The bathymetric distribution of the digenean parasites of deep-sea fishes

Title:

The bathymetric distribution of the digenean parasites of deep-sea fishes

Creator:

Bray, Rodney A.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:98805160-45ef-4e82-a500-80159dc6cdc8
uuid:98805160-45ef-4e82-a500-80159dc6cdc8
doi:10.14411/fp.2004.032

Subject:

deep sea, bathymetry, Digenea, Lepocreadiidae, Fellodistomidae, Derogenidae, Hemiuridae Acanthocolpidae, Accacoeliidae, Bucephalidae, Cryptogonimidae, Faustulidae, Gorgoderidae, and Monorchiidae and Sanguini

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Description:

The bathymetric range of 149 digenean species recorded deeper than 200 m, the approximate depth of the continental shelf/slope break, are presented in graphical form. It is found that only representatives of the four families Lepocreadiidae, Fellodistomidae, Derogenidae and Hemiuridae reach to abyssal regions (>4,000 m). Three other families, the Lecithasteridae, Zoogonidae and Opecoelidae, have truly deep-water forms reaching deeper than 3,000 m. Bathymetric data are available for the Acanthocolpidae, Accacoeliidae, Bucephalidae, Cryptogonimidae, Faustulidae, Gorgoderidae, Monorchiidae and Sanguinicolidae showing that they reach deeper than 200 m. No bathymetric data are available for the members of the Bivesiculidae and Hirudinellidae which are reported from deep-sea hosts. These results indicate that only seventeen out of the 150 or so digenean families are reported in the deep sea.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

268-274

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2004 Volume:51 | Number:2-3

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