Two species of Kudoa (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) parasitic in the flesh of Merluccius productus (Ayres, 1855) (Pisces: Teleostei) in the Canadian Pacific
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 59 (11) , 2085-2091
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z81-285
Abstract
Two samples of hake, Merluccius productus (Ayres, 1855), one taken SW off Vancouver Island, the other in the Strait of Georgia, were examined for muscle parasites. The offshore hake is infected with two species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxosporea): K. thyrsitis (Gilchrist, 1924) and K. paniformis sp.nov. Only K. thyrsitis occurs in the Strait of Georgia. The new species is described and illustrated. Host–parasite relationships of both species are discussed and reasons for their differences in this respect are speculated upon.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Differences in the Age of Pacific Hake (Merluccius productus) Using Whole Otoliths and Sections of OtolithsJournal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1979