ne crawled over the dolphin's back: Unusual record of the whale louse Cyamus boopis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Cyamidae) on the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus

Author(s)

Iwasa-Arai, Tammy ^[1] ; Santana, Fabiola da Silva ^[2] ; Barbosa, Carla Beatriz ^[2] ; Werneck, Max Rondon ^[3]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Programa Posgrad Biol Anim, Cidade Univ Zeferino Vaz Barao Geraldo, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Inst Argonauta Conservacao Costeira & Marinha, Ave Governador Abreu Sodre 1067, BR-11695240 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Inst BW Conservacao & Med Fauna Marinha Araruama, BR-28970000 Araruama, RJ - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER; v. 295, p. 117-119, NOV 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

The host specific whale louse Cyamus boopis Lutken, 1870, commonly found on humpback whales, is reported for the first time from a stranded bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Montagu 1821). This is the first record of C. boopis on a dolphin species, and the second record of C. boopis outside humpback whales. Cyamid unusual records mainly reflect cetacean interspecific interactions. (c) 2021 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/10313-0 - Build-up of scientific collections of marine invertebrates: strategies for biodiversity conservation
• Grantee: Antonia Cecília Zacagnini Amaral
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 18/00488-7 - Species delimitation, comparative phylogeography and conectivity of Peracarida (Crustacea: Eumalacostraca) associated with Sargassum in Brazil with emphasis on insular populations
• Grantee: Tammy Iwasa Arai
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate