A species of Gyrodactylus collected from 2 species of anguillid eels (Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 and Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867) from Australia is identified as Gyrodactylus anguillae Ergens, 1960. The morphology of sclerites of G. anguillae specimens from Australia is in accordance with previous descriptions of specimens collected from A. anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) from Europe and A. anguilla imported into Japan. Gyrodactylus anguillae was previously thought to be a parasite specific to A. anguilla, an eel that is native to freshwater catchments throughout Europe. Information on eel translocations and host and parasite biology is reviewed and it is hypothesized that G. anguillae is a naturally occurring parasite in Australia and not an introduction.
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Gyrodactylus anguillae (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) From Anguillid Eels (Anguilla australis and Anguilla reinhardtii) in Australia: A Native or an Exotic?
I. Ernst;
I. Ernst
aDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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A. Fletcher;
A. Fletcher
aDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
bQueensland Department of Primary Industries, P.O. Box 6014, Rockhampton Mail Centre, Rockhampton, Queensland 4702, Australia
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C. Hayward
C. Hayward
aDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
cLaboratory of Fish Diseases, Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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J Parasitol (2000) 86 (5): 1152–1156.
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I. Ernst, A. Fletcher, C. Hayward; Gyrodactylus anguillae (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) From Anguillid Eels (Anguilla australis and Anguilla reinhardtii) in Australia: A Native or an Exotic?. J Parasitol 1 October 2000; 86 (5): 1152–1156. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[1152:GAMGFA]2.0.CO;2
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