| first confirmed record of mola sp. a in the western mediterranean sea: morphological, molecular and parasitological findings. | recent molecular and morphological studies suggest the existence of at least three species of mola (mola spp. a, b and c). currently, only mola mola and mola ramsayi are formally accepted and species a, b or c have not been assigned to these thus far. in this study, a large ocean sunfish in the western mediterranean sea was analysed molecularly and morphologically, identified as mola sp. a and a detailed account of the specimen's parasite load is reported. | 2017 | 28105658 |
| massive consumption of gelatinous plankton by mediterranean apex predators. | stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen were used to test the hypothesis that stomach content analysis has systematically overlooked the consumption of gelatinous zooplankton by pelagic mesopredators and apex predators. the results strongly supported a major role of gelatinous plankton in the diet of bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus), little tunny (euthynnus alletteratus), spearfish (tetrapturus belone) and swordfish (xiphias gladius). loggerhead sea turtles (caretta caretta) in the oceanic stage an ... | 2012 | 22470416 |
| accacoelium contortum (trematoda: accacoeliidae) a trematode living as a monogenean: morphological and pathological implications. | accacoelium contortum (rudolphi, 1819) monticelli, 1893 is a frequent but poorly known trematode found on gills, pharynx and digestive tract of the ocean sunfish mola mola (l.). although the morphology of a. contortum agrees with that of a typical endoparasitic trematode, with two relatively small suckers and no large holdfasts, this parasite is normally ectoparasitic. the main objective of this paper is to explore this peculiar host-parasite relationship. | 2015 | 26471059 |
| visceral anatomy of ocean sunfish (mola mola (l., 1758), molidae, tetraodontiformes) and angler (lophius piscatorius (l., 1758), lophiidae, lophiiformes) investigated by non-invasive imaging techniques. | the purpose of this work is to examine the gross visceral anatomy of ocean sunfish and angler using non-invasive imaging techniques: computed tomography imaging (ct) and magnetic resonance imaging (mri). similarities and differences in the internal organisation of these two species are verified. both species lack a swimbladder and present a significant asymmetry in the hepatic lobes, an elongated bile duct terminating close to the stomach, a compact thyroid embedded in a blood lacuna, and very r ... | 2012 | 23312298 |
| the integument of the ocean sunfish (mola mola l.) (plectognathi) with observations on the lesions from two ectoparasites, capsala martinierei (trematoda) and philorthagoriscus serratus (copepoda). | | 1974 | 4421393 |
| effects of liver extract from the ocean sunfish (mola mola) on acute gastric lesions in the rat. | | 1990 | 2348605 |
| why does the ocean sunfish bask? | basking at the sea surface is a well known, but peculiar behavior of ocean sunfish (mola mola). one of hypotheses for this behavior is parasite elimination. however, in oceanic regions, very little direct evidence exists for this form of interspecific communication. in pelagic waters of the north pacific ocean, we observed a school of 57 ocean sunfish, that were heavily infested around the base of their dorsal fins with the ecto-parasite pennella sp. we photographed a laysan albatross (phoebastr ... | 2012 | 23060968 |
| long-term transportation, by road and air, of devil-ray (mobula mobular), meagre (argyrosomus regius), and ocean sunfish (mola mola). | between september 2006 and april 2007 the authors transported one 0.9 m wingspan mobula mobular from olhão (south of portugal) to valencia (east of spain), 12 approximately 1.0 m long argyrosomus regius to tarragona (northeast of spain) and four approximately 0.4 m long mola mola to atlanta (ga, usa). these journeys had a total "water to water" duration of 17, 22 and 33 hr, respectively. the first two transports were conducted by road whereas the third involved a combination of road and air trav ... | 2008 | 19360621 |