INVESTIGADORES
LA SALA Luciano Francisco
artículos
Título:
New locations and parasitological findings for the invasive shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus in temperate Southwestern Atlantic coasts
Autor/es:
MARTORELLI S.R.; ALDA P.; MARCOTEGUI P.; MONTES M.; LA SALA L.F.
Revista:
AQUATIC BIOLOGY
Editorial:
INTER-RESEARCH
Referencias:
Lugar: Oldendorf/Luhe; Año: 2012 vol. 15 p. 153 - 157
ISSN:
1864-7790
Resumen:
This paper presents new records that considerably expand the geographical range of the invasive shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus in Argentina to include new estuarine areas on the Argentine south Atlantic coast: Bahía Samborombón, and the Bahía Blanca and Río Negro estuaries. The latter 2 locations are the southernmost reports for this species. The epibiotic barnacle Balanus amphitrite and a microphallid metacercaria Odhneria sp. are reported for the first time in P. macrodactylus. The prevalence of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) was 10% in the Bahía Blanca estuary. Our results strongly suggest that WSSV is spreading in crustacean populations in the Argentine Sea and that P. macrodactylus plays a role in the ecology of parasite infections in this environment.
