The use of fish parasitic isopods as element accumulation indicators in marine pollution monitoring.

Marine ecosystems are continuously under threat due to pollutants, which endanger marine biodiversity. The present study determines the potential use of the parasitic isopod, Cinusa tetrodontis Schjödte et Meinert, 1884, together with its fish host, Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Bloch) for marine bioaccumulation monitoring. The concentrations of As, Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, and Zn were determined in muscle and liver tissues of infested and uninfested fish, and male and female parasites on the South African temperate south coast.

A new species of Phoreiobothrium Linton, 1889 (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from the spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Valenciennes) off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

The extreme sparsity of collection efforts in many parts of the word, including southern Africa, leaves a vast hidden diversity of marine cestode species, such as species of Phoreiobothrium. The examination of a common South African coastal-pelagic shark species, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Valenciennes), resulted in the discovery of a new species of Phoreiobothrium Linton, 1889. Phoreiobothrium martini sp.

Total mercury concentrations in sharks, skates and rays along the South African coast.

Global declines in elasmobranch populations resulting from several stressors raises conservation concern. Additionally, apex predators bioaccumulate high concentrations of total mercury (THg), due to biomagnification. Although South Africa is considered one of the top ten contributors of Hg emissions globally, information on Hg concentrations in elasmobranchs is limited.

Adding one more to the list: A new species of (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) from the Oman cownose ray in South Africa.

A new species of Shipley and Hornell, 1906 was recovered from the Oman cownose ray ( Boulenger) from the body of water off the south-eastern coastline of the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. n. sp.

Corrigendum to 'Threatened, host-specific affiliates of a red-listed host: Three new species of van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from the endangered white skate, (Lacépède)' [Int. J. Parasitol.: Parasites and Wildl. 17 (2022) 114-126].

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.