Larval stages of the bluefin tuna blood fluke Cardicola opisthorchis (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) found from Terebella sp. (Polychaeta: Terebellidae)

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• 作者：Yukitaka Sugihara^a ; ^{sugihara013465@pref.nagasaki.lg.jp" class="auth_mail} ; Toshiyuki Yamada^a ; Akio Tamaki^b ; Ryohei Yamanishi^c ; Kinya Kanai^b
• 关键词：Cardicola opisthorchis ; Blood fluke ; Intermediate host ; Terebellidae ; Thunnus orientalis ; Pacific bluefin tuna
• 刊名：Parasitology International
• 出版年：April, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：63
• 期：2
• 页码：295-299
• 全文大小：669 K

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We found aporocotylid larval stages (sporocysts and cercariae) from five individuals of terebellid polychaete Terebella sp., which were collected from seabed substrate and ropes and floats attached to tuna cages in a tuna farm on the coast of Tsushima Island, Nagasaki, Japan. Nucleotide sequences of the regions of internal transcribed spacer 2 ribosomal DNA and 28S ribosomal DNA from these larval stages were 100% identical to those of Cardicola opisthorchis registered in GenBank. C. opisthorchis is a pathogen causing blood fluke infection of Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis, which is considered to have a significant impact on the Japanese Pacific bluefin tuna aquaculture industry. This is the first description of the intermediate host of C. opisthorchis. This indicates that the life cycle of C. opisthorchis is completed within tuna farms in this area.