The parasite community of animals is generally influenced by host physiology, ecology, and phylogeny. Therefore, sympatric and phylogenetically related hosts with similar ecologies should have similar parasite communities. To test this hypothesis we surveyed the endoparasites of 5 closely related cheilinine fishes (Labridae) from the Great Barrier Reef. They were Cheilinus chlorounts, C. trilobatus, C. fasciatils, Epibulus insidiator and OxYcheilinus diagrainnia. VVe examined the relationship between parasitological variables (richness, abundance and diversity) and host characteristics (bodv weight, diet and phuylogeny). The 5 fishes had 31 parasite species with 9-18 parasite species per fish species. Cestode larvae (mostly Tetraphyllidea) ...
Parasites are removed from host fish by cleaner fish but their significance in cleaning interactions...
Three species of poeciliids (Gambusia holbrooki, Xiphophorus helleri and X. maculatus) and 15 specie...
Parasitic gnathiid isopod larvae on coral reef teleosts and elasmobranchs were quantified at Lizard ...
Ecological factors may influence the number of parasites encountered and, thus, parasite species ric...
Parasite infracommunities of the wrasse Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1857) were analysed, and the relat...
The pelagic larval stage is a critical component of the life cycle of most coral reef fishes, but th...
This Study describes the community of all metazoan parasites from 14 individuals of thicklip wrasse,...
Parasite assemblages of marine fishes include an important number of larval stages of helminth paras...
Parasite assemblages of marine fishes include an important number of larval stages of helminth paras...
A comparative analysis was performed to seek large-scale patterns in the relationships between a set...
The relative role of host phylogeny and ecology on parasite community structure is analyzed in three...
Spatial and temporal variations in abundance of ectoparasites from 7 coral reef fish species [Hemigy...
We examined the patterns of composition and structure of parasite communities in the Mediterranean s...
1, This article compares generalist (parasite species found on two or more host species) and special...
Large-scale patterns of species diversity in the gastrointestinal helminth faunas of the coral reef ...
Parasites are removed from host fish by cleaner fish but their significance in cleaning interactions...
Three species of poeciliids (Gambusia holbrooki, Xiphophorus helleri and X. maculatus) and 15 specie...
Parasitic gnathiid isopod larvae on coral reef teleosts and elasmobranchs were quantified at Lizard ...
Ecological factors may influence the number of parasites encountered and, thus, parasite species ric...
Parasite infracommunities of the wrasse Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1857) were analysed, and the relat...
The pelagic larval stage is a critical component of the life cycle of most coral reef fishes, but th...
This Study describes the community of all metazoan parasites from 14 individuals of thicklip wrasse,...
Parasite assemblages of marine fishes include an important number of larval stages of helminth paras...
Parasite assemblages of marine fishes include an important number of larval stages of helminth paras...
A comparative analysis was performed to seek large-scale patterns in the relationships between a set...
The relative role of host phylogeny and ecology on parasite community structure is analyzed in three...
Spatial and temporal variations in abundance of ectoparasites from 7 coral reef fish species [Hemigy...
We examined the patterns of composition and structure of parasite communities in the Mediterranean s...
1, This article compares generalist (parasite species found on two or more host species) and special...
Large-scale patterns of species diversity in the gastrointestinal helminth faunas of the coral reef ...
Parasites are removed from host fish by cleaner fish but their significance in cleaning interactions...
Three species of poeciliids (Gambusia holbrooki, Xiphophorus helleri and X. maculatus) and 15 specie...
Parasitic gnathiid isopod larvae on coral reef teleosts and elasmobranchs were quantified at Lizard ...