The Capsalidae are monogeneans parasitizing 'skin', fins and gills of marine fishes. Some
capsalids are pathogenic to cultivated fish and a few have caused epizootic events. It is a …

Parasites are common in many ecosystems, yet because of their nature, they do not fossilise
readily and are very rare in the geological record. This makes it challenging to study the …

Cleaning symbiosis has been documented extensively in the marine environment over the
past 50 years. We estimate global cleaner diversity comprises 208 fish species from 106 …

Monogeneans are flatworms (Platyhelminthes) with representatives in freshwater, brackish
and marine habitats. The vast majority of species are ectoparasitic and they all have a direct …

A comprehensive and updated summary of the literature and unpublished records contained
in scientific collections on the helminth parasites of the elasmobranchs from Mexico is herein …

Diseases are a major threat to both wild and farmed fish. Pathogen-induced alterations in
viability and growth of wild fish stocks can have implications on diversity and ecological …

This study reports the metazoan ectoparasite fauna of juvenile Critically Endangered green
sawfish, Pristis zijsron, and sympatric elasmobranchs in Western Australia. Five parasite …

Heterocotyle tokoloshei sp. nov. is described from the gills of a single Short-tail stingray,
Dasyatis brevicaudata, kept in captivity at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South …

Two new species, Dendromonocotyle citrosa n. sp. off Dasyatis chrysonota (Smith) from Two
Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town and off Himantura gerrardi (Gray) from uShaka Sea World …

Monogenean ectoparasitic flatworm infestations, particularly in closely confined populations,
can result in severe epizootic disease that is often devastating and occasionally fatal. This …