Trichodinid ectoparasites (Ciliophora: Peritrichida) from the gills of mariculture molluscs in China, with the descriptions of four news species of Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1838

K Xu; W Song; A Warren

doi:10.1023/a:1006071106844

Trichodinid ectoparasites (Ciliophora: Peritrichida) from the gills of mariculture molluscs in China, with the descriptions of four news species of Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1838

Syst Parasitol. 1999 Mar;42(3):229-37. doi: 10.1023/a:1006071106844.

Authors

K Xu¹, W Song, A Warren

Affiliation

¹ Aquaculture Research Laboratory, Ocean University of Qingdao, China.

PMID: 10613541
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006071106844

Abstract

Four new species of the genus Trichodina, found on gills of marine molluscs from aquaculture beds off the coast of Qingdao (Tsingao), China, are described: T. chlamydis n. sp. from Azumapecten (Chlamys)farreri (Pectinidae), T. sinonovaculae n. sp. from Sinonovacula constricta (Solenidae), T. liana n. sp. from Solen (Plectosolen) gracilis (Solenidae) and T. meretricis n. sp. from Meretrix meretrix (Veneridae). The descriptions presented here include morphometric data obtained from examinations of specimens prepared using the wet silver nitrate and protargol-impregnation techniques. Comparisons with closely related species are provided for each of the four.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Aquaculture
China
Ciliophora / classification*
Ciliophora / ultrastructure*
Gills / parasitology*
Mollusca / parasitology*