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Huffmanela lusitana sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) infecting pouting, Trisopterus luscus (Teleostei: Gadidae) off the Atlantic coast of Portugal
Some pouting caught off the Atlantic coast of Portugal are discarded as unmarketable due to a dark discolouration of the skin and muscle. This study investigates the cause of this condition, describes the new parasite species responsible, and highlights the importance of educating those in charge of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582075/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31245277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.05.010 |
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author | Ramos, Paula Carvalho, Raquel Rosa, Fernanda Alexandre-Pires, Graça Seixas, Fernanda Esteves, Alexandra Huffman, David |
author_facet | Ramos, Paula Carvalho, Raquel Rosa, Fernanda Alexandre-Pires, Graça Seixas, Fernanda Esteves, Alexandra Huffman, David |
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description | Some pouting caught off the Atlantic coast of Portugal are discarded as unmarketable due to a dark discolouration of the skin and muscle. This study investigates the cause of this condition, describes the new parasite species responsible, and highlights the importance of educating those in charge of premarket inspection of food fish in order to reduce likelihood that consumers will eat infected fish. Macroscopically, infected fish showed considerable heterogeneity in darkening of the skin and hypaxial and epaxial muscles. Microscopical observation revealed bipolar nematode eggs in varying stages of development arranged in a linear pattern along muscle fibers. Histopathology confirmed the presence of eggs of a nematode of the genus Huffmanela Moravec, 1987 as the cause of muscle darkening and established a relationship between infection intensity and consequent darkened appearance of the tissues. The eggs are oval or barrel-shaped, with a smooth surface and polar plugs at opposite ends. The thin outer vitelline membrane is smooth and lacks ornamentation. Under light microscopy, the main eggshell of older eggs exhibits the outermost delicate and smooth vitelline membrane, and a thicker layer, correspondent to chitinous and chondroitin proteoglycan layers. Scanning electron microscopy of eggs confirmed light microscopic studies, namely the presence of a smooth vitelline membrane surrounding the egg. Microscopic and ultrastructural characteristics of eggs, and a new host family in a new geographic area, all suggest that a new species, herein named Huffmanela lusitana sp. n. is involved. |
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spelling | pubmed-65820752019-06-26 Huffmanela lusitana sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) infecting pouting, Trisopterus luscus (Teleostei: Gadidae) off the Atlantic coast of Portugal Ramos, Paula Carvalho, Raquel Rosa, Fernanda Alexandre-Pires, Graça Seixas, Fernanda Esteves, Alexandra Huffman, David Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl Regular article Some pouting caught off the Atlantic coast of Portugal are discarded as unmarketable due to a dark discolouration of the skin and muscle. This study investigates the cause of this condition, describes the new parasite species responsible, and highlights the importance of educating those in charge of premarket inspection of food fish in order to reduce likelihood that consumers will eat infected fish. Macroscopically, infected fish showed considerable heterogeneity in darkening of the skin and hypaxial and epaxial muscles. Microscopical observation revealed bipolar nematode eggs in varying stages of development arranged in a linear pattern along muscle fibers. Histopathology confirmed the presence of eggs of a nematode of the genus Huffmanela Moravec, 1987 as the cause of muscle darkening and established a relationship between infection intensity and consequent darkened appearance of the tissues. The eggs are oval or barrel-shaped, with a smooth surface and polar plugs at opposite ends. The thin outer vitelline membrane is smooth and lacks ornamentation. Under light microscopy, the main eggshell of older eggs exhibits the outermost delicate and smooth vitelline membrane, and a thicker layer, correspondent to chitinous and chondroitin proteoglycan layers. Scanning electron microscopy of eggs confirmed light microscopic studies, namely the presence of a smooth vitelline membrane surrounding the egg. Microscopic and ultrastructural characteristics of eggs, and a new host family in a new geographic area, all suggest that a new species, herein named Huffmanela lusitana sp. n. is involved. Elsevier 2019-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6582075/ /pubmed/31245277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.05.010 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Regular article Ramos, Paula Carvalho, Raquel Rosa, Fernanda Alexandre-Pires, Graça Seixas, Fernanda Esteves, Alexandra Huffman, David Huffmanela lusitana sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) infecting pouting, Trisopterus luscus (Teleostei: Gadidae) off the Atlantic coast of Portugal |
title | Huffmanela lusitana sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) infecting pouting, Trisopterus luscus (Teleostei: Gadidae) off the Atlantic coast of Portugal |
title_full | Huffmanela lusitana sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) infecting pouting, Trisopterus luscus (Teleostei: Gadidae) off the Atlantic coast of Portugal |
title_fullStr | Huffmanela lusitana sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) infecting pouting, Trisopterus luscus (Teleostei: Gadidae) off the Atlantic coast of Portugal |
title_full_unstemmed | Huffmanela lusitana sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) infecting pouting, Trisopterus luscus (Teleostei: Gadidae) off the Atlantic coast of Portugal |
title_short | Huffmanela lusitana sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) infecting pouting, Trisopterus luscus (Teleostei: Gadidae) off the Atlantic coast of Portugal |
title_sort | huffmanela lusitana sp. n. (nematoda: trichosomoididae) infecting pouting, trisopterus luscus (teleostei: gadidae) off the atlantic coast of portugal |
topic | Regular article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582075/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31245277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.05.010 |
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