Ichthyobodo hippoglossin. sp. (Kinetoplastea: Prokinetoplastida: Ichthyobodonidae fam. nov.), an ectoparasitic flagellate infecting farmed Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus

• Published in: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
• Main Authors: Isaksen, Trond Einar, Karlsbakk, Egil, Nylund, Are
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2007
• Subjects: Norway; Rona; atlantic cod; Atlantic salmon; Gadus morhua; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/6377; https://doi.org/10.3354/dao073207

Diseased Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus juveniles from a hatchery in west­ern Norway showed gill and skin infections with an Ichthyobodo species. Genus Ichthyobodo con­tains a single valid species, I. necator, a parasite originally described from the skin and fins of a salmonid fish in f...