An adult cystidicolid nematode (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) from the subcutaneous tissue around the eye of percupinefish, Diodon nichthemerus Cuvier
| Autor: | Yoshimi Miyagawa, Mitsuhiko Asakawa, Kozue Sasaki, Takaomi Ito, Kiyoko Onda, Itsuki Kiyatake |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Diodontidae Parasitism Zoology Public aquarium Spirurida Infections Eye 03 medical and health sciences Fish Diseases Subcutaneous Tissue Aquaculture Japan Helminths Animals Spirurida biology business.industry Tetraodontiformes Porcupinefish 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Diodon Shrimp Fishery Nematode marine fish parasite Parasitology Female business Habronematoidea |
| Zdroj: | Folia parasitologica. 64 |
| ISSN: | 0015-5683 |
| Popis: | Three adult nematode specimens, all ovigerous females belonging to the family Cystidicolidae Skryabin, 1946, were found for the first time in the subcutaneous tissue around the eye of the captive porcupinefish Diodon nichthemerus Cuvier at a public aquarium in Osaka, Japan. Because no male was available, these could not be identified to the genus and species. This case highlights the risk of parasitism in aquaculture puffer fish, as these may ingest small shrimp, which probably act as intermediate hosts for the nematode. |
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