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The role of Callionymus lyra and C. reticulatus in the life cycle of Lernaeocera lusci in Belgian coastal waters (Southern Bight of the North Sea)
Van Damme, P.A.; Maertens, D.; Arrumm, A.; Hamerlynck, O.; Ollevier, F.P. (1993). The role of Callionymus lyra and C. reticulatus in the life cycle of Lernaeocera lusci in Belgian coastal waters (Southern Bight of the North Sea). J. Fish Biol. 42(3): 395-401. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1993.tb00342.x
In: Journal of Fish Biology. Fisheries Society of the British Isles: London,New York,. ISSN 0022-1112; e-ISSN 1095-8649
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Keywords
    Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]; Callionymus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1837 [WoRMS]; Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    CALLIONYMUS-RETICULATUS; CALLIONYMUS-LYRA; NONCOMMERCIAL FISH;LERNAEOCERA-LUSCI; HOST SPECIFICITY; BELGIAN COAST

Authors  Top 
  • Van Damme, P.A.
  • Maertens, D.
  • Arrumm, A.
  • Hamerlynck, O.
  • Ollevier, F.P.

Abstract
    A survey of the dragonet Callionymus lyra and the reticulated dragonet C. reticulatus from Belgian coastal waters (Southern Bight of the North Sea) in June 1991 revealed 34% of dragonets infected with 1-7 Lernaeocera lusci. This same parasite infected 9% of the reticulated dragonets (mean intensity = 1). Parasite size is host-size-dependent. Of the parasites collected from C. lyra 64% were gravid adults (substage X), and a significant positive relationship between the number of eggs and axial length of the parasite was found. The parasites were overdispersed within the dragonet population (s²/m=1.67).

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