Digenean parasites of Chinese marine fishes: a list of species, hosts and geographical distribution

Liu, Shengfa; Peng, Wenfeng; Gao, Peng; Fu, Mingjun; Wu, Hanzhou; Lu, Minghua; Gao, Ji-qing; Xiao, Jun Jun

doi:10.1007/s11230-009-9211-9

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“…As far as we are aware, only Cirracanthus longus Ho & Lin 2012 (Arthropoda: Copepoda), Lecithochirium kawalea Yamaguti, 1970, L. magnum (Yamaguti, 1938 and Aponurus halieutae Shen, 1987 (Trematoda: Digenea), Ortoanisakis halieutaeae (Yamaguti 1941), Raphidascaroides nipponensis Yamaguti 1941 andR. halieutaeae Yin 1983 (Nematoda: Ascaridida) have previously been reported from H. stellata (Yin 1983;Bruce, Adlard & Cannon 1994;Moravec & Nagasawa 2000;Liu et al 2010;Ho & Lin 2012). During a recent helminthological survey of Chinese marine fishes, large numbers of larvae and adults of nematode parasites were collected from H. stellata in the East and South China Sea.…”

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Nematode parasites infecting the starry batfish Halieutaea stellata (Vahl) (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the East and South China Sea

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Journal of Fish Diseases

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The starry batfish Halieutaea stellata (Vahl) is a small, benthic fish found in Indo-West Pacific Oceans. However, our present knowledge of the helminth parasites of this fish is still fragmentary. In this study, a total of 29 fish collected from the East and South China Sea were examined to determine the prevalence, intensity and species composition of helminth parasites in H. stellata. Using morphological and molecular approaches, four species of nematodes were found parasitic in this fish host, including the adults and fourth-stage larvae of Raphidascaroides nipponensis Yamaguti 1941; adults and third-stage larvae of Raphidascaris lophii (Wu 1949), third- and fourth-stage larvae of Hysterothylacium larval type IV-A of Shamsi, Gasser & Beveridge 2013 and third-stage larvae of Hysterothylacium amoyense (Hsü 1993). Halieutaea stellata represents a new host record for the three last-named nematodes. Raphidascaroides nipponensis with the highest prevalence (82.5%) and intensity (mean = 13.5) of infection was considered as the dominant parasite species in H. stellata. The detailed morphology of the different developmental stages of the four nematode species was studied using light and scanning electron microscopy. All nematode species were also genetically characterized by sequencing and analysing the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of the ribosomal DNA. This study provides further data on the occurrence of nematode parasites in H. stellata and also contributes to facilitate an accurate and rapid diagnosis of the infection by these little-known nematodes.

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Nematode parasites infecting the starry batfish Halieutaea stellata (Vahl) (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the East and South China Sea

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Journal of Fish Diseases

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“…This is true not only in relation to their faunistics, taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography, but also for aspects of their general biology and ecology. The parasitic worms recorded from Chinese marine fishes have been summarised by Zhang et al (2003), Yang (2007) and Liu et al (2010) for monogeneans, cestodes and digeneans, respectively. Since the first nematode species recorded from Chinese marine fishes, Paraleptus scyllii Wu, 1927 described by Wu (1927) from Chiloscyllium plagiosum in the Taiwan Strait, no checklist of nematodes reported from off the coast of China has been published.…”

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A checklist of parasitic nematodes from marine fishes of China

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“…Reports: Zhang et al (1999); Liu et al (2010). Yamaguti 1971, p. 190]; Helicometra [Helicometra] gobii (Stossich, 1883); Helicometra pulchella ; Loborchis gobii [Stossich, 1883]; "MDH-1 b " [see Reversat et al 1989Reversat et al , 1991b (Stossich 1883(Stossich , 1904a); Lagoon of Languedoc ("Etang de Thau") in southern France (Maillard and Aussel 1988); Etang de Thau, France in Western Mediterranean Sea (Reversat 1990;Reversat andSilan 1991, 1993;Reversat et al 1991a, b).…”

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A review of the genus Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Opecoelidae: Plagioporinae) with a key to species including Helicometra overstreeti n. sp. from the cusk-eel Luciobrotula corethromycter Cohen, 1964 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico

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Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) is one of the largest genera within Plagioporinae . All 34 nominal species possess a single polar filament on the egg, a unique, conspicuous helical uterus, and they parasitize the intestinal tract of 75 families, 172 genera, and 296 species of mostly marine piscine hosts from shallow to deep waters and from equatorial to polar latitudes. This study describes a new species of Helicometra from the cusk-eel Luciobrotula corethromycter Cohen, 1964 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) collected from 1,280 m depth in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, and it represents the first report of a parasite from the genus Luciobrotula Smith and Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1913. A key is presented for Helicometra, all species of which are placed into one of four groups based on oral sucker shape, cirrus-sac length, and vitelline follicle distribution. Analyses and conclusions are given for trends observed in zoogeography, life history, and host families (definitive and intermediate) of Helicometra as well as the presence of this parasite in the deep sea and in Ophidiidae Rafinesque, 1810. A prospective life cycle for the new species includes a gastropod as first intermediate host, a caridean shrimp as second intermediate host, and an ophidiid cusk-eel as a definitive host. We provide a comprehensive historical faunal review of all species of Helicometra with information presented on taxonomic status (synonymies, validity of species), definitive and intermediate hosts, infection sites, geographic localities, and museum accession numbers for deposited specimens.

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Digenean parasites of Chinese marine fishes: a list of species, hosts and geographical distribution

Abstract: In the literature, 630 species of Digenea (Trematoda) have been reported from Chinese marine fishes. These belong to 209 genera and 35 families. The names of these species, along with their hosts, geographical distribution and records, are listed in this paper.

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Nematode parasites infecting the starry batfish Halieutaea stellata (Vahl) (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the East and South China Sea

Nematode parasites infecting the starry batfish Halieutaea stellata (Vahl) (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the East and South China Sea

A checklist of parasitic nematodes from marine fishes of China

A review of the genus Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Opecoelidae: Plagioporinae) with a key to species including Helicometra overstreeti n. sp. from the cusk-eel Luciobrotula corethromycter Cohen, 1964 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico

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