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MYXOSPORIDIANS (MYXOZOA, MYXOSPOREA) FROM PACIFIC SALMON SCALES: CLARIFICATION OF SPECIES AND DISTRIBUTION
- Authors: Voronin V.N.1, Polteva A.V.1, Sokolov S.G.1, Kamenchenko A.V.1
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- Issue: Vol 59, No 6 (2025)
- Pages: 419–429
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0031-1847/article/view/375754
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7868/S3034586325060019
- ID: 375754
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Abstract
Infection of Oncorhynchus keta from Sakhalin rivers with Myxosoma dermatobia (Ishii, 1916) was studied. Evidence is provided that this species is only an eel parasite. For Pacific salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, Myxobolus salmonis (Hoshina, 1949) from Japan, and Myxobolus squamalis (Iversen, 1954) from the USA and Myxobolus soldatovi Achmerov, 1960 from USSR were previously described. According to the complete similarity and earlier description, Myxobolus salmonis (Hoshina, 1949) should be considered a valid species of myxosporidia parasitizing in the scales of Far Eastern salmon, and M. soldatovi should be considered its synonym. According to molecular genetic data, isolates of myxosporidia from Sakhalin chum salmon and from American rainbow trout are close at the species level.
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V. N. Voronin
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Санкт-Петербургский филиал
A. V. Polteva
Email: vnvoronin@mail.ru
Сахалинский Филиал
S. G. Sokolov
Email: vnvoronin@mail.ru
A. V. Kamenchenko
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