Acta Adriatica, Vol. 58 No. 2, 2017.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.58.2.3
On the presence of Pontobdella muricata (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) on some elasmobranchs of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Central Mediterranean)
Teresa BOTTARI
; Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC), National Research Council (CNR), Spianata S. Raineri, 86 98122 Messina, Italy
Adriana PROFETA
; Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC), National Research Council (CNR), Spianata S. Raineri, 86 98122 Messina, Italy
Paola RINELLI
; Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC), National Research Council (CNR), Spianata S. Raineri, 86 98122 Messina, Italy
Gabriella GAGLIO
; Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Messina, Polo Universitario SS annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy
Gina LA SPADA
; Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC), National Research Council (CNR), Spianata S. Raineri, 86 98122 Messina, Italy
Francesco SMEDILE
; Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Rd., New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
Daniela GIORDANO
; Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC), National Research Council (CNR), Spianata S. Raineri, 86 98122 Messina, Italy
Abstract
This paper provides the first report of the leech, Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The leech was found on the brown ray, Raja miraletus (Linnaeus 1758), and on the spotted ray, Raja montagui (Fowler, 1910), caught by trawling during autumn 2014. Complete sequence of 18S rRNA gene, COI mitochondrial gene and partial sequences of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene corroborate the determination based on morphological characteristics.
Keywords
Pontobdella muricata; parasite; leech; Raja miraletus; Raja montagui; Tyrrhenian Sea
Hrčak ID:
193961
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Publication date:
12.12.2017.
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