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Pentacapsula neurophila sp.n. (Multivalvulida) from the central nervous system of striped trumpeter, Latris lineata (Forster)
Author(s) -
Grossel G W,
Dykova I,
Handlinger J,
Munday B L
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00459.x
Subject(s) - biology , parasite hosting , zoology , hatching , myxozoa , spore , larva , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , anatomy , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology , world wide web , computer science
Striped trumpeter, Latris lineata , are being experimentally cultured by the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute at Taroona, Tasmania. Fish surviving over 30 days post‐hatching have frequently developed nervous aberrations associated with a severe granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis. The myxozoan parasite Pentacapsula neurophila sp.n. was revealed as the parasite causing the disease in the striped trumpeter juveniles. Measurements made of isolated spores indicated that the organism was distinct from all previously described Pentacapsula species. This is the first report of a marine myxozoan parasite of the genus Pentacapsula in Australian waters.