contains just 3 species: , and . As adults, all 3 species infect rabbitfishes (Siganidae: ). New collections from 11 species of from northern Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Palau and Japan enabled an exploration of species composition within this genus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe red alga is a species with a haplodiplophasic life cycle alternating between morphologically distinct stages. The species is known for its various biological activities linked to the production of halogenated compounds, which are described as having several roles for the algae such as the control of epiphytic bacterial communities. Several studies have reported differences in targeted halogenated compounds (using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis (GC-MS)) and antibacterial activities between the tetrasporophyte and the gametophyte stages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnguilla anguilla, A. japonica and A. rostrata are the most fished and consumed eel species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe taxonomy of species of Bivesicula Yamaguti, 1934 is analysed for samples from holocentrid, muraenid and serranid fishes from Japan, Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia), the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland), New Caledonia and French Polynesia. Analysis of three genetic markers (cox1 mtDNA, ITS2 and 28S rDNA) identifies three strongly supported clades of species and suggests that Bivesicula as presently recognized is not monophyletic. On the basis of combined morphological, molecular and biological data, 10 species are distinguished of which five are proposed as new.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMorocco is considered as an important producer of fish with more than one million tons of small pelagic fish caught per year, along more than 3400 km of coastline. Otherwise, few studies have investigated the zoonotic parasites of fish. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of Anisakis nematodes larvae in two fish species, namely sardines Sardina pilchardus and mackerel Scomber scombrus.
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