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Table 2 Parasite species found in Sebastes miniatus (n = 210)

From: Dynamics of a parasite assemblage of the Vermilion Rockfish Sebastes miniatus from northwestern Baja California, México

 

Species

Organ

Total

%P

MA

MI

Digenea

Fellidostomum sebastodis

G

28

11.2

0.3 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.1

Parahemiurus merus

S, I

65

17.9

0.6 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.3

Cestoda

Parabothriocephalus sagitticeps

S, I, IC

14,879

32.8

80.8 ± 33.4

190.4 ± 48.1

Nematoda

Anisakis sp.*

CC, Stw, I, Me

3,942

91.8

15.0 ± 3.9

15.8 ± 4.1

Hysterothylacium sp.*

Me, S, I

6,373

60.1

37.9 ± 18.0

46.6 ± 18.1

Pseudoterranova sp.*

S, Me, I, IC

8

2.9

0.2 ± 0.2

0.6 ± 0.3

Acanthocephala

Corynosoma strumosum

Me, CC, I

1,112

37.5

5.3 ± 1.8

13.3 ± 4.4

Monogenea

Microcotyle sebastis

GC

2,696

92.6

11.2 ± 2.7

11.6 ± 3.0

Benedenia derzhavini

S, F, GC

286

40.9

1.7 ± 0.5

2.8 ± 0.6

Copepoda

Lepeoptheirus sp.

GC, S, F

67

15.8

0.5 ± 0.3

1.5 ± 0.2

Clavellostis sebastidis

GC

60

18.8

0.5 ± 0.2

1.2 ± 0.4

Neobranchia scorpaenae

GC

53

15.5

0.4 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.4

  1. Organ preference, prevalence (%P), mean abundance (MA), mean intensity (MI)
  2. Location in the body of the host: * larval stage, F fins, S skin, GC gill cavity, IC intestinal cecum, Me mesentery, CC coelomic cavity, Stw stomach wall, S stomach, I intestine, G gall bladder