RESUMEN

Information regarding trichodinid ectoparasites on marine fishes of North America is relatively scarce. In this study, 5 ciliate species from the family Trichodinidae were found associated with 8 fish hosts from the rocky intertidal zone of the western coast of the Baja California Peninsula (BCP), Mexico. All of the host-parasite relationships recorded here are new. Furthermore, 3 of the trichodinid species found are recorded for the first time for Mexico. Trichodinids taxa do not show a noticeable distributional gradient along the BCP, which suggests a wide-continuous distribution of the species throughout the study area.

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Infecciones por Cilióforos/veterinaria , Cilióforos/clasificación , Enfermedades de los Peces/parasitología , Animales , Cilióforos/ultraestructura , Infecciones por Cilióforos/parasitología , Peces , Branquias/parasitología , Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos , México , Océano Pacífico