Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
Date of this Version
1973
Citation
Aquaculture 2 (1973), pp. 105-140.
doi: 10.1016/0044-8486(73)90140-3
Abstract
Information is presented about parasites and commensals of penaeid shrimps, allowing those who rear shrimps and those who are interested in associated organisms of shrimp to have a better knowledge of the organisms that are or may be associated with brown, white, and pink shrimps. It covers common and rare organisms and diseases, primarily in the northern Gulf of Mexico, listing several previously unreported species including an undescribed gregarine, a larval nematode (Spirocarnallanus pereirai), a commensal nematode (Leptolaimus sp.), a leech (Myzobdella lugubris), a blue-green alga (Schizothrix calcicola), a hydroid (Obelia bicuspidata), and others. A possible relationship between the peritrich ciliate, Zoothamnium sp., and predilection to mortality following stress is discussed. Comparative data are given for organisms from brown and white shrimp from different ponds and the natural environment between 1969 and 1972 at Grand Terre, Louisiana. Also reported are organisms observed in or on shrimp from floating cages in Alabama and ponds in Florida and Texas, as well as wild stock from Mississippi and Georgia.
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