Molecular identification of Hysterothylacium aduncum specimens isolated from commercially important fish species of Eastern Mediterranean Sea using mtDNA cox1 and ITS rDNA gene sequences

KESKİN E., KOYUNCU C. E., GENÇ E.

PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, vol.64, no.2, pp.222-228, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 64 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.parint.2014.12.008
  • Journal Name: PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.222-228
  • Keywords: Hysterothylacium aduncum, mtDNA cox1, ITS rDNA, Sparus aurata, Diplodus vulgaris, Solea solea, ANISAKID NEMATODES, RIBOSOMAL DNA, ASCARIDOIDEA, PARASITES, COASTS, FRAMEWORK, SOUTHERN, ECOLOGY, MARKERS, MEMBERS
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The presence of a Raphidascarid parasitic nematode Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802) in two sparid fish (Sparus aurata and Diplodus vulgaris) and one soleid fish (Solea solea) was investigated in this study. A total of 868 individuals; 385 S. aurata, 437 D. vulgaris and 46 S. solea were collected from the Mersin Bay between February 2013 and January 2014 and examined. Variations in the prevalence, mean intensity, and mean abundance of the parasite were 14.55%, 2.05, and 030 for S. aurata, 4.12%, 2.44, and 0.10 for D. vulgaris, and 15.22%, 329, and 0.50 for S. sole respectively.