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Descriptions of digeneans from Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum) (Clupeidae) off the Algerian coast of the western Mediterranean, with a complete list of its helminth parasites

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Five species of digeneans parasitic in the pilchard Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum), a little studied host, from off the Algerian coast of the western Mediterranean are redescribed. These are Parahemiurus merus (Linton, 1910) Manter, 1940, Aphanurus stossichii (Monticelli, 1891) Looss, 1907, Aphanurus virgula Looss, 1907, Lecithaster confusus Odhner, 1905 and Pronoprymna ventricosa (Rudolphi, 1819) Poche, 1926. One of these, A. virgula, is a new record for this host. One other digenean, Hemiurus luehei Odhner, 1905, was also recorded from this host. A complete checklist of the helminth parasites of S. pilchardus throughout its distributional range, comprising 104 host-parasite records of 39 taxa, is presented.

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This study was supported by Institute of Parasitology (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) grants Z60220518 and LC522 and the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic grant P505/10/1562 to AK, and by Laboratoire Réseau de Surveillance Environnementale, Département de Biologie, Université d’Oran grant CNEPRU: F01820060065. Dr Stefano D’Amelio, Sapienza University of Rome, kindly translated some Italian text.

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  2. Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

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  3. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d’Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain

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Collection data for the material collected from Sardina pilchardus off the coast of Algeria during the present study. Abbreviations: P, prevalence (%); MA, mean abundance.

Pronoprymna ventricosa (Rudolphi, 1819): 20.i.2006 (P = 35.0%; MA = 1.05); 15.iii.2006 (P = 55.2%; MA = 1.41); 8.vii.2006 (P = 50.0%; MA = 1.19); 10.iv.2007 (P = 55.2%; MA = 1.93); 30.vi.2007 (P = 65.5%; MA = 1.86); 30.ix.2007 (P = 83.3%; MA = 2.63).

Aphanurus stossichii (Monticelli, 1891): 20.i.2006 (P = 25.0%; MA = 0.60); 15.iii.2006 (P = 44.8%; MA = 0.66); 8.vii.2006 (P = 46.9%; MA = 1.06); 10.iv.2007 (P = 34.5%; MA = 0.62); 30.vi.2007 (P = 34.5%; MA = 0.55); 30.ix.2007 (P = 58.3%; MA = 0.92).

Aphanurus virgula Looss, 1907: 20.i.2006 (P = 5.0%; MA = 0. 05).

Hemiurus luehei Odhner, 1905: 20.i.2006 (P = 45.0%; MA = 0.70); 15.iii.2006 (P = 37.9%; MA = 0.72); 8.vii.2006 (P = 50.0%; MA = 1.31); 10.iv.2007 (P = 31.0%; MA = 0.55); 30.vi.2007 (P = 31.0%; MA = 0.69); 30.ix.2007 (P = 33.3; MA = 0.46).

Parahemiurus merus (Linton, 1910): 20.i.2006 (P = 25.0%; MA = 0.40); 15.iii.2006 (P = 34.5%; MA = 0.66); 8.vii.2006 (P = 37.5%; MA = 0.66); 10.iv.2007 (P = 24.1%; MA = 0.38); 30.vi.2007 (P = 24.1%; MA = 0.34); 30.ix.2007 (P = 45.8%; MA = 0.92).

Lecithaster confusus Odhner, 1905: 20.i.2006 (P = 5.0%; MA = 0.05); 8.vii.2006 (P = 15.6%; MA = 0.16).

Scolex pleuronectis Müller, 1788 (larval cestode): 20.i.2006 (P = 30.0%; MA = 1.35); 15.iii.2006 (P = 24.1%; MA = 1.28); 8.vii.2006 (P = 40.6%; MA = 1.88); 10.iv.2007 (P = 17.2%; MA = 1.03); 30.vi.2007 (P = 27.6%; MA = 1.38); 30.ix.2007 (P = 37.5%; MA = 2.42).

Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802) (larval nematode): 20.i.2006 (P = 15.0%; MA = 0.15); 15.iii.2006 (P = 13.8%; MA = 0.21); 8.vii.2006 (P = 3.1%; MA = 0.03); 10.iv.2007 (P = 6.9%; MA = 0.17); 30.vi.2007 (P = 6.9%; MA = 0.07).

Anisakis sp. (larval nematode): 20.i.2006 (P = 20.0%; MA = 0.30); 15.iii.2006 (P = 20.7%; MA = 0.52); 8.vii.2006 (P = 15.6%; MA = 0.38); 10.iv.2007 (P = 10.3%; MA = 0.17); 30.vi.2007 (P = 13.8%; MA = 0.17).

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Marzoug, D., Boutiba, Z., Gibson, D.I. et al. Descriptions of digeneans from Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum) (Clupeidae) off the Algerian coast of the western Mediterranean, with a complete list of its helminth parasites. Syst Parasitol 81, 169–186 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-011-9335-6

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