PODOCERUS CHELONOPHILUS (AMPHIPODA, PODOCERIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH EPIDERMAL LESIONS OF THE LOGGERHEAD TURTLE, CARETTA-CARETTA (CHELONIA)

Authors
MOORE PG
Citation
Pg. Moore, PODOCERUS CHELONOPHILUS (AMPHIPODA, PODOCERIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH EPIDERMAL LESIONS OF THE LOGGERHEAD TURTLE, CARETTA-CARETTA (CHELONIA), Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 75(1), 1995, pp. 253-255
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom → ACNP
ISSN journal
00253154
Volume
75
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
253 - 255
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-3154(1995)75:1<253:PC(PAW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Examination of a small sample of Podocerus chelonophilus found cluster ed around mucus-exuding epidermal lesions of juvenile loggerhead turtl es (Caretta caretta) collected off Madeira revealed the presence of fi brous material in the gut contents. The absence of planktonic remains suggested that these amphipods had been exploiting turtle material dir ectly.