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Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae (Yin & Sproston, 1948) from the giant mottled eel Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824, in the Phongolo River, South Africa: an invader on the African continent

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The global invasive anguillid gill parasite Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae (Yin and Sproston, 1948) has only recently been documented from eels in South Africa. As there is no known eel trade in South Africa, the source of introduction of this parasite has been debated, and its status as an alien parasite was rendered uncertain. We report on the first infection of Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae from the giant mottled eel Anguilla marmorata from the Phongolo River (South Africa) using classic morphological and molecular methodologies and clarify the introduction status category of this parasite as alien and invasive.

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This research is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Olaf Laurence Friedrich Weyl (1972–2020). His enthusiasm and contribution towards this work is greatly appreciated. This work is based on the research and researchers supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF)–South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) (Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology, Grant no. 110507) and National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa (NRF Project CPRR160429163437; NJ Smit, PI). Opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed in this publication are that of the authors, and the NRF accepts no liability whatsoever in this regard. We acknowledge the use of infrastructure and equipment provided by the NRF-SAIAB Research Platforms and the funding channelled through the NFR-SAIAB Institutional Support system. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife is acknowledged for providing the permit for host sampling in KwaZulu-Natal. This is contribution No. 500 from the NWU-Water Research Group. Ms Anja Erasmus is acknowledged for compiling the distribution maps.

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MT was funded by the North-West University and the National Research Foundation (NRF)–South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) (Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology, Grant no. 110507). NJS and KAH were funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa (NRF Project CPRR160429163437: NJ Smit, PI; NRF Grants 120240 and 120403: KA Hadfield, PI). OLFW was funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF)–South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) (Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology, Grant no. 110507).

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    Marliese Truter & Olaf L. F. Weyl

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Truter, M., Hadfield, K.A., Weyl, O.L.F. et al. Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae (Yin & Sproston, 1948) from the giant mottled eel Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824, in the Phongolo River, South Africa: an invader on the African continent. Parasitol Res 120, 1247–1268 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07071-5

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