title: Update of information on perkinsosis in NW Mediterranean coast: Identification of Perkinsus spp. (Protista) in new locations and hosts.
abstract: This study addressed perkinsosis in commercially important mollusc species in the western Mediterranean area. Perkinsus olseni was found in Santa Gilla Lagoon (Sardinia) infecting Ruditapes decussatus, Cerastoderma glaucum and Venerupis aurea, in Balearic Islands infecting Venus verrucosa and in Delta de l'Ebre (NE Spain) parasitising Ruditapes philippinarum and R. decussatus. Perkinsus mediterraneus was detected infecting Ostrea edulis from the Gulf of Manfredonia (SE Italy) and Alacant (E Spain), V. verrucosa and Arca noae from Balearic Islands and Chlamys varia from Balearic Islands, Alacant and Delta de l'Ebre.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigacións Mariñas (CIMA), Consellería do Medio Rural e do Mar, Xunta de Galicia, Aptdo 13, 36620 Vilanova de Arousa, Spain.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramilo
authors.affiliation: IRTA-Sant Carles de la Ràpita and Catalonia's Aquaculture R&D and Innovation Reference Network (XRAq), Ctra. Poblenou Km 5, 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain.
authors.forename: Noelia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.affiliation: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Reece
authors.affiliation: Laboratori d'Investigacions Marines i Aqüicultura (LIMIA), D.G. Medi Rural i Marí, Govern Balear, Port d'Andratx, 07158 Mallorca, Spain.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Valencia
authors.affiliation: Laboratori d'Investigacions Marines i Aqüicultura (LIMIA), D.G. Medi Rural i Marí, Govern Balear, Port d'Andratx, 07158 Mallorca, Spain.
authors.forename: Amalia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grau
authors.affiliation: IRTA-Sant Carles de la Ràpita and Catalonia's Aquaculture R&D and Innovation Reference Network (XRAq), Ctra. Poblenou Km 5, 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aceituno
authors.affiliation: IRTA-Sant Carles de la Ràpita and Catalonia's Aquaculture R&D and Innovation Reference Network (XRAq), Ctra. Poblenou Km 5, 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain.
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.affiliation: IRTA-Sant Carles de la Ràpita and Catalonia's Aquaculture R&D and Innovation Reference Network (XRAq), Ctra. Poblenou Km 5, 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain.
authors.forename: Ignasi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gairin
authors.affiliation: IRTA-Sant Carles de la Ràpita and Catalonia's Aquaculture R&D and Innovation Reference Network (XRAq), Ctra. Poblenou Km 5, 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain.
authors.forename: M Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Furones
authors.affiliation: Centro Tecnológico del Mar-Fundación CETMAR, Eduardo Cabello s/n, 36208 Vigo, Spain.
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abollo
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigacións Mariñas (CIMA), Consellería do Medio Rural e do Mar, Xunta de Galicia, Aptdo 13, 36620 Vilanova de Arousa, Spain. Electronic address: villalba@cimacoron.org.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villalba
mesh_terms: D056893:Alveolata / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000469:parasitology*; D049873:Cardiidae / Q000469:parasitology; D058507:Host Specificity; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
keywords: Chlamys varia; In situ hybridisation; Ostrea edulis; PCR; Perkinsus mediterraneus; Perkinsus olseni; RFLP