What is it about?
The metazoan parasites of two flatfish, Solea solea and Arnoglossus laterna in Black Sea were examined for metazoan parasites. A total of 15 metazoan parasites were identified. These are Lecithochirium musculus, Condylocotyla pilodora, Proctoeces maculatus, Helicometra sp., Metadena sp., Stephanostomum sp., Scolex pleuronectis, Grillotia erinaceus, Progrillotia sp., Capillaria gracilis, Hysterothylacium aduncum, Dichelyne minutus, Cucullanus campanae, Solearhynchus rhytidotes and Nerocila orbignyi. A Overall prevalence and mean intensity values were recorded as 97.86% - 27.58 for S. solea and 100% - 106.59 for A. laterna respectively.
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Why is it important?
This study is the first on the metazoan parasites both of S. solea and A. laterna collected from the Turkish coast of Black Sea. While Con-dylocotyle pilodora and Capillaria gracilis are new parasite records for S. solea, Grillotia erinecaus is new parasite record for A. laterna. Moreover, this paper is the first report on existence of Helicometra, Metadena and Stephanostomum genera in S. solea.
Perspectives
This study, which is aimed to determine the parasites of two economically important fish species, may be the basis of other parasitological studies as it is the first study in the region.
Türkay Öztürk
Sinop Universitesi
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This page is a summary of: Metazoan parasites of common sole (Solea solea) and scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) (Pleuronectiformes) from Sinop coast of Black Sea, Helminthologia, June 2019, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.2478/helm-2019-0009.
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