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New host and distribution record of Pontobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Annelida, Hirudinea) from a Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856), in Mozambique, Western Indian Ocean

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This report describes the first record of the piscicolid leech Pontobdella macrothela from Mozambique waters and the first record of P. macrothela parasitizing a Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). The leech, P. macrothela, was found attached externally between the third and fourth gill slits of a shark captured off Vamizi Island, Quirimbas Archipelago, northern Mozambique.

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Keating, C., Orrell, D., Silva, I., Macuio, J., Hempton, T., Ziembicki, M., Hussey, N., Daly, R. (2019). New host and distribution record of Pontobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Annelida, Hirudinea) from a Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856), in Mozambique, Western Indian Ocean. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.2.265

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C. Keating Danielle L. Orrell Isabel Marques da Silva João P. F. Macuio Tessa N. Hempton Mark Ziembicki Nigel E. Hussey Ryan Daly

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