Morphological description of two bucephalid trematodes collected from freshwater fishes in the Uji River, Kyoto, Japan.
The morphology of two species of bucephalids (Bucephalidae; Digenea; Trematoda), which since 1999 has caused a fish disease at the Uji River, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, is described. Parabucephalopsis parasiluri Wang, 1985 was first recorded in the Uji River in 2000, and Prosorhynchoides ozakii (Nagaty, 1937) in 2005. The definitive host of both species is the Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis), and the second intermediate hosts include many fish species from several families. P. parasiluri is an introduced parasite that invaded with its first intermediate host, golden mussels (Limnoperna fortunei), from the Asian continent. P. ozakii may also be an introduced species, although its first intermediate host has not been identified.
Urabe
Misako
M
Department of Ecosystem Studies, School of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga 522-8533, Japan. urabe@ses.usp.ac.jp
Ogawa
Kazuo
K
Nakatsugawa
Toshio
T
Nakai
Kentaro
K
Tanaka
Masaharu
M
Wang
Guitang
G
D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005618:Fresh Water; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*