CESTODES OF THE BULL SHARK CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS IN CHACHALACAS BEACH, VERACRUZ, MEXICO

Authors

  • Oscar Méndez Laboratorio de Hidrobiología, Facultad de Biología, Campus Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana. Circuito Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán s/n Zona Universitaria C.P. 91090 Xalapa, Veracruz, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3026-3501
  • Miguel Ángel Dorantes González Laboratorio de Hidrobiología, Facultad de Biología, Campus Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana. Circuito Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán s/n Zona Universitaria C.P. 91090 Xalapa, Veracruz, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3509-3377

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh201371959

Keywords:

Diet, Helminthes, parasites, spiral valve, Veracruz.

Abstract

The spiral valve (intestine) of a bull shark Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1841) caught by artisanal fisheries at Chachalacas Beach, Veracruz Mexico was examined for helminth parasites. A total of 303 collected cestodes belonging to eight species: Callitetrarhynchus cf. gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819); Cathetocephalus cf. thatcheri Dailey & Overstreet, 1973; Eutetrarhynchidae sp.; Otobothrium sp. 1; Otobothrium sp. 2; Paraorygmatobothrium sp. 1; Paraorygmatobothrium sp. 2 and Phoreiobothrium sp. The bull shark feeds on a wide range of prey mainly bony fish. This is the first record of cestodos in the bull shark off the coast of Veracruz Mexico.

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Published

2013-02-15

How to Cite

Méndez, O., & Dorantes González, M. Ángel. (2013). CESTODES OF THE BULL SHARK CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS IN CHACHALACAS BEACH, VERACRUZ, MEXICO. Neotropical Helminthology, 7(1), 167–171. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh201371959

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