First molecular identification of Vorticella sp. from freshwater shrimps in Tainan, Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: Freshwater shrimps are the most common crustaceans kept in an aquarium. This study was a survey seeking parasites infecting cultured freshwater atyid shrimps at aquarium stores in Tainan, Taiwan. We observed that atyid shrimps were infested with Vorticella and Scutariella. Scutariella is a common shrimp parasite; thus, we focused on Vorticella infection in the atyid shrimps. Vorticella aequilata-like pop TW, a freshwater peritrich ciliate, was isolated from the atyid shrimps. The morphological characteristics were investigated using live observations. Specimens from the population showed identical arrangement of the infraciliature and identical ITS1-5.8SITS2 region sequences. The zooids are bell-shaped, 40-58 μm wide and 47-70 μm in long in vivo. T

SUBMITTER: Liao CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6216041 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature