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PARASITE COMPOSITION OF Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 FROM
KUALA TERENGGANU WATERS
NOR NABIHAH BINTI MD HARUN
Dr. Muhammad Hafiz Bin Borkhanuddin
Bachelor of Sciences (Marine Biology)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
This study focuses on the composition of parasite on Trichiurus lepturus (Ikan Selayur)
from Kuala Terengganu Waters. Thirteen sample of T. lepturus range from 97.24g to
380.64g (218.57 ± 98.52) in weight, and 19.35cm to 75cm (55.99 ± 21.50) in length,
were collected from August and September, 2017. Parasites were identified to the
lowest taxon and analysed using prevalence and mean intensity. 72 individual
parasites were recorded from three phyla, Phylum Nematoda, Phylum Platyhelminthes
and Phylum Arthropoda. Prevalence and mean intensity varied among parasites group.
Highest prevalence and mean intensity was Phylum Nematoda (Anisakis sp.) with
69.23% prevalence and 6.22 mean intensity. Prevalence and mean intensity for the
Phylum Platyhelminthes and Phylum Arthropoda was almost the same with the
prevalence 7.69% and 15.38% respectively and mean intensity of 1.00. Most of the
parasites found in this study has been documented in previous research on parasite
composition from Trichiurus lepturus.
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