New Locality Records for Dermophthirius carcharhini (Monogenea: Microbothriidae) and Dermophthirius maccallumi and a List of Hosts and Localities for Species of Dermophthirius

Authors

Stephen A. Bullard, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Susan M. Dippenaar, University of the North
Eric R. Hoffmayer, University of MississippiFollow
George W. Benz, Tennessee Aquarium Research Institute and Tennessee AquariumFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Department

Coastal Sciences, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

Abstract

We report Dermophthirius carcharhini (Monogenea: Microbothriidae) from the skin of a dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus (Carcharhinidae), in the southwest Indian Ocean off Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa, and Dermophthirius maccallumi from the skin of 2 bull sharks, Carcharhinus leucas, in the northern Gulf of Mexico off Cat Island, Mississippi, U.S.A. No previous report exists of a microbothriid from the western Indian Ocean or from off southern Africa or of D. maccallumi from beyond the vicinity of the Lake Nicaragua-San Juan River system. We also provide a list of hosts and localities for members of Dermophthirius.

Publication Title

Comparative Parasitology

Volume

71

Issue

1

First Page

78

Last Page

80

Recommended Citation

Bullard, S. A., Dippenaar, S. M., Hoffmayer, E. R., Benz, G. W. (2004). New Locality Records for Dermophthirius carcharhini (Monogenea: Microbothriidae) and Dermophthirius maccallumi and a List of Hosts and Localities for Species of Dermophthirius. Comparative Parasitology, 71(1), 78-80.
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