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Spatial distribution of Nemesis lamna Risso 1826 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Eudactylinidae) on the gills of white sharks Carcharodon carcharias off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: S Dippenaar R van Tonder S Wintner P ZunguThe selection of a specific site of attachment by a copepod parasite is determined by a set of mostly unknown factors. The spatial distribution of Nemesis lamna on the gill filaments of white sharks Carcharodon carcharias was investigated. The complete... -
Phylogenetic relationships and genetic diversity of Nemesis Risso, 1826 species found on different elasmobranch host species off the KwaZulu-Natal coast, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: T Mangena --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa BP Jordaan --- Department of Biodiversity, South Africa SM Dippenaar --- Department of Biodiversity, South AfricaMembers of the order Siphonostomatoida (Copepoda) are generally poorly described from South African waters. Nemesis is one of 12 genera in the family Eudactylinidae and includes about nine species. In this study, we investigated whether there is any population structure... -
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 AfricaThough 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... -
Reports of Kroyeria species collected from South African waters with notes on the host–parasite associations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Peter J Mokumo --- Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, South Africa Susan M Dippenaar --- Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, South AfricaThere are 21 species in the genus Kroyeria of which nine have been reported from hosts caught off South Africa. Host–parasite associations were reported for K. dispar, K. papillipes and K. sphyrnae. Kroyeria specimens were collected from the gill filaments... -
Biodiversity and studies of marine symbiotic siphonostomatoids off South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SM Dippenaar --- Department of Biodiversity, South AfricaCurrent knowledge of the biodiversity of the symbiotic marine siphonostomatoids from South African waters (136 species) is sparse compared to that globally (1 388 species). The difference is especially apparent when taking into account the diversity of fish (more than... -
The first report of Naobranchia cygniformis Hesse, 1863 (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) off South Africa, with a redescription of the adult female
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SM Dippenaar --- , South Africa MM Sebone --- , South AfricaNaobranchia cygniformis Hesse, 1863 is one of 21 accepted species of the genus Naobranchia, which is distinguished from other genera in the family Lernaeopodidae by the possession of ribbon-like maxillae. The original description of N. cygniformis lacked detail concerning the...