On the presence of Pontobdella muricata (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) on some elasmobranchs of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Central Mediterranean)
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2017
abstract:
This paper provides the first report of the leech, Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The leech was found on the brown ray, Raja miraletus (Linnaeus 1758), and on the spotted ray, Raja montagui (Fowler, 1910), caught by trawling during autumn 2014.
Iris type:
01.01 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Pontobdella muricata; parasite; leech; Raja miraletus; Raja montagui; Tyrrhenian Sea
List of contributors:
Rinelli, Paola
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