An Updated Checklist Of Parasitic Helminths Of Marine Fish From Turkey

• Main Author: Öktener Ahmet
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2014-10-01
• Series: Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research
• Subjects: helminth; checklist; marine; fish; turkey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0017

An updated checklist carried out indicated the occurrence of 161 helminth species from wild marine fish species in Turkey, which includes 49 monogeneans, 63 digeneans, 18 cestodes, 17 nematodes, 11 acanthocephalans and three annelids, from 88 different fish (86 native, two migratory) species. Since the publication of the checklist of helminth parasites of marine fishes in Turkey over nine years ago (Öktener, 2005), there have been a number of new records. This update includes these additional records and has allowed the correction of those errors and omissions that were present in the previous version. The parasite species list is arranged by phylum and class, providing parasite species name, host fish, location of host fish capture and author, and date of published record. The host list consists of all parasite species listed by host species. All parasites and their hosts are confirmed with the recent systematic accounts and full taxonomic account.