Spraguea lophii (Microsporidia) parasitizing in black anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) in European Atlantic waters

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Event Abstract Back to Event Spraguea lophii (Microsporidia) parasitizing in black anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) in European Atlantic waters Jorge Landa1*, Ana Antolinez1 and Lucía Cañás2 1 Instituo Español de Oceanografía. Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, Spain 2 Instituo Español de Oceanografía. Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña, Spain An important commercial species in the European fisheries, the black anglerfish (Lophius budegassa), is infected by the microsporidian parasite Spraguea lophii, which is manifested as cysts located in the nerve ganglia. Fish length and presence or absence of the parasite was recorded. The prevalence by S. lophii was used to analyse infestation level. This is the first known study in which the prevalence of this parasite, in relation to the size and sex of the host, as well as its area and catch year, is analyzed in Atlantic waters. Specimens of black anglerfish were sampled from 9-year (2006-2014) from the Spanish bottom research surveys and commercial fleet operating in northern Iberian waters (ICES Div. VIIIc and IXa), Celtic Sea (Div. VIIh), south-western Ireland (Div. VIIj and VIIk), western Ireland and Porcupine Bank (Div. VIIb and VIIc). No significant differences were found between sexes or among years. Differences in the prevalence by fish length among areas were analysed. These results were compared with other studies. Acknowledgements We thank Begoña Castro, Urbano Autón, Óscar Gutiérrez, Jose Ramón Gutiérrez and other colleagues for their help in the laboratory sampling; and people who collaborated on board of commercial vessels and IEO demersal research surveys “Demersales” and “Porcupine”. The study was partially supported by Data Collection Regulation (DCR) program of the UE and we are also grateful to the IEO coordinator of that program. Keywords: Black anglerfish, Lophius budegassa, North-Eastern Atlantic, parasite, Spraguea lophii, Microsporidian Conference: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies, Porto, Portugal, 5 Sep - 9 Sep, 2016. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: 4. FISHERIES, AQUACULTURE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Citation: Landa J, Antolinez A and Cañás L (2016). Spraguea lophii (Microsporidia) parasitizing in black anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) in European Atlantic waters. Front. Mar. Sci. Conference Abstract: XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies. doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00195 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 29 Apr 2016; Published Online: 03 Sep 2016. * Correspondence: Dr. Jorge Landa, Instituo Español de Oceanografía. Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, Santander, 39004, Spain, jorge.landa@st.ieo.es Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Jorge Landa Ana Antolinez Lucía Cañás Google Jorge Landa Ana Antolinez Lucía Cañás Google Scholar Jorge Landa Ana Antolinez Lucía Cañás PubMed Jorge Landa Ana Antolinez Lucía Cañás Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.