J 2017

Occurrence and effect of trematode metacercariae in two endangered killifishes from Greece

KALOGIANNI, Eleni, Nikol KMENTOVÁ, Eileen HARRIS, Brian ZIMMERMAN, Sofia GIAKOUMI et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Occurrence and effect of trematode metacercariae in two endangered killifishes from Greece

Autoři

KALOGIANNI, Eleni (300 Řecko), Nikol KMENTOVÁ (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Eileen HARRIS (826 Velká Británie a Severní Irsko), Brian ZIMMERMAN (826 Velká Británie a Severní Irsko), Sofia GIAKOUMI (300 Řecko), Yorgos CHATZINIKOLAOU (300 Řecko) a Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE (56 Belgie, domácí)

Vydání

Parasitology Research, NEW YORK, Springer, 2017, 0932-0113

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.558

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00095404

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000413979600015

Klíčová slova anglicky

Digenea; Parasite prevalence; Host body condition; Planorbidae; Platyhelminthes; Valenciidae

Štítky

Změněno: 9. 4. 2018 22:31, Ing. Nicole Zrilić

Anotace

V originále

We report digeneans (Diplostomidae, Crassiphialinae) in the endangered freshwater fishes Valencia letourneuxi and Valencia robertae, endemics of Western Greece. Digenean metacercariae occurred in two forms in the abdominal cavity, excysted and encysted, the latter attached to the gonads, liver and alimentary tract. Parasites were, using morphological and molecular techniques, identified as two representatives of Crassiphialinae, specifically part of the Posthodiplostomum-Ornithodiplostomum clade. The spatial, seasonal, and age class variation in parasite prevalence was examined. Autumn parasite prevalence varied between the six populations sampled (18.2 to 100%). Seasonal prevalence at the two sites sampled quadannually peaked in autumn and reached its lowest value in spring; prevalence increased with size to 100% in young adult fish. We did not find a correlation between prevalence and host sex. Overall parasites' weight averaged 0.64% of the host's, while parasite weight increased with host weight. A comparison of relative condition and hepatosomatic and gonadosomatic indices of infected and metacercariae-free specimens showed that infection did not have a significant effect on host body condition and reproduction. Regarding the parasite's life cycle, planorbid gastropods are proposed as potential first intermediate hosts in view of the host's diet and occurrence data of molluscs in the ecosystem. This is the first record of a diplostomid digenean in valenciid fishes and of representatives of the Posthodiplostomum-Ornithodiplostomum clade in a native Greek freshwater fish. Our findings are discussed in conjunction to fish conservation interventions, since parasites may contribute to the decline of endangered species.

Návaznosti

GBP505/12/G112, projekt VaV
Název: ECIP - Evropské centrum ichtyoparazitologie
Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, ECIP - Evropské centrum ichtyoparazitologie