The monogeneans of the Black Sea
Revision of the Black Sea fish monogeneans has carried out. At present the marine monogenean fauna includes 37 species belonging to 21 genera.
List of Black Sea monogenean species
Fam. Ancyrocephalidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Ancyrocephalus cobitis Ergens, 1963 | Gobius cobitis |
| Ligophorus acuminatus Euzet et Suriano, 1977 | Liza saliens |
| L.chabaudi Euzet et Suriano, 1977 | Mugil cephalus, M.soiuy |
| L.euzeti Dmitrieva et Gerasev, 1996 | Liza saliens |
| L.kaohsianghsieni (Gussev, 1962) | Liza aurata, Mugil soiuy |
| L.macrocolpos Euzet et Suriano, 1977 | Liza aurata |
| L.szidati Euzet et Suriano, 1977 | Liza aurata |
| L.vanbenedenii (Parona et Perugia, 1890) | Liza aurata, Mugil cephalus |
| Paradiplectanotrema trachuri (Kovaleva,1970) | Trachurus mediterraneus ponticus |
Fam. Diplectanidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Diplectanum aculeatum Parona et Perugia, 1889 | Sciaena umbra, Umbrina cirrosa |
| D.similis Bychowsky, 1957 | S. umbra, U. cirrosa |
| Lamellodiscus elegans Bychowsky, 1957 | Diplodus annularis |
| L.fraternus Bychowsky,1957 | Diplodus annularis |
Fam. Calceostomatidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Calceostomella inerme (Parona et Perugia, 1889) | Sciaena umbra, Umbrina cirrosa |
Fam. Monocotylidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Calicotyle kroyeri Diesing, 1850 | Raja clavata |
Fam.Capsalidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Capsala pelamydis Taschenberg, 1878 | Sarda sarda |
| Nitzschia sturionis (Abildgaard, 1794) | Acipenser stellatus,A.sturio A.guldenstadti, Huso huso |
Fam. Tetraonchoididae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Tetraonchoides paradoxus Bychowsky, 1951 | Uranoscopus scaber |
Fam.Bothitrematidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Bothitrema bothi (MacCallum, 1913) | Psetta maxima maeotica |
Fam.Gyrodactylidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| G.atherinae Bychowsky, 1933 | Atherina boyeri |
| G.crenilabri Zaika, 1966 | Symphodus tinca, S.roissali S.cinereus, S.ocellatus |
| G.flesi Malmberg, 1957 | Platichthys flesus luscus, Raja clavata, Pomatomus saltatrix, Trachurus mediterraneus ponticus, Uranoscopus scaber, Spicara flexuosa, Gobius niger, Neogobius melanostomus |
| G.harengi Malmberg, 1957 | Sprattus sprattus phalericus |
| G.proterorhini Ergens, 1967 | Gobius cobitis, G.ophiocephalus, G.niger,Neogobius melanostomus, Proterorhinus marmoratus |
| Gyrodactylus alviga Dmitrieva et Gerasev, 2000 | Odontogadus merlangus euxinus, Raja clavata, Alosa pontica pontica, Engraulis encrasicholus, Salmo trutta labrax, Liza aurata, Atherina boyeri, Pomatomus saltatrix, Diplodus annularis, Boops salpa, Mullus barbatus, Uranoscopus scaber, Ophidion rochei, Neogobius melanostomus, Psetta maxima maeotica, Platichthys flesus luscus |
| Gyrodactylus sphinx Dmitrieva et Gerasev, 2000 | Blennius sphinx |
| Polyclithrum rogersi Dmitrieva et al., in press | Mugil cephalus |
| P.ponticum Dmitrieva et al., in press | M.cephalus |
Fam. Diclybothriidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Diclybothrium armatum Leuckart, 1835 | Acipenser stellatus,A.sturio A.guldenstadti, Huso huso |
Fam. Hexabothriidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| S.squali MacCallum, 1931 | Squalus acanthias |
Fam. Mazocraeidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Mazocraes alosae Hermann, 1782 | Alosa pontica pontica, A.caspia, A.falax nilotica,A.alosa bulgarica |
| Pseudoantocotyle markewitschi Nicolaeva et Pogorelzeva, 1965 | Engraulis encrasicolus maeotica, Atherina boyeri |
| Kuhnia scombri (Kuhn,1829) | Scomber scombrus |
Fam. Plectanocotylidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Plectanocotyle gurnardi ( van Beneden et Hesse, 1863) | Trigla lucerna |
Fam. Microcotylidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Microcotyle mugilis Vogt, 1878 | Mugil cephalus, M.soiuy, Liza aurata, L.saliens |
| M.pomatomi Goto, 1899 | Pomatomus saltatrix |
Fam.Axinidae
Monogenean |
Host |
| Axine belones Abildgaard,1794 | Belone belone euxini |
Five species are the new ones:
Zoogeography
Genus Polyclithrum is recorded in the Black Sea firstly. The only known species of Polyclithrum - P.mugilini Rogers, 1967 has been recorded in the striped mullet, Mugil cephalus from the Lake Seminole, Georgia (Rogers, 1976) and Sapelo Island, Georgia (Rawson, 1976). Now this genus includes three species. Possibly it has more wide distribution among the mullets in the World Ocean then it is known at present.
G.harengi and G.flesi are found in the first time in the Black Sea. These two species are unknown in the Meditteranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Besides the Black Sea they are found only in the Baltic and White Seas. Their distributions are restricted by high salinity of the ocean water.
The Far-East mullet Mugil soiuy has been introduced in the Azov Sea and now it has moved in the Black Sea. This mullet carried in three monogenean species Ligophorus kaohsianghsieni, Gyrodactylus zhukovi and G.mugili in this region. The first one from them has been already found in the Black Sea mullet Liza aurata.
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