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Do eel parasites reflect the local crustacean community? A case study from the Rhine river system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2007

Frankie Thielen ,
Marcel Münderle ,
Horst Taraschewski  and
Bernd Sures
Frankie Thielen*
Affiliation:
Zoologisches Institut – Ökologie/Parasitologie, Geb. 07.01, Universität Karlsruhe, Kornblumenstr. 13, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany:
Marcel Münderle
Affiliation:
Zoologisches Institut – Ökologie/Parasitologie, Geb. 07.01, Universität Karlsruhe, Kornblumenstr. 13, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany:
Horst Taraschewski
Affiliation:
Zoologisches Institut – Ökologie/Parasitologie, Geb. 07.01, Universität Karlsruhe, Kornblumenstr. 13, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany:
Bernd Sures
Affiliation:
Angewandte Zoologie/Hydrobiologie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
*
*Fax: +352 26958080 E-mail: frankie.thielen@uni-due.de
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Abstract

In 2003, the parasite fauna of 197 European eels Anguilla anguilla, captured at three different locations (Laufenburg, Karlsruhe and Beneeden Leeuwen) in the River Rhine, was analysed. The eels harboured a total of 18 species, among them the protozoa (Myxidium giardi, Myxobolus kotlani and Trypanosoma granulosum), acanthocephalans (Acanthocephalus anguillae, Acanthocephalus lucii, Echinorhynchus truttae, Pomphorhynchus laevis), nematodes (Paraquimperia tenerrima, Pseudocapillaria tomentosa, Camallanus lacustris, Raphidascaris acus, Spinitectus inermis and Anguillicola crassus), cestodes (Bothriocephalus claviceps and Proteocephalus macrocephalus) and monogeneans (Pseudodactylogyrus sp.). The parasite fauna at the different locations is discussed with respect to the crustacean fauna present at these locations. The investigation shows that changes in the composition of the crustacean fauna, due to the anthropogenic breakdown of a biogeographic barrier, are reflected in the composition of the intestinal eel parasite fauna.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 81 , Issue 2: Special Issue , June 2007 , pp. 179 - 189
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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