An annotated list of fish parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda) collected from Snappers and Bream (Lutjanidae, Nemipteridae, Caesionidae) in New Caledonia confirms high parasite biodiversity on coral reef fish

Jean-Lou Justine,Ian Beveridge,Geoffrey A. Boxshall,Rodney A. Bray,Terrence L. Miller,František Moravec,Jean-Paul Trilles,Ian D. Whittington

An annotated list of fish parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda) collected from Snappers and Bream (Lutjanidae, Nemipteridae, Caesionidae) in New Caledonia confirms high parasite biodiversity on coral reef fish

2012

Jean-Lou Justine
Ian Beveridge
Geoffrey A. Boxshall
Rodney A. Bray
Terrence L. Miller
František Moravec
Jean-Paul Trilles
Ian D. Whittington

Background Coral reefs are areas of maximum biodiversity, but the parasites of coral reef fishes, and especially their species richness, are not well known. Over an 8-year period, parasites were collected from 24 species of Lutjanidae, Nemipteridae and Caesionidae off New Caledonia, South Pacific.

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Coral reef
Coextinction
Fishery
Species richness
Caesionidae
Cestoda
Monogenea
Lutjanidae
Ecology
Biology
Coral reef fish
Isopoda
Digenea

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