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Metazoan parasites of the lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula and their potential as stock discrimination tools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2001

Alec B.M. Moore
Alec B.M. Moore
Affiliation:
Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK, E-mail: fleurandalec@hotmail.com RSK Environment Ltd, Spring Lodge, 172 Chester Road, Helsby, Cheshire, WA6 0AR, UK
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Abstract

The metazoan parasites of 101 lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula from locations off the coast of England (Plymouth and the eastern Solent) and Wales (Cardigan Bay) were surveyed and assessed for their potential as stock discrimination tools.  A total of ten parasite species was found using a relatively rapid host examination technique suitable for non-parasitologists. On the basis of established criteria, larval anisakid nematodes and the copepod Lernaeopoda galei were selected as being potentially useful as stock discrimination tools. The monogeneans Leptocotyle minor and Hexabothrium appendiculatum may be suitable as markers following further investigation of their response to handling stress.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 81 , Issue 6 , December 2001 , pp. 1009 - 1013
Copyright
© 2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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