that the shark-parasite association in the area is poorly known …

Parasites of the blue shark (Prionace glauca L.), in the North-East Atlantic Ocean

AC Henderson, K Flannery, J Dunne - Journal of Natural History, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
A total of 159 blue sharks, ranging in length from 64 to 228 cm, was collected from the tuna
drift-net fishery operating in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, and a parasite analysis …

Parasitic copepods of the narrownose smooth-hound shark Mustelus schmitti (Chondrichthyes: Triakidae) from Argentina

JA Etchegoin, VA Ivanov - Folia Parasitologica, 2013 - folia.paru.cas.cz
The parasitic copepod fauna of 182 specimens of Mustelus schmitti Springer from the coast
of Mar del Plata, Argentina was investigated. Three species of parasitic copepods were …

Parasite assemblages of three endemic catshark species from the west and south coasts of South Africa

EM Yeld - 2009 - open.uct.ac.za
This study focused on the parasite assemblages of three catshark (Elasmobranchii:
Scyliorhinidae) species: the dark shyshark, Haploblepharus pictus, the puffadder shyshark …

Larval parasite gene sequence data reveal cryptic trophic links in life cycles of porbeagle shark tapeworms

HS Randhawa, P Brickle - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2011 - int-res.com
The lack of information on marine tapeworm life cycles can be addressed with knowledge
derived from trophic interactions in marine environments. These trophically transmitted …

Sharks are the preferred scraping surface for large pelagic fishes: Possible implications for parasite removal and fitness in a changing ocean

CDH Thompson, JJ Meeuwig - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Mutualistic and commensal interactions can have significant positive impacts on animal
fitness and survival. However, behavioural interactions between pelagic animals living in …

[HTML][HTML] Metazoan parasite communities of two deep-sea elasmobranchs: the southern lanternshark, Etmopterus granulosus, and the largenose catshark, Apristurus …

JF Espínola-Novelo, R Escribano, ME Oliva - Parasite, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Two deep-sea shark species were obtained as by-catch of the local fishery of the
Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides, at depths ranging from 1000 to 2200 m off …

Endohelminth parasites of the leafscale gulper shark, Centrophorus squamosus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Squaliformes:Centrophoridae) off Madeira Archipelago

G Costa, T Chada, E Melo-Moreira, S Cavallero… - Acta Parasitologica, 2014 - Springer
The endohelminth parasite fauna of a deep water shark, the leafscale gulper shark,
Centrophorus squamosus, examined from Madeiran waters, from September 2009 to …

Parasites and prey of the nursehound shark Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758): Insights into hidden trophic web interactions in the Mediterranean Sea

M Santoro, B Bellisario… - Journal of Fish …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The metazoan parasite community and the stomach contents of the nursehound shark
Scyliorhinus stellaris from the Gulf of Naples (central Mediterranean Sea) were studied. The …