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A New Microsporidan Parasite from the Pink Shrimp (Penaeus duorarum)
Author(s) -
Iversen Edwin S.,
Manning Raymond B.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1959)88[130:anmpft]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - shrimp , penaeus , parasite hosting , biology , polar filament , decapoda , fishery , crustacean , zoology , spore , anatomy , microsporidia , botany , world wide web , computer science
A new species of microsporidian (sporozoan) parasite in the musculature of the pink shrimp Penaeus duorarum from three locations in south Florida is described. The name Thelohania duorata n. sp. is suggested for this parasite which causes a milky white color in pink shrimp. The ovoid spores measured 5.4 by 3.6 microns and had a polar filament of uniform diameter and 38 microns in length.