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Cestode parasites from the elasmobranchs Heptranchias perlo and Deania from the Great Meteor Bank, central East Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2001

Harry W. Palm  and
Petra Schröder
Harry W. Palm
Affiliation:
Centre for Coastal and Marine Resource Studies, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Darmaga Campus IPB, 16680 Bogor, Indonesia Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und Parasitologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Petra Schröder
Affiliation:
Abteilung Fischereibiologie, Marine Pathologie, Institut für Meereskunde an der Universität Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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Abstract

A total of ten Heptranchias perlo, eight Deania histricosa, two D. calcea, and two D. profundorum from the Great Meteor Bank, central East Atlantic, were studied for cestodes. The elasmobranchs were caught using bottom trawl or long-lines during September 1998 in 298–1075 m water depth. Seven different cestode species were found: Tentacularia coryphaenae, Deanicola minor, D. protentus, Grillotia meteori sp. nov., Grillotia cf. microthrix (Trypanorhyncha), Crossobothrium dohrnii, and Crossobothrium sp. (Tetraphyllidea). T. coryphaenae occurred encapsulated in the stomach wall and all other species were found within the host intestine. G. meteori sp. nov. and G. cf. microthrix additionally infested the musculature as well as the stomach and intestinal wall. D. profundorum harboured five different cestode species and D. histricosa, H. perlo, and D. calcea were infested with four, three and two species, respectively. With 332 and 181 specimens, D. minor and G. cf. microthrix were the most abundant cestodes. Grillotia meteori sp. nov., Crossobothrium sp., and C. dohrnii were host specific for Deania profundorum, D. histricosa and H. perlo, respectively. The other species were found in more than one elasmobranch, with Deanicola minor and D. protentus restricted to Deania sp. Most parasites are recorded for the first time from the central East Atlantic around the Great Meteor Bank.

Keywords

sharksparasitesCrossobothrium dohrniiDeania calceaD. histricosaD. profundorumDeanicola sppGrillotia meteori sp. novHeptranchias perloTentacularia coryphaenaezoogeographyMeteor BankAtlantic Ocean
Type
Research Article
Information
Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , March 2001 , pp. 137 - 144
Copyright
© Elsevier, IRD, Inra, Ifremer, Cemagref, CNRS, 2001

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