Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) abbreviatus Manning & Holthuis, 1981, a new natural host for Hematodinium perezi infection.

ABSTRACT: Recent reports have shown that wild crabs may be important hosts involved in the transmission and spread of the parasitic Hematodinium in cultured marine crustaceans. Therefore, monitoring the prevalence of Hematodinium infections in wild crabs is necessary to develop effective strategies for the prevention and control of Hematodinium disease. Here we report a wild crab species, Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) abbreviatus Manning & Holthuis, 1981, as a new natural host for Hematodinium sp. infection. It is one of the common wild crab species dwelling in the ponds or waterways connected to the polyculture ponds located on the coast of Rizhao or Weifang, Shandong Peninsula, China. According to the results of PCR detection and phylogenetic anal

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10802907 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature