Life cycle of the fish parasite Gnathia maxillaris (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae)

Title:

Life cycle of the fish parasite Gnathia maxillaris (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae)

Creator:

Hispano, Coral, Bultó, Patrici, and Blanch, Anicet R.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:ace99379-7f03-496e-8a6c-c2b37673deca
uuid:ace99379-7f03-496e-8a6c-c2b37673deca
doi:10.14411/fp.2014.026

Subject:

Gnathiid isopods, aquarium, ectoparasite, harem formation, life history, and infestation

Type:

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bez média and svazek

Description:

The taxonomic classification of some parasitic isopods of the family Gnathiidae has been revised in the last years. However, their biological cycles have been described only partially or incompletely. Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804) is one of the most studied species, but certain aspects of its life cycle are still poorly known. A detailed study on the life cycle of G. maxillaris was carried out over several years by sampling larvae from an infestation of large volume aquaria at the Aquarium of Barcelona. At the same time, a system of in vitro cultivation of G. maxillaris was developed, which provided new data to complete the description of its life cycle. Periods of incubation, fertilization, planktonic stages, the attachment site on the fish host and biometric characteristics of larval forms were detailed. The new information may help better control health state of marine fish in aquaculture.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

277-284

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2014 Volume:61 | Number:3

Harvested from:

CDK

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