<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The fish acanthocephalan fauna of Turkish waters is poorly known. In this study 8 fish species (Merluccius merluccius, Trachurus trachurus, Uranoscopus scaber, Gobius niger, G. cobitis, Scorpaena scrofa, Eutrigla gurnardus, Solea vulgaris) were collected from Gemlik Bay and examined for their acanthocephalan fauna. Four species not previously recorded in fish of Turkish waters were found: Solearhynchus soleae (Echinorhynchidae), Acanthhocephaloides propinquus, Paracanthocephaloides kostylewi (Arhythmacanthidae), and Longicollum pagrosomi (Pomphorhynchidae). The most common species was A. propinquus, a parasite that infects mostly gobiids (G. niger, G. cobitis). Longicollum pagrosomi was a new record for the Mediterranean basin.</p></abstract>

The fish acanthocephalan fauna of Turkish waters is poorly known. In this study 8 fish species (Merluccius merluccius, Trachurus trachurus, Uranoscopus scaber, Gobius niger, G. cobitis, Scorpaena scrofa, Eutrigla gurnardus, Solea vulgaris) were collected from Gemlik Bay and examined for their acanthocephalan fauna. Four species not previously recorded in fish of Turkish waters were found: Solearhynchus soleae (Echinorhynchidae), Acanthhocephaloides propinquus, Paracanthocephaloides kostylewi (Arhythmacanthidae), and Longicollum pagrosomi (Pomphorhynchidae). The most common species was A. propinquus, a parasite that infects mostly gobiids (G. niger, G. cobitis). Longicollum pagrosomi was a new record for the Mediterranean basin.

Occurrence of acanthocephalans in Teleost fishes of Gemlik Bay, Sea of Marmara, Turkey

Biology Department, Faculty of Science and Arts, Ataturk University, 25240, Erzurum, Turkey

Odessa Branch of the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, NAS of Ukraine, Vul. Pushkinska 37, 65011, Odessa, Ukraine

Helminthologia

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The fish acanthocephalan fauna of Turkish waters is poorly known. In this study 8 fish species (Merluccius merluccius, Trachurus trachurus, Uranoscopus scaber,...

Occurrence of acanthocephalans in Teleost fishes of Gemlik Bay, Sea of Marmara, Turkey

Published Online: Jun 01, 2006

Page range: 103 - 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-006-0020-2

Keywords
acanthocephalans, morphology, fishes, Sea of Marmara, taxonomy

© 2006 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Occurrence of acanthocephalans in Teleost fishes of Gemlik Bay, Sea of Marmara, Turkey

Published Online: Jun 01, 2006

Page range: 103 - 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-006-0020-2

Keywordsacanthocephalans, morphology, fishes, Sea of Marmara, taxonomy

© 2006 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
acanthocephalans, morphology, fishes, Sea of Marmara, taxonomy