Minaya, D.,  Ferre, D., García, M., Alvariño, L., Iannacone, J.,  2021. The community of macroparasites of the Pacific barracuda Sphyraena ensis Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 (Perciformes, Sphyraenidae) from the north coast of Peru.  Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 19, DOI: https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2021.19.0273

Table 1. Ecological descriptors of the macroparasite community of Sphyraena ensis Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 from the north coast of Peru: PH,  parasitized hosts; P%, prevalence percentage; MA, mean abundance; MI, mean intensity.

Tabla 1. Descriptores ecológicos de la comunidad de macroparásitos de la agujilla Sphyraena ensis Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 procedentes de la costa norte de Perú: HP, hospederos parasitados; P%, porcentaje de prevalencia; AM, abundancia media; IM, intensidad media.

   

Parasites

Deposit code

Site of infection

Strategy type

Total

  

Males

  

Females

PH

P%

MA

MI

  

PH

P%

MA

MI

  

PH

P%

MA

MI

Pseudochauhanea sp.

HPIA:196

Gill

Secondary

62

44.93

1.88

4.19

  

39

50.65

2.39

4.72

  

23

37.70

1.25

3.30

Metamicrocotyla macracanta

HPIA:197

Gill

Satellite

7

5.07

0.14

2.71

  

4

5.19

0.14

2.75

  

3

4.92

0.13

2.67

Scomberocotyle sp.

HPIA:198

Gill

Satellite

2

1.45

0.01

1.00

  

2

2.60

0.03

1.00

  

-

-

-

-

Caligus sp.

HPIA:199

Gill

Satellite

3

2.17

0.04

1.67

  

2

2.60

0.05

2.00

  

1

1.64

0.02

1.00

Naobranchia kabatana

HPIA:200

Gill

Satellite

2

1.45

0.04

3.00

  

2

2.60

0.08

3.00

  

-

-

-

-

Parabrachiella sp

HPIA:201

Gill

Satellite

1

0.72

0.01

1.00

  

-

-

-

-

  

1

1.64

0.02

1.00

Cybicola sp

HPIA:202

Gill

Satellite

4

2.90

0.09

3.25

  

4

5.19

0.17

3.25

  

-

-

-

-

Didymozoon sp. 

HPIA:203

Gill

Ssatellite

7

5.07

0.14

2.71

  

5

6.49

0.21

3.20

  

2

3.28

0.05

1.50

Contracaecum sp.

HPIA:204

Mesentery

Satellite

2

1.45

0.03

2.00

  

2

2.60

0.05

2.00

  

-

-

-

-

Parasitic community

-

-

-

83

60.14

2.38

3.96

  

54

70.13

3.12

4.44

  

29

47.54

1.46

3.07