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Hermaphroditic White Shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, Parasitized by Thelohania sp.
Author(s) -
Rigdon R. H.,
Baxter Kenneth N.,
Benton Robert C.
Publication year - 1975
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(1975)104<292:hwspsp>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - shrimp , penaeus , biology , white (mutation) , decapoda , crustacean , fishery , zoology , biochemistry , gene
Two white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, with external and histological characteristics of both male and female, are considered hermaphrodites. Both were infected with protozoan microsporidial parasites, Thelohania sp., probably Thelohania penaei.