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A new host record of Ichthyoxenus amurensis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from the Amur bitterling Rhodeus sericeus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

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Ichthyoxenus amurensis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) was found in the body cavity of the Amur bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), from Primorsky, Russia, in August 2003. A total of 13 individuals of I. amurensis were obtained from nine of 29 fish specimens (prevalence = 31.0%). Rhodeus sericeus is a new host for I. amurensis. In the body cavity of R. sericeus, I. amurensis was found within a thin-walled membranous sac, and the intestines of the host were malformed as a result of infection. There was no significant difference in the standard length of infected and uninfected R. sericeus.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Dr. Alexander M. Naseka and Dr. Marina Shedko of the Russian Academy of Sciences for their valuable information. Thanks also to Dr. Carl Smith of the University of St. Andrews for supplying specimens of bitterling and for comments on the manuscript. Dr. Kazuya Nagasawa of Hiroshima University provided us with literature and helpful comments, and Ms. Satoko Kanoh assisted with English corrections. We express our gratitude for the constructive comments of two anonymous reviewers. Part of this study was supported by a grant from the Fujiwara Natural History Foundation.

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  1. Program in Environmental Management, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara, 631–8505, Japan

    Hitomi Yamano

  2. Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan

    Takeo Yamauchi

  3. Department of Environmental Management, Kinki University, Nara, Japan

    Kazumi Hosoya

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Yamano, H., Yamauchi, T. & Hosoya, K. A new host record of Ichthyoxenus amurensis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from the Amur bitterling Rhodeus sericeus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Limnology 12, 103–106 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10201-010-0325-1

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