Parasites de crustaces decapodes brachyoures du golfe et du lac de Tunis: Note préliminaire.
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Author
Vivares, Ch. P.Date
1970
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Parasites of brachyuran decapod crustaceans of the gulf and the lake of Tunis: Preliminary note.Abstract
Ce sujet est aborde pour la premiere fois sur le littoral tunisien. Les premiers resultats montrent que sur 19 especes de Brachyoures etudiees, 14 sont parasitees par des Protozoaires, ou des Metazoaires, ou par les deux simultanement. Quatre especes de Gregarinia Porosporidae sont revues; deux hotes sont nouveaux pour Nematopsis maraisie. Une espece est nouvelle pour la science: Nematopsis raouadi n. sp, parasite de Portumnus latipes. Deux especes de Gregarinia cephaloidophoridae sont signalees et la position systematique de l'une d'elles, parasite de Dromia personata, est precisee. Six hotes nouveaux sont indiques pour la Coccidia du genre Aggregata, huit pour le Ciliata synophrya hypertrophica, deux pour des larves de cestodes Tetraphyllidea et un pour un crustace epicaride Bopyridae.This is the first time that this subject is studied in Tunisian coastal waters. Preliminary results revealed that of 19 species of crabs studied, 14 carried either Protozoa or Metazoa parasites, or both. Four species of Gregarinia porosporidae were discovered again; two hosts were new for Nematopsis maraisi. A new species to science was discovered Nematopsis raoudi n.sp., a parasite of Portumnus latipes. Two species of Gregarinia cephaloidophoridae were observed and the systematic position of one of them ,a parasite of Dromia personata, is specified. Six new hosts are noted for Coccidian (genus Aggregata), eight for Synophrya hypertrophica (Ciliata), two for larvae of Cestoda (Tetraphyllidae) and one for Bopyridae (Crustacae, Epicaridea).
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Bulletin de l'Institut National Scientifique et Technique d'Océanographie et de PêcheVolume
1Issue/Article Nr
4Page Range
pp 181-204Collections