Life history told by a whale‑louse: a possible interaction of a southern right whale Eubalaena australis calf with humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae

dc.creatorIwasa-Arai, Tammy
dc.creatorSiciliano, Salvatore
dc.creatorSerejo, Cristiana S.
dc.creatorRodriguez-Rey, Ghennie T.
dc.date2018-02-20T15:47:47Z
dc.date2018-02-20T15:47:47Z
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:38:26Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:38:26Z
dc.identifierIWASA-ARAI, Tammy; et al. Life history told by a whale‑louse: a possible interaction of a southern right whale Eubalaena australis calf with humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae. Helgol Mar Res., v.71:6, 6p, 2017.
dc.identifier1438-387X
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/24886
dc.identifier10.1186/s10152-017-0486-y
dc.identifier1438-3888
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8861133
dc.descriptionSouthern right whales (Eubalaena australis) are known to host three species of whale-lice, Cyamus gracilis, Cyamus ovalis and Cyamus erraticus. Such cyamids usually are generalists in toothed whales (Cetacea: Odontoceti) and hostspecific in baleen whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti), and because they have no free-swimming stage, transmission only occurs by contact between whales. One southern right whale stranded at the southeastern coast of Brazil was found parasitized by a different species of cyamid. Over 300 specimens were collected and the only species identified based on morphological and molecular data was Cyamus boopis, a typical ectoparasite of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). This finding is the first record of C. boopis on the southern right whale. Both E. australis and M. novaeangliae are found in Brazilian waters and the presence of humpback’s whale-louse together with the lack of the three specific parasites of right whales suggest an interspecific interaction between these whales based on the parasite’s biology.
dc.description2030-01-01
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag (Germany)
dc.rightsrestricted access
dc.subjectPiolho da baleia
dc.subjectBrasil
dc.subjectInteração interespecial
dc.subjectMysticeti
dc.subjectWhale-lice
dc.subjectInterspecific interaction
dc.subjectCyamus
dc.subjectMysticeti
dc.titleLife history told by a whale‑louse: a possible interaction of a southern right whale Eubalaena australis calf with humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae
dc.typeArticle


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