Polysiphonia spp as epibiont of Caligus rogercresseyi (Crustacea: Copepoda) in Salmo salar farming centers

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R. Jaramillo
O. Garrido
G. Asencio
P. Barria
J. P. Cumillaf
C. Arcos
C. Sayeg
J. Mancilla

Abstract

The association between Polysiphonia spp and ovigerous females of Caligus rogercresseyi is analysed. Females carrying egg sacs exhibited individuals of Polysiphonia spp externally attached to the cuticle of both dorsal cephalothorax and abdomen by a mounting disk without penetrating the tissues.

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Jaramillo, R., Garrido, O., Asencio, G., Barria, P., Cumillaf, J. P., Arcos, C., Sayeg, C., & Mancilla, J. (2016). Polysiphonia spp as epibiont of Caligus rogercresseyi (Crustacea: Copepoda) in Salmo salar farming centers. Archivos De Medicina Veterinaria, 48(3), 321–324. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0301-732X2016000300013
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J. P. Cumillaf, Unidad Caligus, Laboratorio Central, Marine Harvest Chile, Puerto Montt, Chile.

Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias de la Acuicultura, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.

J. Mancilla, Unidad Caligus, Laboratorio Central, Marine Harvest Chile, Puerto Montt, Chile.

Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias de la Acuicultura, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.