The role of the non-indigenous pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (Actinopterygii: Centrarchidae) in the life cycle of Bothriocephalus claviceps (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae) in Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-021-07268-8" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-021-07268-8</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07268-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00436-021-07268-8</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The role of the non-indigenous pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (Actinopterygii: Centrarchidae) in the life cycle of Bothriocephalus claviceps (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae) in Europe
Original language description
Infection of non-indigenous pumpkinseed (Lepomisgibbosus, Centrarchidae) with the bothriocephalidean cestode Bothriocephalusclaviceps (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae) was confirmed at several sites in the lower Oder river basin in Poland. The preferred host for this cestode species is the European eel (Anguillaanguilla), with a wide range of other fish species serving as paratenic hosts. The pumpkinseed showed a relatively high prevalence and abundance of larvae, along with several mature and gravid specimens, thereby confirming development of B.claviceps to the adult stage in an alternative host. As such, the pumpkinseed may represent an additional definitive host for this cestode, in addition to its role as a paratenic host, as previously recorded in other European regions. Our results indicate that inclusion of pumpkinseed as an additional definitive host in the cestode’s life cycle, high infection of pumpkinseed with B.claviceps larvae and inclusion of pumpkinseed in the eel’s diet could potentially lead to increased parasite pressure on native fish hosts. Further comparative studies or experimental testing will be required to confirm this.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-29111S" target="_blank" >GA20-29111S: Parasite acquisition by non-native fish hosts: determinants and impacts on native fish fauna</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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