The first Report of The Parasitic Copepod Bomolochus unicirrus (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) From Turkey

Authors

  • İbrahim Demirkale Department of Fish Diseases, Faculty of Fisheries Science, Çukurova Universty, 01330 Balcalı/Adana
  • Argun Akif Özak Department of Fish Diseases, Faculty of Fisheries Science, Çukurova Universty, 01330 Balcalı/Adana
  • Yetkin Sakarya Department of Fish Diseases, Faculty of Fisheries Science, Çukurova Universty, 01330 Balcalı/Adana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v5i4.335-342.1159

Keywords:

Bomolochus unicirrus, Turkey, Mediterranean, parasitic copepod, SEM

Abstract

In this study, Bomolochus unicirrus Brian, 1902, a species of parasitic copepod belonging to the family Bomolochidae (Claus, 1875), was reported for the first time from the north-eastern Mediterranean waters off the Turkish coast. Parasites were collected from the gill filaments of the European barracuda, Sphyraena sphyraena(L.)captured by trawling in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey. The morphological features of B. unicirrus were Redescribed and illustrated based on the newly collected material. Key diagnostic characters and newly observed details in some structures are highlighted and supported by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Differences and simply overlooked details in previous descriptions of B. unicirrus, are discussed in detail. In addition, morphological comparisons between presently reported species and the other species of the genus Bomolochus Nordmann, 1832 were also presented.

Author Biographies

İbrahim Demirkale, Department of Fish Diseases, Faculty of Fisheries Science, Çukurova Universty, 01330 Balcalı/Adana

University of Cukurova, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Fish Diseases & Aquaculture (Çukurova Üniversitesi, Su Ürünleri Fakültesi, Yetiştiricilik ve Hastalıklar Bölümü)

Argun Akif Özak, Department of Fish Diseases, Faculty of Fisheries Science, Çukurova Universty, 01330 Balcalı/Adana

University of Cukurova, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Fish Diseases & Aquaculture (Çukurova Üniversitesi, Su Ürünleri Fakültesi, Yetiştiricilik ve Hastalıklar Bölümü)

Yetkin Sakarya, Department of Fish Diseases, Faculty of Fisheries Science, Çukurova Universty, 01330 Balcalı/Adana

University of Cukurova, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Fish Diseases & Aquaculture (Çukurova Üniversitesi, Su Ürünleri Fakültesi, Yetiştiricilik ve Hastalıklar Bölümü)

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Published

05.04.2017

How to Cite

Demirkale, İbrahim, Özak, A. A., & Sakarya, Y. (2017). The first Report of The Parasitic Copepod Bomolochus unicirrus (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) From Turkey. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 5(4), 335–342. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v5i4.335-342.1159

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Animal Production