title: Larval cestodes infecting the deep-water fish, Cataetyx laticeps (Pisces: Bythitidae) from Madeira Archipelago, Atlantic Ocean.
abstract: Parasites of deep-water fishes are less known in comparison to the parasites of fishes living in the demersal and epipelagic ocean zones. In the present research note we report the occurrence of larval trypanorhynch cestodes in a rare deep-water fish, the deep-water brotula, Cataetyx laticeps. Based on the 28S rDNA (region D1-D3) sequence homology and the phylogenetic analysis, the larval cestodes are putatively assigned to the genus Grillotia. It is suggested that the definitive host of this trypanorhynch is a batoid.
authors.forename: Graça
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Mahnaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khadem
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dellinger
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biscoito
authors.forename: Egberto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Melo-Moreira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D002589:Cestoda / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S