New host and distribution record of Pontobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Annelida, Hirudinea) from a Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856), in Mozambique, Western Indian Ocean

By

Keating Daly, Clare A.
Orrell, Danielle
Da Silva, Isabel M.
Macuio, João P. F.
Hempton, Tessa N.
Ziembicki, Mark
Hussey, Nigel E.
Daly, Ryan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-3-15

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

265--268

Subjects

Elasmobranch , Hirudinida , host-parasite interactions , marine leech , Piscolidae , shark parasite

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/15.2.265

 

Abstract

This report describes the first record of the piscicolid leech Pontobdella macrothela from Mozambique waters and the first record of P. macrothela parasitizing a Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). The leech, P. macrothela, was found attached externally between the third and fourth gill slits of a shark captured off Vamizi Island, Quirimbas Archipelago, northern Mozambique.