New Host Record for the Marine Leech, Pontobdella macrothela (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from Sicklefin Lemon Sharks, Negaprion acutidens (Chondrichthyes: Carcharinidae) in St. Joseph Atoll, Republic of Seychelles, West Indian Ocean

Ryan Daly; Clare A. Keating-Daly; Jenna L. Hounslow; Evan E. Byrnes

doi:10.1654/1525-2647-86.1.58

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Ryan Daly,^1,* Clare A. Keating-Daly,¹ Jenna L. Hounslow,^1,2 Evan E. Byrnes^1,2

¹1 Save Our Seas Foundation–D'Arros Research Centre, Rue Philippe Plantamour 20, CH-1201 Geneva, Swit
²2 Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Aust

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Two specimens of the marine leech Pontobdella macrothela were found parasitizing the carcharhinid shark, Negaprion acutidens, at St. Joseph Atoll, Amirantes, Republic of Seychelles. This report presents the first record of this piscicolid leech from N. acutidens and is one of the few records of P. macrothela in the West Indian Ocean.

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Ryan Daly, Clare A. Keating-Daly, Jenna L. Hounslow, and Evan E. Byrnes "New Host Record for the Marine Leech, Pontobdella macrothela (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from Sicklefin Lemon Sharks, Negaprion acutidens (Chondrichthyes: Carcharinidae) in St. Joseph Atoll, Republic of Seychelles, West Indian Ocean," Comparative Parasitology 86(1), 58-60, (1 January 2019). https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-86.1.58

Published: 1 January 2019

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