[Influence of the cymothoid isopods Meinertia oestroides, Meinertia parallela, and Anilocra physodes (Crustacea; parasites of fish) on the growth of hosts, Boops boops and Pagellus erythrinus (Sparidae) (author's transl)].
Studies of weight-size (W = aLb) and growth (L = aT + b) in fish (Boops boops and Pagellus erythrinus), potential hosts of some Cymothoid isopods (Meinertia oestroides, Meinertia parallela, and Anilocra physodes) have been performed. Infested fishes show a slight decrease in weight compared to normal fish. Cymothoid do not exert a significant influence on the weight-size ratio; on the other hand, a delay in growth does occur.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D003445:Crustacea / Q000254:growth & development*; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005399:Fishes / Q000254:growth & development / Q000469:parasitology*
Influence des cymothoadiens Meinertia oestroides, Meinertia parallela et Anilocra physodes (Crustacés, Isopodes; parasites de poissons) sur la croissance des poissons hôtes Boops boops et Pagellus erthyrinus (Sparidés).