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Parasites of the Caribbean

Parasites of the Caribbean. Bahamas. Puddle Jumping. Andros. Andros. Andros is the largest island in the Bahamas, it is sparsely populated The island has an extensive cave system that captures rainwater

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Parasites of the Caribbean

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  1. Parasites of the Caribbean

  2. Bahamas

  3. Puddle Jumping

  4. Andros

  5. Andros • Andros is the largest island in the Bahamas, it is sparsely populated • The island has an extensive cave system that captures rainwater • Three to four million gallons of freshwater are transported by tanker every day to nearby Nassau, which has a limited supply of freshwater and a few desalinization plants

  6. Economy • Most of the natives are fairly poor • The primary drivers of the economy are an American naval base and tourism, much of which is directed towards sportfishing • Anglers are drawn to the large expanse of shallow flats surrounding the island, as well as the nearby Tongue of the Ocean, an expanse of very deep water that harbors numerous pelagic species

  7. Hibiscus

  8. Forfar Field Station

  9. East

  10. Flats at Low Tide

  11. Flats at High Tide

  12. Bonefish

  13. Marco with Bar Jack

  14. Phylum Platyhelminthes • Flatworms • Class Trematoda • Endoparasites primarily in the digestive tract of vertebrates • Subclass Digenea • At least two hosts in life cycle • First is a mollusc • Usually two suckers serving as holdfast organs • Oral and ventral

  15. Order HemiuriformesFamily Hemiuridae • Common digenetic trematodes infecting the gut of marine fish • First intermediate host is a mollusk • Second intermediate host is an arthropod • Copepod, shrimp, crab • Final host is a fish

  16. Hemiurus • Telescoping ecsoma

  17. Hemiurus

  18. Hemiurus

  19. Derogenes • Bulging ventral sucker

  20. Derogenes

  21. Derogenes

  22. Lecithaster • Vitellaria form rosette of seven tubes

  23. Lecithaster

  24. Lecithaster

  25. Opecoeloides • Ventral sucker on projection

  26. Opecoeloides

  27. Opecoeloides

  28. Phylum Acanthocephala • Thorny-headed worms • Parasites of intestines of vertebrates • Retractable proboscis armed with hooks serving as holdfast organ • Class Palaeacanthocephala • Order Echinorhynchida • Family Rhadinorhynchidae

  29. Rhadinorhynchus • Very long, slender proboscis • Intermediate host is a crustacean • Final host is a fish

  30. Rhadinorhynchus

  31. Rhadinorhynchus

  32. Rhadinorhynchus

  33. Phylum Arthropoda • Jointed appendages and a hard exoskeleton • Subphylum Crustacea • Five pair of appendages on the head • 2 pair of antennae, 3 pair of mouthparts • Class Maxillopoda

  34. Order SiphonostomatoidaFamily Caligidae • Order Siphonostomatoida • Reduced segmentation and appendages as adaptations for life as parasites • Family Caligidae • Large, shield-like carapace covers head and thorax

  35. Caligus

  36. Caligus

  37. Caligus

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