DESCRIPTION OF ANOPHRYOIDES-HAEMOPHILA N-SP (SCUTICOCILIATIDA, ORCHITOPHRYIDAE), A PATHOGEN OF AMERICAN LOBSTERS HOMARUS-AMERICANUS

Authors
CAWTHORN RJ LYNN DH DESPRES B MACMILLAN R MALONEY R LOUGHLIN M BAYER R
Citation
Rj. Cawthorn et al., DESCRIPTION OF ANOPHRYOIDES-HAEMOPHILA N-SP (SCUTICOCILIATIDA, ORCHITOPHRYIDAE), A PATHOGEN OF AMERICAN LOBSTERS HOMARUS-AMERICANUS, Diseases of aquatic organisms, 24(2), 1996, pp. 143-148
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences",Zoology,"Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Diseases of aquatic organisms → ACNP
ISSN journal
01775103
Volume
24
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
143 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0177-5103(1996)24:2<143:DOAN(O>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The etiological agent of 'bumper car' disease in lobsters Homarus amer icanus is described as a new species of ciliate, Anophryoides haemophi la (Scuticociliatida: Orchitophryidae). A. haemophila n. sp. is distin guished from other species in the genus by the curved rectangular oral polykinetid 2, a somatic kinety range of 16 to 18, and its relatively small size. The parasite is easy to maintain in vivo and in vitro for extended periods at 2 to 5 degrees C. Apparently the ciliate can be a significant impediment to the economic viability of coldwater lobster impoundments in eastern North America. However, factors inducing epiz ootics of 'bumper car' disease are unknown.