| first report of the invasive eel pest pseudodactylogyrus bini in north america and in wild american eels. | we detected 2 species of monogenean gill worms, pseudodactylogyrus bini (kikuchi, 1929) gusev, 1965 and p. anguillae (yin & sproston, 1948) gusev, 1965 (monopisthocotylea: pseudodactylogyridae), on american eel anguilla rostrata in 2 rivers in south carolina, usa. one of these, p. anguillae, was reported 5 yr ago from nova scotia; as well as in south carolina, we also discovered it in 2 localities in chesapeake bay. differences in the morphologies of specimens of either species of worm from nort ... | 2001 | 11253875 |
| first record of anguillicoloides crassus (nematoda) in american eels (anguilla rostrata) in canadian estuaries, cape breton, nova scotia. | in the summer of 2007, american eels, anguilla rostrata, from 2 localities on cape breton island, were found to be infected with the swim bladder nematode anguillicoloides crassus. this is the first documented report of this highly invasive parasite in canadian waters. more than half of the yellow eels in mira river (6 of 10), and 1 eel (of 5) from sydney harbour were infected. parasite intensity ranged from 1 to 11 worms per eel. the occurrence of a. crassus at these 2 localities suggests the n ... | 2009 | 18767906 |
| distribution, prevalence, and intensity of the swim bladder parasite anguillicola crassus in new england and eastern canada. | in the summer of 2005, yellow phase american eels anguilla rostrata were examined for the swim bladder parasite anguillicola crassus from 26 locations in new england, usa, ranging from the pawcatuck river, rhode island, to the east machias river, maine. an additional 12 sites were sampled within canada during the summers of 2006 and 2007: 7 sites in southern nova scotia and 5 sites within the st. lawrence river system. in 2007, eels were also obtained from new brunswick, northern nova scotia, pr ... | 2009 | 19565700 |