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| Title |
Sheina orri (Myodocopa: Cypridinidae), an ostracod parasitic on the gills of the epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Elasmobranchii: Hemiscyllidae)
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal for Parasitology, March 1997
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| DOI | 10.1016/s0020-7519(96)00201-9 |
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| Authors |
M.B. Bennett, M.R. Heupel, S.M. Bennett, A.R. Parker |
| Abstract |
The cypridinid ostracod, Sheina orri, was found on the gills of healthy epaulette sharks, Hemiscyllium ocellatum, collected from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Seventeen of the 28 fish examined had ostracods attached to their gills. Detailed investigation of the gills and ostracods using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy revealed that ostracods anchor themselves to the gill tissues using their mandibular and maxillular claws. These claws appear to be adapted for this purpose and the process of attachment causes some damage to the host tissues. The observation that ostracods were often located in distinct pockets, formed by local distortion of shark respiratory lamellae, strongly suggests that they had been attached to the gills for considerable time. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 2 | 7% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 26 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 20% |
| Researcher | 5 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 17% |
| Unknown | 6 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 53% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 7% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 4 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 August 2021.
All research outputs
#7,960,512
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from International Journal for Parasitology
#683
of 2,078 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#9,119
of 29,046 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal for Parasitology
#3
of 7 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,374,917 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 67th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,078 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its peers.
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