Browsing by Subject "Elasmobranchii"
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How females of Achtheinus spp. (Pandaridae: Siphonostomatoida) attach to their elasmobranch hosts with notes on their effects on the hosts fins
(Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, 2015)Copepods of the genus Achtheinus Wilson, 1908 (Pandaridae) are parasites of elasmobranchs that attach to their fins, gill slits and around the nostrils. Specimens of Achtheinus pinguis Wilson, 1912 were collected and ... -
Parasites of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes) in South Africa - a neglected field of marine science
(Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, 2019)Southern Africa is considered one of the world’s ‘hotspots’ for the diversity of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes), with currently 204 reported species. Although numerous literature records and treatises on chondrichthyan ...