[Degeneration of the tongue of Boops [(Boops boops L., 1758) (Teleost, Sparidae)] parasitized by Meinertia oestroides (Risso, 1826) (Isopoda, Flabellifera, Cymothoidae) (author's transl)].
Host fishes (Boops boops) parasitized by the cymothoid isopod Meinertia oestroides show an atrophied tonuge: its length and its initial weight can decrease of about 50%. These morphological variations are connected with deep histological alterations, such as: A more or less important vanishing of epidermis. A disorganization of the connective tissue, by numerous invading blood cells. A total vanishing of cargilage and a partial vanishing of bone, resulting from the lysis of their own fundamental substance.
D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D003445:Crustacea; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005399:Fishes; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology*
Dégénérescence de la langue des Bogues [(Boops boops L., 1758) (Téléostéens, Sparidae)] parasitées par Meinertia oestroides (Risso, 1826) (Isopoda, Flabellifera, Cymothoidae).