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Silva JOS, Colaço-Fernandes TR, Costa AC, Carvalho LN, Takemoto RM. Effect of burrowing cymothoid parasitism on loricariids. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-PARASITES AND WILDLIFE 2021; 16:30-36. [PMID: 34401321 PMCID: PMC8350457 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cymothoids belong to the order Isopoda and are ectoparasites of fishes, and their main parasitism strategies are by penetrating, burrowing, and lodging in the abdominal cavity of the hosts. Due to this complex parasitism strategy, they are considered highly host-specific parasites. We investigated the effects of parasitism of the burrowing cymothoid Artystone sp. on the loricarids Hisonotus chromodontus and Curculionichthys luteofrenatus in the Selma stream, a tributary of the Teles Pires river, Southern Amazon. The hypothesis under study is that parasitism causes negative effects on the feeding, reproduction, and length-weight relationship of the hosts. The presence of alternative hosts was also investigated. The parasitic interaction of Artystone sp. with Curculionichthys luteofrenatus and Hisonotus chromodontus was monitored for one year with standardized monthly collections, and was found to be highly specific when there were no other parasitized fish species. Parasitic castration caused by Artystone sp. occurred in Curculionichthys luteofrenatus and Hisonotus chromodontus hosts, and there was a higher prevalence of infestation in females. The weight-length relationship was lower in parasitized Hisonotus chromodontus hosts, indicating a negative effect on somatic increment, although all hosts had fully replete stomachs and gastrointestinal tracts. The greatest standard-length values for both species were observed in the parasitized hosts. The presence of parasitized young specimens with undifferentiated sex and immature males and females suggests that the parasitic interaction in both species starts at a young age. Burrowing cymothoids have a negative effect on the weight-length relationship of hosts. Burrowing cymothoids can castrate the host. Burrowing cymothoids have high host specificity.
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- João Otávio Santos Silva
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais - PEA, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Av. Colombo, 5790, C.P 87020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil
- Laboratório de Ictioparasitologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aqüicultura - Nupélia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Maringá, PR, Brazil
- Laboratório de Ictiologia Tropical – LIT, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Humanas e Sociais, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT, Campus Universitário de Sinop, Sinop, MT, Brazil
- Corresponding author. Laboratório de Ictiologia Tropical – LIT, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Humanas e Sociais, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT, Campus Universitário de Sinop, Sinop, MT, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Ictiologia Tropical – LIT, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Humanas e Sociais, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT, Campus Universitário de Sinop, Sinop, MT, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ictiologia Tropical – LIT, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Humanas e Sociais, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT, Campus Universitário de Sinop, Sinop, MT, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais - PPGCAM, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT, Campus Universitário de Sinop, Sinop, MT, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ictiologia Tropical – LIT, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Humanas e Sociais, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT, Campus Universitário de Sinop, Sinop, MT, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais - PPGCAM, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT, Campus Universitário de Sinop, Sinop, MT, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais - PEA, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Av. Colombo, 5790, C.P 87020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil
- Laboratório de Ictioparasitologia, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aqüicultura - Nupélia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Maringá, PR, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Comparada - PGB, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Maringá, PR, Brazil
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Virgilio LR, Oliveira MSB, Almeida LS, Takemoto RM, Camargo LMA, Meneguetti DUDO. Isopods Cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the Amazon. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 29:e017920. [PMID: 33295379 DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612020093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Most freshwater species of Cymothoidae are distributed in South America. They have mainly been recorded in the eastern and western regions of the Amazon River basin. However, in this ecosystem, the biodiversity of this group may be greater if the entire Amazon basin is considered. In this regard, the aim of the present study was to provide an updated list of isopod species of the family Cymothoidae that are found in fish in the Brazilian Amazon region and to report on new fish host occurrences and expanded geographical distributions for cymothoid isopods that parasitize fish in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon region. The parasites found in fish specimens were collected, fixed and identified later. We found eight species of Cymothoidae parasitizing different host fish species in the southwestern Amazon region. However, we found 14 species of Cymothoidae throughout the Brazilian Amazon region. Three additional species are thus reported here, which increases the number of species of Cymothoidae in this region to 17. These additional species are also new records for Brazil. Therefore, this study has contribute to expand the knowledge about the distribution and diversity of Cymothoidae in the Amazon basin.
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- Lucena Rocha Virgilio
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia - Bionorte, Universidade Federal do Acre - UFAC, Rio Branco, AC, Brasil.,Laboratório de Ecologia Aquática, Universidade Federal do Acre - UFAC, Campus Floresta, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical - PPGBio, Universidade Federal do Amapá - UNIFAP, Macapá, AP, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Aquática, Universidade Federal do Acre - UFAC, Campus Floresta, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brasil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura, Laboratório de Ictioparasitologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo - ICB5 USP, Monte Negro, RO, Brasil.,Laboratório de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Acre - UFAC, Rio Branco, AC, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia - Bionorte, Universidade Federal do Acre - UFAC, Rio Branco, AC, Brasil.,Laboratório de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Acre - UFAC, Rio Branco, AC, Brasil
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Rosa FDAS, Baillie C, Medeiros TDN, Ready JS. Habitat and host associations of the fish‐burrowing parasite
Artystone minima
(Cymothoidae: Isopoda) in eastern Amazonia. Biotropica 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Fabricio dos Anjos Santa Rosa
- Centre for Advanced Studies of Biodiversity (CEABIO) Institute for Biological Sciences Federal University of Pará Belém Pará Brazil
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- School of Science, Engineering and Environment University of Salford Salford UK
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- Centre for Advanced Studies of Biodiversity (CEABIO) Institute for Biological Sciences Federal University of Pará Belém Pará Brazil
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New records of hosts for Excorallana longicornis and Nerocila acuminata (Crustacea: Isopoda) in brackish fish from the coast of the State of Amapá (Brazil), with an update on the geographic distribution of Nerocila acuminata. J Parasit Dis 2020; 44:420-428. [PMID: 32508417 DOI: 10.1007/s12639-020-01192-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Fish are parasitized by several species of crustaceans, including Cymothoidae and Corallanidae. The aim of this study was to investigate the crustacean parasite fauna in Anableps anableps, Amphiarius rugispinis, Bagre bagre, Cathorops spixii, Cynoscion acoupa, Centropomus undecimalis, Macrodon ancylodon, Mugil curema, Megalops atlanticus, Pseudachenipterus nodosus, Plagioscion squamosissimus, Platystacus cotylephorus, Sciades passany, Sciades herzbergii, and Hypostomus ventrimaculata from the coast of the State of Amapá, eastern Amazon. In addition, an update on the geographic distribution of Nerocila acuminata in Brazilian Amazon is present. A total of 204 fish were examined and prevalence was 16.17%. A total of 185 Excorallana longicornis and Nerocila acuminata were collected and E. longicornis was the most frequent parasite species. The community of parasitic crustaceans in fish species from the coast of the State of Amapá consisted of two species of isopods, E. longicornis and N. acuminata, which are new records for nine host species here studied. Lastly, this is the first record of Nerocila acuminata for Brazil, besides the first report of E. longicornis for M. curema, C. acoupa, H. vetrimaculata, A. anableps, A. rugispinis, C. spixii and S. herzbergii; as well as N. acuminata for A. anableps, P. nodosus, A. rugispinis, C. spixii and M. atlanticus.
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Oliveira MSB, Esteves-Silva PH, Andrade MC, Tavares-Dias M. First report of Artystone trysibia (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) in Caquetaia spectabilis (Cichliformes: Cichlidae). REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA 2019; 28:735-738. [DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612019030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Abstract The present study provides the first record of an isopod parasite (Artystone trysibia) on Caquetaia spectabilis, a cichlid from the eastern Amazon collected in the State of Amapá, northern Brazil. In May 2018, specimens of C. spectabilis were collected in the lower Jari River, and 33.3% were parasitized by A. trysibia on the tegument tissue between pelvic fins. No hemorrhage or injury signals were observed in the tegument of the host. This study also expanded the distribution of A. trysibia to the eastern Amazon.
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- Universidade Federal do Amapá, Brasil; Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Brasil
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PLAUL SILVIAE, RODRÍGUEZ-HARO CECILIA, MARTORELLI SERGIOR, BARBEITO CLAUDIOG. Parasitism of the isopod Riggia puyensis Rodríguez-Haro et al. in two armored catfish from Pastaza Province (Ecuador). AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2019. [DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201920180849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- SILVIA E. PLAUL
- Servicio de Ictiopatología y Acuicultura, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias (FCV), Argentina; Laboratorio de Histología y Embriología Descriptiva, Experimental y Comparada (LHYEDEC), Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Histología y Embriología Descriptiva, Experimental y Comparada (LHYEDEC), Argentina
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Rodríguez-Haro C, Montes MM, Marcotegui P, Martorelli SR. Riggia puyensis n. sp. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitizing Chaetostoma breve and Chaetostoma microps (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Ecuador. Acta Trop 2017; 167:50-58. [PMID: 28012904 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 12/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new isopod was found parasitizing Chaetostoma breve and Chaetostoma microps from the Puyo and Bobonaza rivers. The parasite found belongs to the Cymothoidae family and could be located within the genus Riggia instead of Artystone by the presence of abdominal plates fused with the telson. The specimens found represent a new species, Riggia puyensis n. sp., and could be distinguished from Riggia cryptocularis by the presence of developed eyes. The main difference of the new specie from Riggia nana and Riggia brasiliensis is the size, bigger compared with the first and smaller compared with the last species. Riggia acuticaudata have the maxilliped with simple setae, the palp without spination, and maxillule with five spines (two terminal and three subterminal) instead in R. puyensis n. sp. the maxilliped have plumose setae, the palp have spination (with one apical spine, two setae on middle article and one in the basal article) and the maxillule have five spines: two terminal, two subterminal and other spine lower to the others. Riggia paranaensis have similar size, same number of segments in the antena, and similar maxilla to R. puyensis n. sp., but the antennule in the new specie have seven segments instead 6 in R. paranaensis, the antennule and antenna present spines not mentioned in R. paranaensis. Besides, the relative position of the mandible in R. puyensis n. sp. is different compared with R. paranaensis, the maxillule have the same number of spines but with different disposition, and the maxilliped have simple setae in R. paranaensis but those are plumose in the new specie.
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- C Rodríguez-Haro
- Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y Vectores (CEPAVE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (CCT, CONICET-UNLP), Calle 120 s/n e/61 y 62, 1900, Argentina.
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- Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y Vectores (CEPAVE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (CCT, CONICET-UNLP), Calle 120 s/n e/61 y 62, 1900, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y Vectores (CEPAVE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (CCT, CONICET-UNLP), Calle 120 s/n e/61 y 62, 1900, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y Vectores (CEPAVE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (CCT, CONICET-UNLP), Calle 120 s/n e/61 y 62, 1900, Argentina
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Haro CR, Montes M, Marcotegui P, Martorelli S. Riggia puyensis n. sp. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitizing Chaetostoma breve and Chaetostoma microps (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Ecuador. Acta Trop 2017; 166:328-335. [PMID: 27916503 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.11.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Revised: 11/25/2016] [Accepted: 11/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
A new isopod was found parasitizing Chaetostoma breve and Chaetostoma microps from the Puyo and Bobonaza rivers. The parasite found belongs to the Cymothoidae family and could be located within the genus Riggia instead of Artystone by the presence of abdominal plates fused with the telson. The specimens found represent a new species, Riggia puyensis n. sp., and could be distinguished from Riggia cryptocularis by the presence of developed eyes. The main difference of the new specie from Riggia nana and Riggia brasiliensis is the size, bigger compared with the first and smaller compared with the last species. Riggia acuticaudata have the maxilliped with simple setae, the palp without spination, and maxillule with five spines (two terminal and three subterminal) instead in R. puyensis n. sp. the maxilliped have plumose setae, the palp have spination (with one apical spine, two setae on middle article and one in the basal article) and the maxillule have five spines: two terminal, two subterminal and other spine lower to the others. Riggia paranaensis have similar size, same number of segments in the antena, and similar maxilla to R. puyensis n. sp., but the antennule in the new specie have seven segments instead 6 in R. paranaensis, the antennule and antenna present spines not mentioned in R. paranaensis. Besides, the relative position of the mandible in R. puyensis n. sp. is different compared with R. paranaensis, the maxillule have the same number of spines but with different disposition, and the maxilliped have simple setae in R. paranaensis but those are plumose in the new specie.
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