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Seasonality and host–parasite interrelationship of Mytilus galloprovincialis parasites in Turkish Black Sea coasts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2015

Ahmet Özer  and
Sevilay Güneydağ
Ahmet Özer*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Sinop University, 57000 Sinop, Turkey
Sevilay Güneydağ
Affiliation:
Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Sinop University, 57000 Sinop, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Özer, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Sinop University, 57000 Sinop, Turkey Email: aozer@sinop.edu.tr
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Abstract

This is the first comprehensive research study on the parasites of Mytilus galloprovincialis collected from the Sinop coasts of the Black Sea and their relationships with several environmental and biotic factors. A total of 1740 mussels were collected monthly at three sampling localities representing different ecosystems in the period between August 2012 and July 2013 and examined for parasites. Identified parasites were Nematopsis legeri, Peniculistoma mytili, Urastoma cyprinae, Parvatrema duboisi and Polydora ciliata. Infection prevalence (%), mean intensity and mean abundance values of each parasite species were calculated according to season, sampling localities and length classes of mussel. Nematopsis legeri was the most prevalent species (32.5%), followed by Pe. mytili (6.70%), U. cyprinae (6.30%), Pa. duboisi (4.50%) and Po. ciliata (2.20%). Nematopsis legeri and Parvatrema duboisi had their highest infection prevalence and intensity values in sampling locality III where secondary hosts present to complete their life cycle and larger sized mussels had higher parasite loads. Statistically significant differences were determined in the prevalence of infection and intensity values among seasons, length classes of mussel and sampling localities of each parasite species. The present study provided valuable information on mussel parasites and their relationships with host length, seasons and ecology.

Keywords

Mytilus galloprovincialisNematopsis legeriPeniculistoma mytiliUrastoma cyprinaeParvatrema duboisiPolydora ciliatahost-parasite relationshipBlack Sea
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 95 , Issue 8 , December 2015 , pp. 1591 - 1599
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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