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Study of Apiosoma piscicola (Blanchard 1885) occurring on fry of freshwater fishes in Hongze, China with consideration of the genus Apiosoma

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Apiosoma piscicola (Blanchard 1885) was reported from fry of Carassius auratus (Var. pengze) and Ctenopharyngodon idella during parasite surveys in May 2005 and June 2006 at Hongze Lake Fish Hatchery, Jiangsu province, China. Twelve morphometric parameters were used to describe this peritrich in detail in the present study and comparisons were made with other reports. Its synonyms, Glossatella cylindriformis (Chen 1955) and Apiosoma magna (Banina 1968), were clarified based on reliable data. A. piscicola was still considered somewhat host-specific by us, especially to cyprinids, although it shows a quite wide limit of host variability. The telotroch was also observed, and its structures were described herein. Besides, the difficulties of the generic taxonomy were discussed and some suggestions were given.

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We express sincere thanks to Prof. WS Feng for providing help in photomicrograph and Prof. LX Li for critical reading of the manuscript. Financial support for this study was provided by the Key Science-Technology Project of Hubei Province of China under Grant No. 2007AA203A01 and the Knowledge-Innovation Program of Institute of Hydrobiology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 320321).

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  1. Laboratory of Healthy Aquaculture, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

    Ming Li, Jianguo Wang, Jinyong Zhang & Xiaoning Gong

  2. Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

    Ming Li

  3. College of marine science and engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 300222, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

    Daling Zhu

  4. College of Fisheries, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430072, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

    Zemao Gu

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Financial support for this study was provided by the Key Science-Technology Project of Hubei Province of China under Grant No. 2007AA203A01 and the Institute of Hydrobiology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 320321).

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Li, M., Wang, J., Zhu, D. et al. Study of Apiosoma piscicola (Blanchard 1885) occurring on fry of freshwater fishes in Hongze, China with consideration of the genus Apiosoma . Parasitol Res 102, 931–937 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-007-0856-5

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