TY - JOUR AU - Adday, Thamir K. AU - Khamees, Najim R. PY - 2020/06/24 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - First Record of Two Species of Eudactylina (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from Elasmobranch Fishes of the Arabian Gulf JF - Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences JA - Basrah J. Agric. Sci. VL - 33 IS - 1 SE - ORIGINAL ARTICLE(S) DO - 10.37077/25200860.2020.32.1.03 UR - https://bjas.bajas.edu.iq/index.php/bjas/article/view/172 SP - 26-38 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">Description and some ecological aspects of two species of <em>Eudactylina</em> (<em>E</em>. <em>rhinabati</em> and <em>E. turgipes</em>) were found parasitic on two specimens of <em>Glaucostegus</em> <em>granulatus</em> and seven of <em>Gymnura poecilura</em> during the period from January 2011 till June 2012 from the north west of the Arabian Gulf (Latitudes 48° 44? to 48° 46?; longitude 29° 46? to 29° 47?). The prevalence of infection and the mean intensity of infection of <em>E. rhinabati</em> and <em>E</em>. <em>turgipes</em> was 40 %, 4.5 and 28.5, 2 respectively. The present finding of <em>E. rhinobati</em> on the gills of <em>G.</em> <em>granulatus</em> represents its first record in fishes of the Arabian Gulf, and its second occurrence in the World, while the finding of <em>E. turgipes </em>&nbsp;on the gills of <em>G. poecilura</em> in the present study represents a new host record and a new geographical distribution .</p> ER -