First Report of Tracheliastes polycolpus (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) and Piscicola geometra L. 1761 (Annelida-hirudinea) on Capoeta umbla at Murat River, Turkey
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This study investigated the presence of lernaeopodid and parasitic
annelids on Capoeta umbla from Murat River. The host fish was found to
be infested with the ectoparasite Tracheliastes polycolpus (Copepoda:
Lernaeopodidae) and Piscicola geometra (Hirudinida: Pontobdellinae).
Parasites were isolated from the fins of C. umbla that the most common
fish species of Murat River. The present report constitutes the first
diagnosis of T. polycolpus in Turkey and P. geometra known from
different freshwater sources in Turkey. The morphological structure of
two parasites were measured and photographed.
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