Complete life cycle of a pennellid Peniculus minuticaudae Shiino, 1956 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) infecting cultured threadsail filefish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer

• Main Authors: Norshida, Ismail, Ohtsuka, S, Venmathi, Maran
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: S Agriculture (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/2730/1/FH02-FBIM-16-06734.jpg; http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/2730/

The complete life cycle of a pennellid copepod Peniculus minuticaudae Shiino. 1956 is proposed based on the discovery of all post-embryonic stages together with the post-metamorphic adult females infecting the fins of threadsail filefish Stephanolepis cirrhifer (Monacanthidae) cultured in a fish farm at Ehime Prefecture. JPN. The hatching stage was the infective copepodid. The life cycle of P. minuticaudae consists of six stages separated by moults: the copepodid. four chalimi and adult. In this study. the adult males were observed frequently in precopulatory amplexus with various stages of females however, copulation occurs only between adults. Fertilized pre-metamorphic adult females carrying spermatophores may detach from the host and settle again before undergoing massive differential growth into the post-metamorphic adult female. Comparison of the life cycle of R minuticaudae has been made with three known pennellids: Lemaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus. 1767). Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson. 1908) and Cited by 6 documents Parasitic copepods of marine fish cultured in Japan: a review Nagasawa, K. (2015) Journal of Natural History Screening of candidate genes encoding proteins expressed in pectoral fins of fugu Takifugu rubripes, in relation to habitat site of parasitic copepod Caligus fugu, using suppression subtractive hybridization Tasumi. S.. Norshida. I. , Boxshall. GA. (2015) Fish and Shellfish Immunology Parasite richness in fish larvae from the nearshore waters of central and Northern Chile Muiioz. G. , Landaeta. M.F. , Palac ios-Fuentes, P. (2015) Folia Parasitologic a View all 6 citing documents Inform me when this document is cited in Scopus: Set citation alert 1 0 Set citation feed Related documents Seasonal occurrence and habitat of two pennellids (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) infecting marine ranched black scraper and Korean rockfish in Korea Venmathi Maran, B.A. , Oh. S.-Y. , Choi, H.-J. (2014) Tropical Biomedic ine Redescription of two Pennellids (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) from Korea with a key to species of Peniculus von Nordmann. 1832