Intestinal disease of scattered mirror carp <i>Cyprinus carpio</i> caused by <i>Thelohanellus kitauei</i> and notes on the morphology and phylogeny of the myxosporean from Sichuan Province, southwest China -- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2017,35(3):587-596

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	YE Lingtong, LU Mingmiao, QUAN Keyan, LI Wenxiang, ZOU Hong, WU Shangong, WANG Jiangyong, WANG Guitang. Intestinal disease of scattered mirror carp Cyprinus carpio caused by Thelohanellus kitauei and notes on the morphology and phylogeny of the myxosporean from Sichuan Province, southwest China[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2017, 35(3): 587-596

Intestinal disease of scattered mirror carp Cyprinus carpio caused by Thelohanellus kitauei and notes on the morphology and phylogeny of the myxosporean from Sichuan Province, southwest China

YE Lingtong¹, LU Mingmiao², QUAN Keyan³, LI Wenxiang², ZOU Hong², WU Shangong², WANG Jiangyong¹, WANG Guitang²

1 Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment, Guangdong Province; Key Laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Resources Exploitation & Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture; South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510300, China;
2 Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, and the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China;
3 Sichuan Fisheries School, Chengdu 611730, China

Abstract:

The mass mortality of pond-reared scattered mirror carp, Cyprinus carpio, caused by Thelohanellus kitauei, occurred at fish farms in Sichuan Province, southwest China. Morphological and molecular analyses were supplemented with histological evaluation of infected tissues to better understand the route of infection and the pathological effects of T. kitauei on the fish host. The intestine of the diseased host was full of large cysts of the myxosporean. The cysts range from 2 cm to 3.6 cm in diameter. Histopathology indicated that T. kitauei first invaded the submucosa of the host intestine and then moved into the mucosa layers with the development of their spores, finally entering into the enteric cavity of the hosts after the disruption of mucosa layers. The pyriform spores of T. kitauei were surrounded by the transparent spore sheath, measuring 25.98 μm±0.95 μm in body length, 8.72 μm±0.51 μm in body width, and 7.86 μm±0.26 μm in body thickness. The single polar capsule was pyriform, measuring 14.73 μm±0.92 μm in length and 6.82 μm±0.45 μm in width, with eight to 10 turns of filament coils winding inside. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 18S small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequences indicated that minimal genetic differences were present between T. kitauei samples from South Korea and from China. Close affinity was found between the genus Thelohanellus and Myxobolus. Additionally, two polar capsule nuclei were found at the anterior end of the single polar capsule in spores of T. kitauei stained with hematoxylin and eosin, which suggested the separation of the genus Thelohanellus from Myxobolus.

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