Seasonality of Parasitic Copepods on Bullseye Puffer, Sphoeroides annulatus (Pisces: Tetraodontidae), From the Northwestern Coast of Mexico

Morales-Serna, Francisco Neptalí; Rubio‐Godoy, Miguel; Gómez, Samuel

doi:10.1645/ge-2638.1

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“…The parasite had not been reported ever since. Recently, the occurrence of C. serratus on Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) from Sinaloa, Mexico was reported[39]. These authors discussed the low host specificity of C. serratus, which is confirmed here since it was found on 11 fish species belonging to nine families.…”

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Diversity of sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes with commercial and aquaculture importance in Chamela Bay, Pacific coast of Mexico by using morphology and DNA barcoding, with description of a new species of Caligus

Morales-Serna¹,

Pinacho-Pinacho²,

Gómez³

et al. 2014

Parasitology International

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Diversity of sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes with commercial and aquaculture importance in Chamela Bay, Pacific coast of Mexico by using morphology and DNA barcoding, with description of a new species of Caligus

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et al. 2014

Parasitology International

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“…We also identified that not all the copepod species infecting a particular host showed a seasonal prevalence: i.e., seasonal occurrence of caligid copepods is species-specific. This assumption is similar to that in the report by Morales-Serna et al (2011), wherein among the 5 parasitic copepods observed from the Bullseye puffer, Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) from the northwestern coast of Mexico, only one species showed a seasonal pattern with higher prevalence in the warmest months. The caligids which show seasonality usually follow a discrete pattern even if they infect multiple hosts and it is specific for each host as revealed from the present study.…”

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Species diversity and genetic variation of caligids (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) infecting the marine fishes of Kerala coast, India

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Rijin²,

Drisya³

et al. 2021

Mar. Biodivers.

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This study reports population structure, host preference, species diversity, seasonality, and genetic variability of caligids infecting the marine food fishes of Kerala coast, India. The survey included 22,629 fishes belonging to 85 species, 65 genera, and 34 families sampled from 6 different stations. Of which 24 species of fish from 24 genera and 14 families were found infected with caligids revealing 5% susceptibility. The recovered caligids included 26 species comprising eight genera and genus Caligus was the dominant one with 18 species (69.23%; 18 out of 26). The prevalence was highly varied irrespective of the host fish family. Sampling stations from the northern Kerala showed higher values of abundance, species number, richness and diversity indices compared to the southern stations. k-dominance plot showed the highest dominance and low diversity of caligids in Azhikkal (Northern station) and lower dominance and high diversity in Kalamukku and Thoppumpadi (Southern stations). Seasonal prevalence revealed the highest infection of caligids during post-monsoon and the lowest during monsoon season. Molecular level identification of recovered caligids using mCOI gene revealed 80 to 93% sequence identity with other parasitic copepods based on BLAST results. Phylogenetically, species of Caligus displayed intra-genus variation of 13-27% (k2p genetic distance). The species of the family Caligidae formed distinct clades from that of the families Lernaeopodidae and Lernanthropidae. Present study also documented host preference, site of infection, seasonality, and genetic divergence of the recovered caligids, all of which are relevant for further exploration of the species diversity and genetic variation of caligids along the Indian coasts and Indo-pacific region as well.

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“…Caligus serratus has been reported earlier on the bullseye puffer Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns, 1842) from Santa María La Reforma lagoon, another locality in the Mexican Pacific (Morales-Serna et al 2011). Before those findings, C. serratus had not been sighted since its original description from the jack silverside Atherinopsis californiensis Girard, 1854 caught near La Jolla, California, U.S.A. almost 50 years ago (Shiino 1965).…”

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Redescription of Caligus serratus Shiino, 1965 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on eleven fish species from Chamela Bay in the Mexican Pacific

Morales-Serna

Hernández-Inda

Gómez

et al. 2013

Acta Parasitologica

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Caligus serratus Shiino, 1965 (Copepoda: Caligidae), a parasite on 11 fish species caught in Chamela Bay off the Pacific Coast of Mexico, is redescribed based on material found on Pacific agujon needlefish Tylosurus pacificus (Steindachner, 1876). Caligus serratus can be distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: i) short abdomen (approximately 0.2 times as long as cephalothorax), ii) pointed posteromedial process on the first segment of the antenna, iii) sternal furca with bluntly pointed, diverging tines, and iv) leg 4 exopod bearing 3 unequal, distal spines (the shortest 0.2 times the length of the longest). Microphotographs of female and illustrations of both female and male are provided. The redescription of this species might be useful given its low host specificity.

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Seasonality of Parasitic Copepods on Bullseye Puffer, Sphoeroides annulatus (Pisces: Tetraodontidae), From the Northwestern Coast of Mexico

Cited by 13 publications

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Diversity of sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes with commercial and aquaculture importance in Chamela Bay, Pacific coast of Mexico by using morphology and DNA barcoding, with description of a new species of Caligus

Diversity of sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes with commercial and aquaculture importance in Chamela Bay, Pacific coast of Mexico by using morphology and DNA barcoding, with description of a new species of Caligus

Species diversity and genetic variation of caligids (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) infecting the marine fishes of Kerala coast, India

Redescription of Caligus serratus Shiino, 1965 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on eleven fish species from Chamela Bay in the Mexican Pacific

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