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Ojeda M, Torroglosa ME, Cremonte F, Yuvero C, Giménez J. Pathological conditions of the sentinel bivalve, the little mussel Brachidontes rodriguezii, from contaminated intertidal sites in the Southwestern Atlantic coast. J Invertebr Pathol 2021; 184:107654. [PMID: 34389406 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2021.107654] [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: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
A survey of pathological conditions affecting the natural beds of the dominant bivalve species of the intertidal rocky coasts of the Southern Atlantic Ocean, was performed. Samples of the little mussel (n = 992), Brachidontes rodriguezii, which is considered a sentinel species, were collected from seven sites that present different anthropogenic activity (low anthropogenic activity, harbor, and sewage waste) along the Argentinean coast, and processed by standard histological techniques. Our results showed for the first time in a B. rodriguezii population from Mar del Plata harbor a bacterium causing cellular lysis of the spermatogenic cells (6.5% of prevalence) and in a population from Villa Gesell, a site with low anthropogenic activity, one little mussel presented cytoplasmic vacuoles in the oocytes's cytoplasm similar to a microsporidian (0.2% of prevalence). A ciliated protozoan parasitizing the cytoplasm of the epithelial digestive tubules and larval stages of two different digenean parasites, was found infecting the little mussel from both contaminated and uncontaminated sites. Sporocysts of the family Bucephalidae invaded the gonad, causing severe gonadal damage including castration, and gymnophallid metacercariae located between the mantle and shell or embedded in the mantle tissues, occupied the gonadal space. In Punta Carballido, a site located next to a sewage outfall, the highest prevalence of infection was found, for the ciliated protozoan in the digestive tubules (5.1%) and for the digenean parasites (bucephalid sporocyst 24.4%, and gymnophallid metacercariae 50%). Moreover, we found a positive correlation between shell length and overall prevalence of parasites.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Ojeda
- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA), CONICET-UBA, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA), CONICET-UBA, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (CCT CONICET-CENPAT), Boulevard Brown 2915, U9120ACF Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA), CONICET-UBA, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA), CONICET-UBA, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Khalaman VV, Trunova AD, Tridrikh NN, Zharnikov VS, Spiridonov VA. From uniformity to multiplicity: development of a sub-arctic Littoral Mussel Bed in the Sea of Okhotsk. Polar Biol 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-020-02712-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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