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- Title
A new host record of Ichthyoxenus amurensis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from the Amur bitterling Rhodeus sericeus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
- Authors
Yamano, Hitomi; Yamauchi, Takeo; Hosoya, Kazumi
- Abstract
Ichthyoxenus amurensis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) was found in the body cavity of the Amur bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), from Primorsky, Russia, in August 2003. A total of 13 individuals of I. amurensis were obtained from nine of 29 fish specimens (prevalence = 31.0%). Rhodeus sericeus is a new host for I. amurensis. In the body cavity of R. sericeus, I. amurensis was found within a thin-walled membranous sac, and the intestines of the host were malformed as a result of infection. There was no significant difference in the standard length of infected and uninfected R. sericeus.
- Subjects
PRIMORSKII krai (Russia); RUSSIA; ICHTHYOXENUS; CRUSTACEAN anatomy; BITTERLING; CYPRINIFORMES; BODY cavities; FISHES; HOSTS (Biology); TYPE specimens (Natural history)
- Publication
Limnology, 2011, Vol 12, Issue 1, p103
- ISSN
1439-8621
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10201-010-0325-1