Costa Graça, Khadem Mahnaz, Dellinger Thomas, Biscoito Manuel, Melo-Moreira Egberto
Acta Parasitol. 2016 Jan;61(1):187-90.
Parasites of deep-water fishes are less known in comparison to the parasites of fishes living in the demersal and epipelagic ocean zones. In the present research note we report the occurrence of larval trypanorhynch cestodes in a rare deep-water fish, the deep-water brotula, Cataetyx laticeps. Based on the 28S rDNA (region D1-D3) sequence homology and the phylogenetic analysis, the larval cestodes are putatively assigned to the genus Grillotia. It is suggested that the definitive host of this trypanorhynch is a batoid.
与生活在海洋底层和上层带的鱼类寄生虫相比，深水鱼类的寄生虫鲜为人知。在本研究报告中，我们报道了一种罕见的深水鱼类——深水鼬鳚（Cataetyx laticeps）体内幼虫期四叶目绦虫的出现。基于28S rDNA（D1 - D3区域）序列同源性和系统发育分析，这些幼虫期绦虫被初步归为Grillotia属。据推测，这种四叶目绦虫的终末宿主是一种鳐类。
