Check List 15(2): 265-268, doi: 10.15560/15.2.265
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
expand article infoClare A. Keating Daly‡, Danielle Orrell§, Isabel M. da Silva|, João P. F. Macuio|, Tessa N. Hempson#, Mark Ziembicki¤, Nigel E. Hussey§, Ryan Daly«»
‡ Save Our Seas Foundation, D’Arros Research Centre, Geneva, Switzerland§ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada| Faculdade de Ciencias Naturais, Universidade Lúrio, Nampula, Mozambique¶ Oceans Without Borders, Vamizi Island, Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique# Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia¤ Office of the Vice Chancellor & President, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia« South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa» Save Our Seas Foundation–D’Arros Research Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

Corresponding author: Ryan Daly ( ryandaly.mail@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Fernando Jesús Carbayo Baz
© Clare A. Keating Daly, Danielle Orrell, Isabel M. da Silva, João P. F. Macuio, Tessa N. Hempson, Mark Ziembicki, Nigel E. Hussey, Ryan Daly.
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Citation: Keating Daly CA, Orrell D, da Silva IM, Macuio JPF, Hempson TN, Ziembicki M, Hussey NE, 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. Check List 15(2): 265-268. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.2.265
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Abstract
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. 
Keywords
Elasmobranch, Hirudinida, host-parasite interactions, marine leech, Piscolidae, shark parasite