Abstract
The orange disease is considered the main parasitosis in Perna perna mussel. It is caused by a complex life cycle bucephalid, involving three hosts, among them mollusks and fishes. With the aim of contributing to the knowledge of orange disease in mussel culture, the parasite life cycle was investigated. Experimental studies and monthly samples in the study area allowed the identification and characterization of the Bucephalus margaritae life cycle. Larvae and adults of B. margaritae were fixed in 5% formaldehyde, stained with Gomori’s trichrome, clarified in creosote and mounted in Canada balsam. The cercariae are found in the first intermediate host P. perna inside the sporocysts, which have the form of orange and ramified filaments. The metacercariae encysts in the gills and gill cavity of the second intermediate host, the blenniid Hypleurochilus fissicornis . The definitive host Menticirrhus americanus is infected ingesting blenniids parasitized with metacercariae. The high parasitological indexes of B. margaritae suggests that M. americanus and H. fissicornis act as the main definitive and intermediate hosts, respectively, in the trematode life cycle. The blenniid H. fissicornis is a new intermediate host to the species.
Highlights
Bucephalus sp. larvae have been reported inPerna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) mussel from the coast of Santa Catarina and can cause severe impact on its mitiliculture and commercial production due to its elevated degree of pathogenicity (SILVA et al, 2002)
With the aim of contributing to bucephalosis knowledge, B. margaritae life cycle was established, with recognition of the species utilized as hosts at Sambaqui region, Florianópolis/Santa Catarina State and its developmental stages described
The sporocysts presented ramifications with dilatations occuring in the mantle, gonads and digestive gland of P. perna mussel
Summary
Bucephalus sp. larvae have been reported inPerna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) mussel from the coast of Santa Catarina and can cause severe impact on its mitiliculture and commercial production due to its elevated degree of pathogenicity (SILVA et al, 2002). Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) mussel from the coast of Santa Catarina and can cause severe impact on its mitiliculture and commercial production due to its elevated degree of pathogenicity (SILVA et al, 2002). Some Bucephalus species have had their life cycle studied In Brazil, two Bucephalus species are reported: Bucephalus solitarius Kohn, 1968 in Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815), and Bucephalus margaritae Ozaki et Ishibashi, 1934, registered in ten fish species (KOHN et al, 2007). With the aim of contributing to bucephalosis knowledge, B. margaritae life cycle was established, with recognition of the species utilized as hosts at Sambaqui region, Florianópolis/Santa Catarina State and its developmental stages described
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