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Table 2.
Metazoan parasite species and their ecological parameters in Anguilla anguilla (149) from the five study-sites (CL 95% was calculated for each prevalence).
Species | Abbreviations | Prevalence % | CL95% | Microhabitat in eels | Diet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Myxozoa | |||||
Myxidium giardi (Cépède, 1906) [13] (cysts) | Mgia | 4.5 | 3.3 | Gill | – |
Monogena | |||||
Pseudodactylogyrus sp. | Pseu | 17.3 | 6.1 | Gill | Surface browser |
Cestoda | |||||
Bothriocephalus claviceps (Goeze, 1782) [24] | Bcla | 2.7 | 2.6 | Intestine | Osmotrophe |
Nematoda | |||||
Anguillicoloides crassus (Kuwahara, Niimi & Hagaki, 1974) [39] | Acra | 56.0 | 8.0 | Swimbladder | Hematophagous |
Camallanus lacustris (Zoega, 1776) [50] | Clac | 2.7 | 2.6 | Intestine | Hematophagous |
Paraquimperia tenerrima (Linstow, 1878) [45] | Pten | 4.7 | 3.4 | Intestine | Chyle feeder |
Raphidascaris acus (Bloch, 1779) [6] | Racu | 1.3 | 1.8 | Intestine | Chyle feeder |
Eustrongylides sp. (cysts) | Eust | 0.7 | 1.3 | Stomach wall | – |
Acanthocephala | |||||
Acanthocephalus anguillae (Müller, 1780) [51] | Aang | 6.0 | 3.8 | Intestine | Osmotrophe |
Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776) [50] | Aluc | 2.0 | 2.3 | Intestine | Osmotrophe |
Acanthocephalus clavula Dujardin, 1845 [17] | Acla | 30.2 | 7.4 | Intestine | Osmotrophe |
Echinorhynchus truttae Schrank, 1788 [57] | Etru | 0.7 | 1.3 | Intestine | Osmotrophe |
Pomphorhynchus laevis (Müller, 1776) [50] | Plae | 1.3 | 1.8 | Intestine | Osmotrophe |
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