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Morphology and phylogenetic position of two novel marine gregarines (Apicomplexa, Eugregarinorida) from the intestines of North-eastern Pacific ascidians (2008)
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Rueckert, S., & Leander, B. S. (2008). Morphology and phylogenetic position of two novel marine gregarines (Apicomplexa, Eugregarinorida) from the intestines of North-eastern Pacific ascidians. Zoologica Scripta, 37(6), 637-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00346.x

Eugregarine apicomplexans parasitize marine, freshwater and terrestrial invertebrates, and have lifecycles involving trophozoites (feeding stages) with complex morphologies and behaviour. The genus Lankesteria refers to marine aseptate eugregarines t... Read More about Morphology and phylogenetic position of two novel marine gregarines (Apicomplexa, Eugregarinorida) from the intestines of North-eastern Pacific ascidians.

Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Haplozoon praxillellae n. sp. (Dinoflagellata): A novel intestinal parasite of the maldanid polychaete Praxillella pacifica Berkeley (2008)
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Rueckert, S., & Leander, B. S. (2008). Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Haplozoon praxillellae n. sp. (Dinoflagellata): A novel intestinal parasite of the maldanid polychaete Praxillella pacifica Berkeley. European Journal of Protistology, 44(4), 299-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2008.04.004

The genus Haplozoon comprises a group of endoparasites infecting the intestines of polychaete worms. Comparative studies using light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and small subunit rDNA have shown that these organisms are... Read More about Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Haplozoon praxillellae n. sp. (Dinoflagellata): A novel intestinal parasite of the maldanid polychaete Praxillella pacifica Berkeley.

Transmission of fish parasites into grouper mariculture (Serranidae: Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)) in Lampung Bay, Indonesia (2008)
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Palm, H. W., Rueckert, S., Klimpel, S., Al-Quraishy, S., & Mehlhorn, H. (2009). Transmission of fish parasites into grouper mariculture (Serranidae: Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)) in Lampung Bay, Indonesia. Parasitology Research, 104(3), 523-532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-008-1226-7

Differently fed groupers Epinephelus coioides from an Indonesian finfish mariculture farm were studied for ecto- and endohelminth parasites. Pellet-fed E. coioides were infested with 13 parasite species/taxa of which six had a monoxenous and seven a... Read More about Transmission of fish parasites into grouper mariculture (Serranidae: Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)) in Lampung Bay, Indonesia.

Parasite fauna of seabass (Lates calcarifer) under mariculture conditions in Lampung Bay, Indonesia (2008)
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Rückert, S., Palm, H. W., & Klimpel, S. (2008). Parasite fauna of seabass (Lates calcarifer) under mariculture conditions in Lampung Bay, Indonesia. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 24(3), 321-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0426.2008.01064.x

Fish parasites have been repeatedly reported to be a major threat to the developing industry of finfish mariculture in Indonesia, due to severe parasite and disease outbreaks. The aim of this study was to identify the metazoan parasite fauna and tric... Read More about Parasite fauna of seabass (Lates calcarifer) under mariculture conditions in Lampung Bay, Indonesia.

Genetic variability in Hysterothylacium aduncum, a raphidascarid nematode isolated from sprat (Sprattus sprattus) of different geographical areas of the northeastern Atlantic (2007)
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Klimpel, S., Kleinertz, S., Hanel, R., & Rueckert, S. (2007). Genetic variability in Hysterothylacium aduncum, a raphidascarid nematode isolated from sprat (Sprattus sprattus) of different geographical areas of the northeastern Atlantic. Parasitology Research, 101(5), 1425-1430. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-007-0662-0

Species of the genus Hysterothylacium are among the most common marine nematode fish parasites in the northern Atlantic. Due to recent findings of cryptic speciation in other parasitic ascaridoid nematodes, a similar pattern of sibling species was hy... Read More about Genetic variability in Hysterothylacium aduncum, a raphidascarid nematode isolated from sprat (Sprattus sprattus) of different geographical areas of the northeastern Atlantic.

Parasite fauna of bream Abramis brama and roach Rutilus rutilus from a man-made waterway and a freshwater habitat in northern Germany (2007)
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Rückert, S., Klimpel, S., & Palm, H. (2007). Parasite fauna of bream Abramis brama and roach Rutilus rutilus from a man-made waterway and a freshwater habitat in northern Germany. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 74, 225-233. doi:10.3354/dao074225

Fifty specimens each of bream Abramis brama and roach Rutilus rutilus were examined for metazoan parasite fauna and trichodinid ciliates; 25 specimens of each species were collected from the Kiel Canal, a man-made waterway, and a nearby freshwater la... Read More about Parasite fauna of bream Abramis brama and roach Rutilus rutilus from a man-made waterway and a freshwater habitat in northern Germany.

Fish parasites in the Arctic deep-sea: Poor diversity in pelagic fish species vs. heavy parasite load in a demersal fish (2006)
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Klimpel, S., Palm, H. W., Busch, M. W., Kellermanns, E., & Rueckert, S. (2006). Fish parasites in the Arctic deep-sea: Poor diversity in pelagic fish species vs. heavy parasite load in a demersal fish. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 53(7), 1167-1181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2006.05.009

A total of 219 deep-sea fishes belonging to five families were examined for the parasite fauna and stomach contents. The demersal fish Macrourus berglax, bathypelagic Bathylagus euryops, and mesopelagic Argentina silus, Borostomias antarcticus, Chaul... Read More about Fish parasites in the Arctic deep-sea: Poor diversity in pelagic fish species vs. heavy parasite load in a demersal fish.

Diet and metazoan parasites of silver scabbard fish Lepidopus caudatus from the Great Meteor Seamount (North Atlantic). (2006)
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Klimpel, S., Rueckert, S., Piatkowski, U., Palm, H. W., & Hanel, R. (2006). Diet and metazoan parasites of silver scabbard fish Lepidopus caudatus from the Great Meteor Seamount (North Atlantic). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 315, 249-257. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps315249

Silver scabbard fish Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) (Trichiuridae) from the Great Meteor Seamount (GMS) in the central eastern Atlantic were studied for diet composition and metazoan parasites. A total of 36 specimens with lengths between 39.1... Read More about Diet and metazoan parasites of silver scabbard fish Lepidopus caudatus from the Great Meteor Seamount (North Atlantic)..

Life cycle strategy of Hysterothylacium aduncum to become the most abundant anisakid fish nematode in the North Sea (2005)
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Klimpel, S., & Rueckert, S. (2005). Life cycle strategy of Hysterothylacium aduncum to become the most abundant anisakid fish nematode in the North Sea. Parasitology Research, 97(2), (141-149). doi:10.1007/s00436-005-1407-6. ISSN 0932-0113

The present study demonstrates the influence of physical systems (mixed and stratified waters) on the occurrence and distribution of the anisakid nematode Hysterothylacium aduncum in commercially important gadiform fish species from the central and n... Read More about Life cycle strategy of Hysterothylacium aduncum to become the most abundant anisakid fish nematode in the North Sea.

The life cycle of Anisakis simplex in the Norwegian Deep (northern North Sea) (2004)
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Palm, H. W., Rueckert, S., & Piatkowski, U. (2004). The life cycle of Anisakis simplex in the Norwegian Deep (northern North Sea). Parasitology Research, 94(1), (1-9). doi:10.1007/s00436-004-1154-0. ISSN 0932-0113

Copepoda (Calanus finmarchicus n=1,722, Paraeuchaeta norvegica n=1,955), Hyperiidae (n=3,019), Euphausiacea (Meganyctiphanes norvegica n=4,780), and the fishes Maurolicus muelleri (n=500) and Pollachius virens (n=33) were collected in the Norwegian D... Read More about The life cycle of Anisakis simplex in the Norwegian Deep (northern North Sea).

Parasites of the Antarctic rattail Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913) (Macrouridae, Gadiformes). (2002)
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Walter, T., Palm, H. W., Piepiorka, S., & Rueckert, S. (2002). Parasites of the Antarctic rattail Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913) (Macrouridae, Gadiformes). Polar Biology, 25, 633-640. doi:10.1007/s00300-002-0407-6

A total of 386 Macrourus whitsoni from Antarctic
waters were examined for ecto- and endoparasites.
Sixty-five M. whitsoni collected near Halley Bay
(Weddell Sea) and 321 specimens from the continental
slope off King George Island (South Shetland... Read More about Parasites of the Antarctic rattail Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913) (Macrouridae, Gadiformes)..