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The distribution and host-association of a haemoparasite of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) from the eastern Caribbean based on a combination of morphology and 18S rDNA sequences

Sikkel, Paul C.; Cook, Courtney A.; Smit, Nico J.; Renoux, Lance P.; Bennett, Courtney L. (Elsevier, 2018)

Coral reefs harbor the greatest biodiversity per unit area of any ecosystem on earth. While parasites constitute the majority of this biodiversity, they remain poorly studied due to the cryptic nature of many parasites and ...

New records of fish parasitic isopods of the gill-attaching genus Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 from the Virgin Islands, Caribbean, with description of a new species

Hadfield, Kerry A.; Sikkel, Paul C.; Smit, Nico J. (Pensoft Publishers, 2014)

Two species of Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 are reported from the Virgin Islands. Mothocya xenobranchia Bruce, 1986 was collected from St. John Island from the gills of the Atlantic needlefish, Strongylura marina, which ...

Gnathia marleyi sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from the Eastern Caribbean

Farquharson, Charon; Smit, Nico J.; Sikkel, Paul C. (Magnolia Press, 2012)

A new species of gnathiid was collected in June-August 2008 and 2009 from various sites in the Eastern Caribbean. Third stage pranizae taken from fish hosts were maintained in fresh sea water until their moult into males ...

Developing an apicomplexan dna barcoding system to detect blood parasites of small coral reef fishes

Renoux, Lance P.; Cook, Courtney A.; Smit, Nico J.; Sikkel, Paul C.; Dolan, Maureen C. (American Society of Parasitologists, 2017)

Apicomplexan parasites are obligate parasites of many species of vertebrates. To date, there is very limited understanding of these parasites in the most-diverse group of vertebrates, actinopterygian fishes. While DNA ...

Molecular assessment of three species of Anilocra (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) ectoparasites from Caribbean coral reef fishes, with the description of Anilocra brillae sp. n.

Welicky, Rachel L.; Hadfield, Kerry A.; Sikkel, Paul C.; Smit, Nico J. (Pensoft, 2017)

A morphological review and molecular characterization of Anilocra haemuli Bunkley Williams & Williams, 1981, were completed using specimens collected from Haemulon flavolineatum Desmarest, 1823 (French grunt) and Epinephelus ...

Blood parasite biodiversity of reef-associated fishes of the eastern Caribbean

Cook, Courtney A.; Sikkel, Paul C.; Renoux, Lance P.; Smit, Nico J. (Inter–Research, 2015)

Parasitic micro-organisms can influence multiple ecological processes, from growth, mortality, and behavior, to community structure and trophic interactions, yet are typically ignored components of marine biodiversity. ...