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Type: Journal article
Title: Experimental susceptibility of some reef fish species to Benedenia lutjani (Monogenea : Capsalidae) a parasite of Lutjanus carponotatus (Pisces : Lutjanidae)
Author: Ernst, I.
Whittington, I.
Citation: Parasitology Research, 2001; 87(4):345-348
Publisher: Springer
Issue Date: 2001
ISSN: 0932-0113
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Ingo Ernst and Ian Whittington
Abstract: The susceptibility of species of lutjanid, lethrinid and serranid fish to infection by either larval or post-larval (juvenile and adult) specimens of the capsalid monogenean Benedenia lutjani Whittington and Kearn (1993) was examined experimentally. Four species of lutjanids became infected when exposed to larvae of B. lutjani, but three species of lethrinids and four species of serranids were not susceptible to larvae under the same conditions. Variability in the intensity of infection by larvae occurred within and between lutjanid species. Few post-larval specimens of B. lutjani transferred between individuals of the specific host Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson 1842) in 60-l aquaria and none transferred between specimens of L. carponotatus in a 7,500-l concrete tank. These results indicate that transfer of post-larval B. lutjani between individuals of the specific host is unlikely to occur in the wild. Other lutjanid species did not become infected when exposed to specimens of L. carponotatus infected heavily by post-larval B. lutjani, but two lethrinid species were susceptible to infection under the same conditions. These data indicate that different factors may mediate host-specificity for larval and post-larval B. lutjani.
Keywords: Monogenea
Monopisthocotylea
Capsalidae
Benedenia lutjani
Lutjanus carponotatus
Host-specificity
Description: The original publication can be found at www.springerlink.com
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008590
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/pl00008590
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