The First Detection of Parasite Ellobiopsis sp. on Calanoids (Crustacea: Copepoda) Inhabiting the Caspian Sea (Central Asia: West Kazakhstan)
Journal: Diversity
Year: 2025

The data on hosts of Ellobiopsis in Central Asia waterbodies are nearly non-existent. All research in this direction was conducted in other regions (Europe and Brazil). Parasitological studies were carried out in different seasons in the North and Middle Caspian Sea. Twenty-one taxa were registered in zooplankton, and only dominants of community calanoids Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa and Calanipeda aquaedulcis were infected with Ellobiopsis sp. Calanoida C. aquaedulcis was reported for the firs