The present study was conducted to evaluate the morphological and molecular
characterisation of species of Dactylogyrus parasitising Enteromius spp. from the
Limpopo River System, South Africa. In addition, the study was ...
The molecular phylogeny of the southern African endemic genus Caffrogobius and
the variability in intraspecific DNA sequences of the prison goby, Caffrogobius gilchristi, from the South African coastline, were investigated. ...
It cannot be overemphasised that birds, which form a group of animals that are conspicuous in many habitats, occur worldwide, and are ecologically diverse and better known than any other vertebrate groups. Some species ...
Considering South Africa’s richness in aquatic species, very little knowledge exists
regarding copepods that are symbiotic on hosts ranging from invertebrates to marine
mammals. In order to have any indication of the ...
One of the 11 families of the siphonostomatoids found parasitic on elasmobranchs is the Kroyeriidae which has three accepted genera namely Kroyeria, Kroeyerina and Prokroyeria. Parasites from this family are found living ...
The larks (Passeriformes, Passeri, Alaudidae) are small to medium-sized (10-23 cm)
birds that are primarily terrestrial and cryptically plumaged hence they are difficult to
encounter and recognise. The current taxonomic ...
Currently Copepoda consists of 14 600 species of which 2 275 species are members
of the Siphonostomatoida. Siphonostomatoida consists of 40 families, with 17 families
symbiotic on fish. Sphyriidae has 44 accepted species ...
Nwanedi and Luphephe rivers originates from the Soutpansberg mountains and flows downstream through three ecoregions, namely, Soutpansberg 2.01 Ecoregion at an altitude of 1100 m, Limpopo Plain 1.02 Ecoregion in the middle ...