Occurrence of Proteocephalus tetrastomus (Rudolphi, 1810) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) in Larval Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) in North America: Identification of a Potential Pathogen Confirmed

T. Scholz; D. J. Marcogliese; J-F. Bourque; A. Škeříková; J. J. Dodson

doi:10.1645/GE-3264RN

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T. Scholz,¹ D. J. Marcogliese,² J-F. Bourque,³ A. Škeříková,¹ J. J. Dodson³

¹Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
²St. Lawrence Centre, Environment Canada, 105 McGill, 7th Floor, Montreal, Québec, H2Y 2E7, Canada
³Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Pavillon Vachon, Ste-Foy, Québec, G1K 7P4, Canada. tscholz@paru.cas.cz

Abstract

A morphological evaluation and genetic analysis (sequencing of ITS2 region of rDNA) of proteocephalidean cestodes from rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in the Saint Lawrence Estuary, Canada, has shown their conspecificity with Proteocephalus tetrastomus, a specific parasite of smelt (Osmeridae), previously known only from northern Europe, Russia, and Japan. The parasite occurs only in larval, but not adult, smelt in the Saint Lawrence Estuary. Prevalence of larval smelt infection was 42% (n = 50), mean intensity 2.1 ± 2.4 and mean abundance 1.1 ± 1.0.

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T. Scholz, D. J. Marcogliese, J-F. Bourque, A. Škeříková, and J. J. Dodson "Occurrence of Proteocephalus tetrastomus (Rudolphi, 1810) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) in Larval Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) in North America: Identification of a Potential Pathogen Confirmed," Journal of Parasitology 90(2), 425-427, (1 April 2004). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3264RN

Published: 1 April 2004

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