Publisher : Biodiversity Journal
Place of publication :
Publication year : 2018
Thematic : Species
Language : English
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Between December 2014 and April 2016, 235 specimens of striped seabream Lithognathus
mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes Sparidae) caught along the western Algerian coast
were examined for helminth parasites. This taxa includes 5 monogeneans (Lamellodiscus flagellatus,
L. ignoratus, L. mormyri, L. verberis and Pagellicotyle mormyri), 13 digeneans (Lepidauchen
stenostoma, Derogenes latus, Magnibursatus bartolii, Proctoeces maculatus,
Holorchis pycnoporus, Lepocreadium album, L. pegorchis, Macvicaria maamouriae, M. maillardi,
M. mormyri, Pycnadenoides senegalensis, Diphterostomum brusinae and Zoogonus
rubellus), 3 nematodes (Hysterothylacium rhacodes, Dichelyne tripapillatus and Ascarophis
sp.), 1 cestode (Scolex pleuronectis) and 2 Acanthocephala (Acanthocephaloides propinquus
and A. incrassatus). All the species were recorded for the first time in the western Algerian
coast in this host. Furthermore, Lepidauchen stenostoma and Hysterothylacium rhacodes are
reported for the first time in the western Mediterranean. Magnibursatus bartolii, Zoogonus
rubellus, Dichelyne tripapillatus, Ascarophis sp. and Scolex pleuronectis provide a new host
record in Lithognathus mormyrus from the Mediterranean Sea. Epidemiological indexes (prevalence,
abundance and mean intensity) were calculated for each helminth species identified
in this fish. The Algerian west coast shows the highest value in the helminth species richness
among all the Mediterranean coasts
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Keywords : food-security
Encoded by : Pauline Carmel Joy Eje