On the presence of Pontobdella muricata (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) on some elasmobranchs of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Central Mediterranean)

Authors

  • Teresa BOTTARI
  • Adriana PROFETA
  • Paola RINELLI
  • Gabriella GAGLIO
  • Gina LA SPADA
  • Francesco SMEDILE
  • Daniela GIORDANO

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.58.2.3

Keywords:

Pontobdella muricata, parasite, leech, Raja miraletus, Raja montagui, Tyrrhenian Sea

Abstract

        This paper provides the first report of the leech, Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The leech was found on the brown ray, Raja miraletus (Linnaeus 1758), and on the spotted ray, Raja montagui (Fowler, 1910), caught by trawling during autumn 2014.
        Complete sequence of 18S rRNA gene, COI mitochondrial gene and partial sequences of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene corroborate the determination based on morphological characteristics.

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Published

15.12.2017

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Original article

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