Main Ref. | Williams, E.H. Jr. and L. Bunkley-Williams, 1996 |
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Remarks | The superinfections we found in the Caribbean have not been recorded elsewhere. Possibly, infections are more severe and damaging to dolphin in the Caribbean than in the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic coasts of North and South America. A very heavy infection of 250 flukes was reported in a dolphin from India. Associations: found 5 to 2805 worms in 13 dolphin from off La Parguera. Hundreds of other parasites occurred with this parasite, but none showed any correlation with the numbers of this worm. Host Specificity: a characteristic parasite of dolphin and probably pompano dolphin. It appears to prefer dolphins to scombrids by having higher numbers and occurring in greater frequency. Some records from scombrids may represent false hosts from dolphin prey and/or misidentifications of D. euthynniYamaguti or D. scombri. New host: Bar Jack. Damage to Host: Superinfections of this worm must damage and limit the growth of this commercially and recreationally valuable fish. Encysted metacercariae cause "black-spot disease" in herrings from Argentina (Ref. 359). |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Substrate | Pelagic; |
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Special habitats | Other habitats: other invertebrates (dolphin; Bar jack.); |
Special habitats Ref. |
Ref. | Williams, E.H. Jr. and L. Bunkley-Williams, 1996 |
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Associations | parasitism; |
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Parasitism | (Stomach (Ref. 359).) inside host |
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Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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