New Data on the Hosts and Attachment Sites of the Fish Leech Taimenobdella amurensis (Hirudinida, Piscicolidae)

Biogeography Volume 11 Page 3-8 published_at 2009-08-20
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New Data on the Hosts and Attachment Sites of the Fish Leech Taimenobdella amurensis (Hirudinida, Piscicolidae)
Creator
Kikuchi Motohiro
Arakane Yorika
Yusa Seimei
Source Title
Biogeography
Volume 11
Start Page 3
End Page 8
Abstract
New information on the hosts and attachment sites of Taimenobdella amurensis (Epshtein, 1964) is presented based on various surveys conducted in the Chitose River and its tributary, Mamachi River, central Hokkaido, Japan. Chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta from the Chitose River and brown trout Salmo trutta from the Mamachi River were infested by T. amurensis: these two fishes are new hosts. Leeches were found on the skin and fins of the fishes although the species was previously known only from the gills. Underwater observations made in the Chitose River showed that leeches (probably T. amurensis) were attached to the body surface of eight fish species (O. keta, O. masou masou, S. trutta, Salvelinus leucomaenis leucomaenis, Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus, Pungitius pungitius, Cottus nozawae, and Gymnogobius urotaenia).
Keywords
Taimenobdella amurensis
Piscicolidae
fish leech
parasite
new host
Oncorhynchus keta, Salmo trutta
NDC
Biology [ 460 ]
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
日本生物地理学会
Date of Issued 2009-08-20
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Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 1345-0662
[NCID] AA11381320