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Some marine fish coccidia of the genera Eimeria Schneider, Epieimeria Dyková & Lom and Goussia Labbé
Author(s) -
LOM J.,
DYKOVÁ I.
Publication year - 1982
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2761.1982.tb00486.x
Subject(s) - biology , conger , zoology , eimeria , coccidia , fishery , genus , scyliorhinus canicula , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , parasite hosting , world wide web , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology
. Descriptions of six coccidian species infecting marine fishes are presented. Goussia cascosa sp.nov. is described from the visceral organs of the roughhead grenadier, Macrourus berglax Lacépède, from Newfoundland waters; it is a species closely related to G. gadi. Goussia luciae sp.nov. is described from the intestine of sea mullet, Mullus barbatus L., collected, as were the hosts of all the following species, from the French Mediterranean coast at Banyuls‐sur‐Mer. Goussia lucida (Labbé, 1893) is redescribed from the intestine of a new host, the lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula (L.). Epieimeria isabellae sp.nov. is described from the intestine of conger eel, Conger conger L. Two species were provisionally allotted to the genus Eimeria: E. banyulemis sp.nov. from the intestine of axillary wrasse, Crenilabrus mediterraneus L., and Eimeria insignis sp.nov. from the intestine of scorpion fish, Scorpaena notata Rafinesque. Taxonomic affinities and the pathogenicity of these coccidian species are discussed.