The find of trematode, Helicometra fasciata (Rud., 1819) sensu lato from the Black Sea common stingray Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Abstract
A trematode belonging to Helicometra fasciata sensu lato (fam. Opecoelidae) was found for the first time from the Black Sea common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758), caught in Karkinitsky Bay (western coast of Crimean Peninsula). The find of this trematode from the common stingray is consistent with the data on the life cycle of Helicometra in the Black Sea. A drawing and a morphological description of marita are provided. This is the first record of Helicometra spp. from cartilaginous fishes. The common stingray is classified as an accidental definitive host of these trematodes in the Black Sea. Dasyatidae believe to be an undersampled host group for digenean infection in the Black Sea.
Keywords:
Trematoda, Opecoelidae, Chondrichthyes, Batomorphi, Dasyatidae, new definitive host, Black Sea, food webs