Spraguea lophii (Microsporidia) parasitizing in black anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) in European Atlantic waters

• Main Authors: Landa, J. (Jorge), Cañás, L. (Lucía)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Santander 2016
• Subjects: black anglerfish; Lophius budegassa; North-eastern Atlantic; parasite; Spraguea lophii; microsporidian; Porcupine Bank; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/10323

An important commercial species in the European fisheries, the black anglerfish (Lophius budegassa), is infected by the microsporidian parasite Spraguea lophii, which is manifested as cysts located in the nerve ganglia. Fish length and presence or absence of the parasite was recorded. The prevalence...