Paolo Cipriani, Marialetizia Palomba, Lucilla Giulietti, Federica Marcer, Sandro Mazzariol, Mario Santoro, Renato Aco Alburqueque, Pablo Covelo, Alfredo López, M Begoña Santos, Graham J Pierce, Andrew Brownlow, Nicholas J Davison, Barry McGovern, Alexandros Frantzis, Paraskevi Alexiadou, Dánjal Petur Højgaard, Bjarni Mikkelsen, Michela Paoletti, Giuseppe Nascetti, Arne Levsen, Simonetta Mattiucci
Parasite biodiversity in cetaceans represents a neglected component of the marine ecosystem. This study aimed to investigate the distribution and genetic diversity of anisakid nematodes of the genus Anisakis sampled in cetaceans from the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. A total of 478 adults and pre-adults of Anisakis spp. was identified by a multilocus genetic approach (mtDNA cox2, EF1 α - 1 nDNA and nas 10 nDNA gene loci) from 11 cetacean species. A clear pattern of host preference was observed for Anisakis spp...
August 11, 2022: Scientific Reports