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Title: Kudoa sp. (Myxozoa, Multivalvulida): first report in five commercial fish species from the Canary Islands-FAO 34 (Macaronesia-Spain)
Authors: Rodríguez Ponce, Eligia 
Betancor Hernández, Eva del Carmen 
Steinhagen, Dieter
Ramírez Corbera, Ana Sofía 
Rodríguez Ventura, Myriam 
Conde de Felipe, Magnolia María 
Pestano Brito, José Juan 
UNESCO Clasification: 251092 Acuicultura marina
310907 Patología
Keywords: Canary Islands
Commercial Fish
Fao 34
Kudoa Sp
Myxozoa, et al
Issue Date: 2019
Journal: Parasitology Research 
Abstract: Kudoid myxozoans have been reported causing serious chronic problems in marine fisheries, by reducing the market value of infected fish through pathological damage to the host musculature. We report here the overall prevalence of a Kudoa species in 84/277 (30.3%) fishes from 20 different species of high commercial value captured between October 2011 and December 2013 from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 34 commercial fishing area, near the coast of the Canary Islands (Spain). Macroscopic examination showed myxozoan-like cysts in skeletal muscle from 5 of the 20 fish species examined, with the following prevalences: Pagellus acarne (86.7%), Pagellus erythrinus (46.5%), Serranus cabrilla (27.8%), Spondyliosoma cantharus (19.4%), and Sarpa salpa (28.6%). Infection intensity was determined based on spore counts following muscle tissue digestion. Morphometric studies to characterize the species and DNA sequence analysis results suggest that these infections are attributable to a Kudoa species closely related to Kudoa trachuri. This paper reports the first study on a multivalvulidan species to be identified from the Canary Islands. Furthermore, this is the first report of Kudoa parasites in all of the hosts mentioned above, with the exception of P. acarne.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/70010
ISSN: 0932-0113
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06415-6
Source: Parasitology Research [ISSN 0932-0113], v. 118 (9), p. 2567-2574
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