Browsing by Subject "Marine"
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Diversity of digenean trematodes of Clinus superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the coast of South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)To date, 87 digenean species from 63 genera of 24 families have been described or reported from marine fishes in South Africa. However, when considering the range of available hosts along this biodiversity-rich coastline, ... -
A new species of Lucanicum (Cyclophorales, Bacillariophyta) associated with loggerhead sea turtles from South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)A new Lucanicum species, L. ashworthianum Majewska, K.Robert & Van de Vijver sp. nov., was found in multiple samples of biofilm growing on loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta and their symbiotic barnacles Chelonibia ... -
Trophic transfer of pollutants within two intertidal rocky shore ecosystems in different biogeographic regions of South Africa
(Elsevier, 2020)Tsitsikamma and Sheffield Beach are two relatively pristine sites along the South African east coast representing warm temperate and subtropical biogeographic rocky shore intertidal ecosystems, respectively. Stable isotopes ... -
Tursiocola neliana sp. nov (Bacillariophyceae) epizoic on South African leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and new observations on the genus Tursiocola
(Magnolia Press, 2020)Tursiocola, a presumably exclusively epizoic diatom genus, comprises species found on various aquatic animals such as cetaceans, manatees, and marine and freshwater turtles. The genus is characterised by linear or lanceolate ...
