Identification of scuticociliate Philasterides dicentrarchi from indo-pacific seahorses Hippocampus kuda

• Main Authors: Shin, Sang Phil, Han, Jee Eun, Gomez, Dennis K., Kim, Ji Hyung, Choresca, Casiano H., Jr., Jun, Jin Woo, Park, Se Chang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Academic Journals 2021
• Subjects: FLOUNDER PARALICHTHYS-OLIVACEUS; TURBOT SCOPHTHALMUS-MAXIMUS; URONEMA-MARINUM CILIOPHORA; CULTURED OLIVE FLOUNDER; PSEUDOCOHNILEMBUS-PERSALINUS; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; FARMED TURBOT; NW SPAIN; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; Indo-pacific seahorse; Philasterides dicentrarchi; scanning electron microscopy; polymerase chain reaction; sequencing; Pacific; Seahorse; Scophthalmus maximus; Turbot
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10371/190755

The "indo-pacific seahorses", Hippocampus kuda which had been reared in one of the private commercial aquaria for exhibition were sent to the laboratory for diagnosis. Feces and intestinal contents from 5 seahorses were examined microscopically and revealed numerous scuticociliates. We ide...