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Parasite diversity and regional variation in invasive red lionfish <i>Pterois volitans</i>. <i>Biological Invasions 28(1)</i>: 6. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03713-2\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03713-2</a>","BEntID":434536,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":0,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Biological Invasions 28(1)</i>: 6. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03713-2\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03713-2</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Rodríguez-Santiago, M.A.; Caballero-Vázquez, J.A.; Avila, E.; Sandoval-Interián, J.; Aguirre-Macedo, L.; Iannacone-Oliver, J.; Tafolla-Venegas, D.; Peniche-Pérez, J.C.; Gelabert-Fernández, R.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Rodríguez-Santiago, M.A. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"The invasion of the red lionfish <i>Pterois volitans</i> in the western Atlantic has generated widespread concern due to its strong negative effects on native biodiversity. 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A similarity analysis indicated that the MXC parasite assemblage was more closely related to those from the southern and southwestern Gulf of Mexico than those from the northern Gulf of Mexico, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, and Puerto Rico, likely reflecting environmental differences, geographic distances and variation in prey composition (potential intermediate hosts). At the local scale, variation among MXC sites was associated with spatial distance and the heterogeneous distribution of adjacent habitats. 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