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A new lizard malaria parasite Plasmodium intabazwe n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) in the Afromontane Pseudocordylus melanotus (Sauria: Cordylidae) with a review of African saurian malaria parasites
(BioMed Central, 2016)
Background
Saurian malaria parasites are diverse apicomplexan blood parasites including the family Plasmodiidae Mesnil, 1903, and have been studied since the early 1900s. Currently, at least 27 species of Plasmodium are ...
Application of a Sediment Quality Index for the assessment and monitoring of metals and organochlorines in a premier conservation area
(Springer, 2015)
The physical and chemical characteristics of surface
sediments from a leading conservation area, namely the
Kruger National Park, were determined in order to identify
potential stressors in the systems that may contribute ...
Review of Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from southern Africa, with the description of a new species
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)
Three species of Mothocya are reported from the east coast of southern Africa: Mothocya plagulophora (Haller,
1880) from Maputo, Mozambique, from the gills of Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775); Mothocya renardi (Bleeker,
1857) ...
The butterfly effect: parasite diversity, environment, and emerging disease in aquatic wildlife
(Elsevier, 2015)
Aquatic wildlife is increasingly subjected to emerging
diseases often due to perturbations of the existing dynamic
balance between hosts and their parasites. Accel-
erating changes in environmental factors, together ...
Redescription and molecular characterisation of the fish parasitic isopod Norileca indica (Milne Edwards, 1840) (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) with a key to the genus
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Norileca indica (Milne Edwards, 1840) is fully redescribed based on ovigerous females collected from Maputo Bay, Mozambique, from the branchial cavity of the fish host Selar crumenophthalmus Bloch, 1793. An identification ...
Metal concentrations in Hydrocynus vittatus (Castelnau 1861) populations from a premier conservation area: relationships with environmental concentrations
(Elsevier, 2016)
Metals are known to have deleterious effects on aquatic ecosystems, so monitoring the bioaccumulation of these pollutants is important for the assessment of potential impacts. The aim of the study was therefore to determine ...
Gnathia marleyi sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from the Eastern Caribbean
(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 ...
Unusual haemogregarines parasitizing intertidal teleosts from the subtropical east coast of South Africa, with the description of Haemogregarina kunegemina sp. nov.
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Of three intertidal fish species collected on the east coast of South Africa, 67% (127/190) had haemogregarine infections. Horned rockskippers, Antennablennius bifilum Günther, 1861, demonstrated 77% parasite prevalence, ...
Gnathia masca sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
(Magnolia Press, 2012)
Gnathia masca sp. nov. is described from material collected off Coconut Beach, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Aus-tralia. Males are characterised by a cephalosome with a shallow dorsal sulcus that stretches half its ...
Reassignment of the land tortoise haemogregarine Haemogregarina fitzsimonsi Dias 1953 (Adeleorina: Haemogregarinidae) to the genus Hepatozoon Miller 1908 (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) based on parasite morphology, life cycle and phylogenetic analysis of 18S rDNA sequence fragments
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Research was undertaken to clarify the true taxonomic position of the terrestrial tortoise apicomplexan, Haemogregarina fitzsimonsi (Dias, 1953). Thin blood films were screened from 275 wild and captive South African ...