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   A report of symbiotic Siphonostomatoida (Copepoda) infecting mobulids (Rajiformes: Mobulidae) off the KwaZulu-Natal coast, South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Modjadji C. Lebepe --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa Susan M. Dippenaar --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa

   Though South Africa is rich in aquatic species, little is known about the diversity and distribution of copepods that parasitize different hosts ranging from invertebrates to marine mammals. A total of 43 mobulids (34 Mobula kuhlii; two Mobula eregoodootenkee and...

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   ‘Flash Mobula’: first observations of courtship behaviour of the shortfin devil ray Mobula kuhlii

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Carpenter --- University of Cape Town, South Africa C Griffiths --- University of Cape Town, South Africa

   First-time observations of courtship behaviour of the Endangered shortfin devil ray Mobula kuhlii are described from the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area (MPA), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Three events of M. kuhlii courtship, called ‘mating trains’, were recorded on video during...

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