List of parasites of the common thresher

The common thresher (Alopias vulpinus) can harbor a number of internal and external parasites:

Type	Species
Protozoans	Giardia intestinalis^[1]
Monogeneans	Cathariotrema selachii^[2]
Flukes	Campula oblonga (not usual host)^[3] Paronatrema vaginicola^[4]
Tapeworms	Acanthobothrium coronatum^[5] Anthobothrium laciniatum^[6] Crossobothrium angustum^[7] Floriceps uncinatus^[2] Hepatoxylon trichiuri^[8] Lacistorhynchus tenuis^[2] Marsupiobothrium alopias^[2] Molicola uncinatus^[8] Monorygma megacotyla^[2] Paraorygmatobothrium exiguum^[9] Paraorygmatobothrium filiforme^[10] Sphyriocephalus tergetinus^[11] Sphyriocephalus viridis^[2]
Copepods	Dinemoura discrepans^[12] Dinemoura producta^[2] Echthrogaleus denticulatus^[12] Gangliopus pyriformis^[13] Kroeyerina benzorum^[14] Nemesis aggregatus^[15] Nemesis lamna^[2] Nemesis robusta^[15] Nemesis tiburo^[15] Nesippus orientalis^[16] Pandarus smithii^[12] Pandarus cranchii^[2]

References

^ Lasek-Nesselquist, E.; Bogomolni, A.L.; Gast, R.J.; Welch, D.M.; Ellis, J.C.; Sogin, M.L.; Moore, M.J. (August 19, 2008). "Molecular characterization of Giardia intestinalis haplotypes in marine animals: variation and zoonotic potential" (PDF). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 81 (1): 39–51. doi:10.3354/dao01931. PMC 9275365. PMID 18828561.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Pollerspöck, J. "Alopias vulpinus (parasite data)". Shark-References.com. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
^ Adams, A.M.; Hoberg, E.P.; McAlpine, D.F.; Clayden, S.L. (April 1998). "Occurrence and morphological comparisons of Campula oblonga (Digenea: Campulidae), including a report from an atypical host, the thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus". Journal of Parasitology. 84 (2): 435–438. doi:10.2307/3284507. JSTOR 3284507. PMID 9576521. S2CID 39872421.
^ Shvetsova, L.S. (1994). "Trematodes of cartilaginous fishes of the Pacific Ocean". Izvestiya TINRO. 117: 46–64.
^ Parukhin, A.M. (1966). "On the species composition of the helminth fauna of fishes in the South Atlantic". Materialy Nauchnoi Konferentsii Vsesoyuznogo Obshchestva Gel'mintologov. 3: 219–222.
^ Yamaguti, S. (1934). "Studies on the Helminth fauna of Japan. Part 4. Cestodes of fishes". Japanese Journal of Zoology. 6: 1–112.
^ Euzet, L. (1959). "Recherches sur les cestodes tétraphyllides des sélaciens des côtes de France." Thèse, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Montpellier, France.
^ ^a ^b Bates, R.M. (1990). "A checklist of the Trypanorhyncha (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) of the world (1935-1985)". National Museum of Wales, Zoological Series. 1: 1–218.
^ Ruhnke, T.R. (May 1994). "Paraorygmatobothrium barberi n. g., n. sp. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea), with amended descriptions of two species transferred to the genus". Systematic Parasitology. 28 (1): 65–79. doi:10.1007/BF00006910. S2CID 22538557.
^ Ruhnke, T.R. (1996). "Systematic resolution of Crossobothrium Linton, 1889, and taxonomic information on four allocated to that genus". Journal of Parasitology. 82 (5): 793–800. doi:10.2307/3283893. JSTOR 3283893. PMID 8885890.
^ Gomez Cabrera, S. (1983). "Forma adulta de Sphyriocephalus tergetinus (Cestoda: Tetrarhynchidea) en Alopias vulpinus (Peces: Selacea)". Revista Iberica de Parasitologia. 43 (3): 305.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cressey, R.F. (1967). "Revision of the Family Pandaridae (Copepoda: Caligoida)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 121 (3570): 1–13. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.121-3570.1.
^ Izawa, K. (July 2010). "Free-living stages of the parasitic copepod, Gangliopus pyriformis Gerstaecker, 1854 (Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) reared from eggs". Crustaceana. 83 (7): 829–837. doi:10.1163/001121610X498863.
^ Deets, G.B. (1987). "Phylogenetic analysis and revision of Kroeyerina Wilson, 1932 (Siphonostomatoida: Kroyeriidae), copepods parasitic on chondrichthyans, with descriptions of four new species and the erection of a new genus, Prokroyeria". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 65 (9): 2121–2148. doi:10.1139/z87-327.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hewitt G.C. (1969). "Some New Zealand parasitic Copepoda of the family Eudactylinidae". Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington. 49: 1–31.
^ Dippenaar, S.M.; Jordaan, B.P. (September 2006). "Nesippus orientalis Heller, 1868 (Pandaridae : Siphonostomatoida): descriptions of the adult, young and immature females, a first description of the male and aspects of their functional morphology". Systematic Parasitology. 65 (1): 27–41. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9037-7. PMID 16676230. S2CID 22185843.

[lasek-nesselquist_et_al-1] Lasek-Nesselquist, E.; Bogomolni, A.L.; Gast, R.J.; Welch, D.M.; Ellis, J.C.; Sogin, M.L.; Moore, M.J. (August 19, 2008). "Molecular characterization of Giardia intestinalis haplotypes in marine animals: variation and zoonotic potential" (PDF). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 81 (1): 39–51. doi:10.3354/dao01931. PMC 9275365. PMID 18828561.

[pollerspock-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Pollerspöck, J. "Alopias vulpinus (parasite data)". Shark-References.com. Retrieved May 12, 2013.

[adams_et_al-3] Adams, A.M.; Hoberg, E.P.; McAlpine, D.F.; Clayden, S.L. (April 1998). "Occurrence and morphological comparisons of Campula oblonga (Digenea: Campulidae), including a report from an atypical host, the thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus". Journal of Parasitology. 84 (2): 435–438. doi:10.2307/3284507. JSTOR 3284507. PMID 9576521. S2CID 39872421.

[shvetsova-4] Shvetsova, L.S. (1994). "Trematodes of cartilaginous fishes of the Pacific Ocean". Izvestiya TINRO. 117: 46–64.

[parukhin-5] Parukhin, A.M. (1966). "On the species composition of the helminth fauna of fishes in the South Atlantic". Materialy Nauchnoi Konferentsii Vsesoyuznogo Obshchestva Gel'mintologov. 3: 219–222.

[yamaguti-6] Yamaguti, S. (1934). "Studies on the Helminth fauna of Japan. Part 4. Cestodes of fishes". Japanese Journal of Zoology. 6: 1–112.

[euzet-7] Euzet, L. (1959). "Recherches sur les cestodes tétraphyllides des sélaciens des côtes de France." Thèse, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Montpellier, France.

[bates-8] Bates, R.M. (1990). "A checklist of the Trypanorhyncha (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) of the world (1935-1985)". National Museum of Wales, Zoological Series. 1: 1–218.

[ruhnke_1994-9] Ruhnke, T.R. (May 1994). "Paraorygmatobothrium barberi n. g., n. sp. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea), with amended descriptions of two species transferred to the genus". Systematic Parasitology. 28 (1): 65–79. doi:10.1007/BF00006910. S2CID 22538557.

[ruhnke_1996-10] Ruhnke, T.R. (1996). "Systematic resolution of Crossobothrium Linton, 1889, and taxonomic information on four allocated to that genus". Journal of Parasitology. 82 (5): 793–800. doi:10.2307/3283893. JSTOR 3283893. PMID 8885890.

[gomez_cabrera-11] Gomez Cabrera, S. (1983). "Forma adulta de Sphyriocephalus tergetinus (Cestoda: Tetrarhynchidea) en Alopias vulpinus (Peces: Selacea)". Revista Iberica de Parasitologia. 43 (3): 305.

[cressey-12] Cressey, R.F. (1967). "Revision of the Family Pandaridae (Copepoda: Caligoida)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 121 (3570): 1–13. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.121-3570.1.

[izawa-13] Izawa, K. (July 2010). "Free-living stages of the parasitic copepod, Gangliopus pyriformis Gerstaecker, 1854 (Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) reared from eggs". Crustaceana. 83 (7): 829–837. doi:10.1163/001121610X498863.

[deets-14] Deets, G.B. (1987). "Phylogenetic analysis and revision of Kroeyerina Wilson, 1932 (Siphonostomatoida: Kroyeriidae), copepods parasitic on chondrichthyans, with descriptions of four new species and the erection of a new genus, Prokroyeria". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 65 (9): 2121–2148. doi:10.1139/z87-327.

[hewitt-15] Hewitt G.C. (1969). "Some New Zealand parasitic Copepoda of the family Eudactylinidae". Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington. 49: 1–31.

[dippenaar_and_jordaan-16] Dippenaar, S.M.; Jordaan, B.P. (September 2006). "Nesippus orientalis Heller, 1868 (Pandaridae : Siphonostomatoida): descriptions of the adult, young and immature females, a first description of the male and aspects of their functional morphology". Systematic Parasitology. 65 (1): 27–41. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9037-7. PMID 16676230. S2CID 22185843.

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