Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology / First Observations of Tumor-Like Anomalies in Planktonic Copepods in the Crimean Coastal Waters

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology. 2016 9 (4)
Authors
Galagovets, Ekaterina A.; Prusova, Irina Yu.
Contact information
Galagovets, Ekaterina A.: A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Marine Biological Research RAS 2 Nakhimov, Sevastopol, 299011, Russia; ; Prusova, Irina Yu.: A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Marine Biological Research RAS 2 Nakhimov, Sevastopol, 299011, Russia
Keywords
Ellobiopsidae; copepods; tumor-like anomalies (TLA); parasitic dinoflagellates; Ellobiopsidae; the Black Sea
Abstract

In copepods from zooplankton samples collected in coastal waters of the Crimea near Sevastopol in 2011-2012, external tumor-like anomalies (TLA) were found. These anomalies are presumed to be parasitic protists (perhaps dinoflagellates of the family Ellobipsidae) or the hernias induced by injuries. Percentage of specimens with TLA varied, depending on the species, from 0.2 to 20.9 %. The highest occurrence of TLA was registered in the most abundant species – Acartia clausi and Paracalanus parvus

Pages
441-451
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/30326

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