Table 2 Prevalence (P, expressed in percentage) and mean abundance (A ± standard deviation with ranges in brackets) of parasites found in E. spinax, G. melastomus, and S. canicula from the Gulf of Naples.
Parasites | E. spinax n = 39 | G. melastomus n = 91 | S. canicula n = 102 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | A | P | A | P | A | |
Copepoda | ||||||
Lernaeopoda galei (A) | – | – | – | – | 32.3 | 0.558 ± 1.022 (0–6) |
Trematoda | ||||||
Diphterostomum betencourti (A) | – | – | – | – | 13.7 | 0.481 ± 1.539 (0–9) |
Otodistomum veliporum (A) | – | – | 1 | 0.011 ± 0.104 (0–1) | – | – |
Cestoda | ||||||
Ditrachybothridium macrocephalum (A) | – | – | 2.1 | 0.824 ± 7.756 (0–74) | – | – |
Grillotia sp. (L) | 79.4 | 5.334 ± 6.032 (0–27) | 100 | 181.659 ± 189.129 (1–1421) | 94.1 | 31.509 ± 29.091 (0–188) |
Heterosphyriocephalus tergestinus (L) | 2.5 | 0.025 ± 0.161 (0–1) | – | – | – | – |
Sphyriocephalus viridis (L) | 5.1 | 0.051 ± 0.223 (0–1) | 19.7 | 0.362 ± 0.875 (0–4) | – | – |
Nematoda | ||||||
Anisakis pegreffii (L) | – | – | – | – | 0.9 | 0.009 ± 0.099 (0–1) |
Anisakis physeteris (L) | 12.8 | 0.128 ± 0.338 (0–1) | 4.3 | 0.044 ± 0.206 (0–1) | 4.9 | 0.049 ± 0.217 (0–1) |
