Parasites of recruiting coral reef fish larvae in New Caledonia

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• 作者：Cribb ; Thomas H. ; Pichelin ; Sylvie ; Dufour ; Vincent ; Bray ; Rodney A. ; Chauvet ; Claude ; Faliex ; Elizabeth ; et. al.
• 关键词：Coral reef ; Parasites ; Didymozoidae ; Fish larvae ; Dispersal
• 刊名：International Journal for Parasitology
• 出版年：2000
• 出版时间：December, 2000
• 年：2000
• 卷：30
• 期：1
• 页码：1445-1451
• 全文大小：417 K

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Recruiting coral reef fish larvae from 38 species and 19 families from New Caledonia were examined for parasites. We found 13 parasite species (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea, Cestoda and Trematoda) but no acanthocephalan, crustacean or nematode parasites. Over 23 % of individual fish were infected. Didymozoid metacercariae were the most abundant parasites. We conclude that most of the parasites are pelagic species that become ‘lost’ once the fish larvae have recruited to the reef. Larval coral reef fish probably contribute little to the dispersal of the parasites of the adult fish so that parasite dispersal is more difficult than that of the fish themselves.