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Pontobdella muricata and Trachelobdella lubrica (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) on some marine fish in the Dardanelles, Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2004

Naim Saglam ,
Mehmet Cemal Oguz ,
Ekrem Sanver Celik ,
Seydi Ali Doyuk  and
Ahmet Usta
Naim Saglam
Affiliation:
Fisheries Faculty of Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
Mehmet Cemal Oguz
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey Visiting Researcher, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, W-529 Nebraska Hall Division of Parasitology, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0514, USA
Ekrem Sanver Celik
Affiliation:
Fisheries Faculty of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey
Seydi Ali Doyuk
Affiliation:
Aquaculture Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Canakkale, Turkey
Ahmet Usta
Affiliation:
Fisheries Faculty of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey
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Abstract

Fifteen individuals of four marine fish species (Torpedo marmorata, Raja clavata, Scorpaena porcus and Scorpaena scrofa) caught in the Dardanelles, Turkey, were examined for the leech Pontobdella muricata and Trachelobdella lubrica; 18 P. muricata and 23 T. lubrica were found on gills, at the base of the fins, and abdomen on 14 of the 15 fish.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 1315 - 1316
Copyright
2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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