Occurrence and effect of trematode metacercariae in two endangered killifishes from Greece
Jazyk angličtina Země Německo Médium print-electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
PubMed
28905265
DOI
10.1007/s00436-017-5610-z
PII: 10.1007/s00436-017-5610-z
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Digenea, Host body condition, Parasite prevalence, Planorbidae, Platyhelminthes, Valenciidae,
- MeSH
- Cyprinodontidae parazitologie MeSH
- ekosystém MeSH
- infekce červy třídy Trematoda parazitologie veterinární MeSH
- měkkýši parazitologie MeSH
- metacerkárie * MeSH
- nemoci ryb parazitologie MeSH
- ohrožené druhy MeSH
- sladká voda MeSH
- stadia vývoje MeSH
- Trematoda klasifikace MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Řecko MeSH
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.
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