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DAO 33:137-141 (1998)  -  doi:10.3354/dao033137

Paramoeba sp., an agent of amoebic gill disease of turbot Scophthalmus maximus

Iva Dyková1,*, Antonio Figueras2, Beatriz Novoa2, Jacobo Fernandez Casal3

1Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovská 31, CZ-370 05 Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic
2Concejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Eduardo Cabello 6, E-36208 Vigo, Spain
3Insuiña, Ardia 171, O Grove, E-36980 Pontevedra, Spain
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Amoebic gill disease of turbot Scophthalmus maximus L. associated with mortalities was repeatedly diagnosed at culture facilities in NW Spain. The agent was assigned to the genus Paramoeba Schaudin, 1896. Trophozoites found in the gill tissue as well as those cultured displayed most of the principal characteristics of P. pemaquidensis Page, 1970. The identity with P. pemaquidensis, known as an agent of gill diseases of salmonids, is yet to be assessed using non-morphological criteria.


Paramoeba · Gill infection · Scophthalmus maximus · Mariculture


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Published in DAO Vol. 33, No. 2. Publication date: June 19, 1998
Print ISSN:0177-5103; Online ISSN:1616-1580
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