Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

First report of three multivalvulid species (Cnidaria: Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in commercial fishes from Java Sea, Indonesia, with records of Unicapsula pyramidata and two new Kudoa spp.

  • Fish Parasitology - Original Paper
  • Published:
Parasitology Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Commercial marine fishes caught locally in East Java, Indonesia, were examined for multivalvulid myxosporeans (Cnidaria: Myxozoa: Myxosporea). Plasmodia of Unicapsula pyramidata were detected in the trunk muscle of two fork-tailed threadfin breams (Nemipterus furcosus). Genetic comparisons of this sample to those collected in the Australian Coral Sea and South China Sea showed few nucleotide substitutions in the small subunit and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) with the species isolated in the Australian Coral Sea and South China Sea. Pseudocysts of two new Kudoa spp. with four shell valves and polar capsules were found in the trunk muscle of two shrimp scads Alepes djedaba and two flathead grey mullets Mugil cephalus. Kudoa javaensis n. sp. myxospores isolated from the shrimp scad were 5.1–7.2 (mean 6.2) μm thick, 6.2–7.9 (7.3) μm wide, and 4.6–6.3 (5.4) μm long, with polar capsules 1.9–2.5 (2.2) μm long and 1.1–1.4 (1.3) μm wide (n = 15). Kudoa surabayaensis n. sp. myxospores isolated from the flathead grey mullet were 5.8–6.7 (6.3) μm thick, 6.4–7.6 (6.9) μm wide, and 4.6–5.0 (4.7) μm long, with polar capsules 1.8–2.4 (2.1) μm long and 0.9–1.3 (1.1) μm wide (n = 25). These two Kudoa spp. showed critical differences in spore shapes (semiquadrate with unequal shell valves vs. equal shell valves), and absence vs. presence of uplifted shell valve termini. Nucleotide sequencing of rDNA supported the morphological differentiation of these two species. Furthermore, these two isolates were morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from any recorded Kudoa spp.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Abdel-Baki AS, Abdel-Haleem HM, Al-Quraishy S, Azevedo C, Mansour L (2018) Ultrastructural and molecular characteristics of Kudoa crenimugilis n. sp. infecting intestinal smooth muscle of fringelip mullet Crenimugil crenilabis in the Red Sea. Dis Aquat Org 129:53–62

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Akaishi F, Easy R, St-Jeans S, Courtenary S, Ribeiro CA, Cone D (2004) Supplemental diagnosis of Kudoa funduli (Myxozoa) parasitizing Fundulus heteroclitus (Cyprinodontidae) from coastal northeastern North America. J Parasitol 90:477–480

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Alama-Bermejo G, Cuadrado M, Raga JA, Holzer AS (2009) Morphological and molecular redescription of the myxozoan Unicapsula pflugfelderi Schubert, Sprague & Reinboth 1975 from two teleost hosts in the Mediterranean. A review of the genus Unicapsula Davis 1924. J Fish Dis 32:335–350

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Al-Jufaili SH, Freeman MA, Machkevskyi VK, Al-Nabhani A, Palm HW (2016) Morphological, ultrastructural, and molecular description of Unicapsula fatimae n. sp. (Myxosporea: Trilosporidae) of whitespotted rabbitfish (Siganus canaliculatus) in Omani waters. Parasitol Res 115:1173–1184

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Anisimova M, Gascuel O (2006) Approximate likelihood-ratio test for branches: a fast, accurate, and powerful alternative. Syst Biol 55:539–552

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Arai Y, Matsumoto K (1953) On a new sporozoa, Hexacapsula neothunni gen. et sp. nov., from the muscle of yellowfin tuna, Neothunnus macropterus. Bull Jpn Soc Sci Fish 18:293–299

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Atkinson SD, Bartošová-Sojková P, Whipps CM, Bartholomew JL (2015) Approaches for characterising myxozoan species. In: Okamura B, Gruhl A, Bartholomew JL (eds) Myxozoan evolution, ecology and development. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, Cham, pp 111–123

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Bartošová-Sojková P, Kodádková A, Peckova H, Kuchta R, Reed CC (2015) Morphology and phylogeny of two new species of Sphaeromyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Cnicaria: Myxozoa) from marine fish (Clinidae and Trachichthyidae). Parasitology 142:660–674

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Burger MAA, Adlard RD (2010a) Four new species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from Australia with recommendations for species descriptions in the Kudoidae. Parasitology 137:793–814

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Burger MAA, Adlard RD (2010b) Phenotypic variation in a significant spore character in Kudoa (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) species infecting brain tissue. Parasitology 137:1759–1772

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Burger MAA, Adlard RD (2011) Low host specificity in the Kudoidae (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) including seventeen new host records for Kudoa thalassomi. Folia Parasitol 58:1–16

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Burger MAA, Cribb TH, Adlard RD (2007) Patterns of relatedness in the Kudoidae with descriptions of Kudoa chaetodoni n. sp. and K. lethrini n. sp. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida). Parasitology 134:669–681

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Burger MAA, Barnes AC, Adlard RD (2008) Wildlife as reservoirs for parasites infecting commercial species: host specificity and a redescription of Kudoa amamiensis from teleost fish in Australia. J Fish Dis 31:835–844

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Cardim J, Araújo-Neto J, da Silva DT, Hamoy I, Matos E, Abrunhosa F (2020) Kudoa yasai n. sp. (Multivalvulida: Kudoidae) from the skeletal muscle of Macrodon ancylodon (Sciaenidae) on the northern Atlantic coast, Brazil. Parasitol Res (in press). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06679-3

  • Casal G, Soares EC, Rocha S, Silva TJ, Santos EL, Nascimento R, Oliveira E, Zaevedo C (2019) Description of a new myxozoan Kudoa eugerres n. sp. and reclassification of two Sphaerospora sensu lato species. Parasitol Res 118:1719–1730

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Davis HS (1924) A new myxosporidian parasite, the cause of “wormy” halibut. Report of the U. S. Commercial Fisheries for 1923. Appendix 8:1–5

    Google Scholar 

  • Dereeper A, Guignon V, Blanc G, Audic S, Buffet S, Chevenet F, Dufayard JF, Guindon S, Lefort V, Lescot M, Claverie J-M, Gascuel O (2008) Phylogeny.fr: robust phylogenetic analysis for the non-specialist. Nucleic Acids Res 36:465–469

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Diamant A, Ucko M, Paperna I, Colorni A, Lipshitz A (2005) Kudoa iwatai (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) in wild and cultured fish in the Red Sea: redescription and molecular phylogeny. J Parasitol 91:1175–1189

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Dyková I, Lom J, Overstreet RM (1994) Myxosporean parasites of the genus Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 from some Gulf of Mexico fishes: description of two new species and notes on their ultrastructure. Eur J Protistol 30:316–323

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dyková I, de Buron I, Fiala I, Roumillat WA (2009) Kudoa inornata sp. n. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from the skeletal muscles of Cynoscion nebulosus (Teleostei: Sciaenidae). Folia Parasitol 56:91–98

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Egusa S (1986) The order Multivalvulida Shulman, 1959 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea): a review. Fish Pathol 21:261–274 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Egusa S, Nakajima K (1980) Kudoa amamiensis n. sp. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) found in cultured yellowtails and wild damselfishes from Amami-Ohshima and Okinawa, Japan. Bull Jpn Soc Sci Fish 46:1193–1198

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Egusa S, Shiomitsu T (1983) Two new species of the genus Kudoa (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from marine cultured fishes in Japan. Fish Pathol 18:163–171 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Eiras JC, Saraiva A, Cruz C (2014) Synopsis of the species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida). Syst Parasitol 87:153–180

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Fiala I, Bartošová-Sojková P, Whipps CM (2015) Classification and phylogenetics of Myxozoa. In: Okamura B, Gruhl A, Bartholomew JL (eds) Myxozoan evolution, ecology and development. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, Cham, pp 85–110

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Guindon S, Gascuel O (2003) A simple, fast, and accurate algorithm to estimate large phylogenies by maximum likelihood. Syst Biol 52:696–704

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Heiniger H, Cribb TH, Adlard RD (2013) Intra-specific variation of Kudoa spp. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from apogonid fishes (Perciformes), including the description of two new species, K. cheilodipteri n. sp. and K. cookii n. sp., from Australian waters. Syst Parasitol 84:193–215

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Hervio DML, Khattra J, Devlin RH, Kent ML, Sakanari J, Yokoyama H (1997) Taxonomy of Kudoa species (Myxosporea), using a small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequence. Can J Zool 75:2112–2119

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hsieh S, Chen C (1984) Septemcapsula yasunagai gen. et sp. nov., representative of a new family of the class Myxosporea. Acta Zootax Sin 9:225–227 (in Chinese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • Jirků M, Vartošová P, Kodádková A, Mutschmann F (2011) Another chloromyxid lineage: molecular phylogeny and redescription of Chloromyxum careni from the Asian horned frog Megophrys nasuta. J Eukaryot Microbiol 58:50–59

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Joy JE (1972) A new species of Kudoa (Myxosporidea: Chloromyxidae) from the spot, Leiostomus xanthurus Lacépede, in Clear Lake, Texas. J Protozool 19:264–265

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kabata Z, Whitaker DJ (1981) Two species of Kudoa (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) parasitic in the flesh of Merluccius productus (Ayres, 1855) (Pisces: Teleostei) in the Canadian Pacific. Can J Zool 59:2085–2091

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kasai A, Li Y-C, Setsuda A, Mafie E, Sato H (2015) Genetic characterization of Kudoa iwatai and Kudoa trachuri in commercial marine fish (Platycephalus sp. and Trachurus japonicus) for human consumption. Jpn J Vet Parasitol 14:22–30

    Google Scholar 

  • Kasai A, Li Y-C, Mafie E, Sato H (2016a) Morphological and molecular genetic characterization of two Kudoa spp., K. musculoliquefaciens, and K. pleurogrammi n. sp. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida), causing myoliquefaction of commercial marine fish. Parasitol Res 115:1883–1892

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kasai A, Li Y-C, Mafie E, Sato H (2016b) New host records of monacanthid fish for three Kudoa spp. (K. septempunctata, K. thyrsites, and K. shiomitsui) prevalent in the olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), with the description of K. parathyrsites n. sp. from a black scraper (Thamnaconus modestus). Parasitol Res 115:2741–2755

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kasai A, Setsuda A, Sato H (2017a) Morphological and genetic characterization of Kudoa whippsi (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from Cheilodactylus zonatus in the western Pacific Ocean off Japan, and two new Kudoa spp. (K. akihitoi n. sp. and K. empressmichikoae n. sp.) from Acanthogobius hasta in the Sea of Ariake, Japan. Parasitol Res 116:647–659

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kasai A, Tsuduki H, Jimenez LA, Li Y-C, Tanaka S, Sato H (2017b) Incidence of three Kudoa spp., K. neothunni, K. hexapunctata, and K. thunni (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida), in Thunnus tunas distributed in the western Pacific Ocean. Parasitol Res 116:1137–1150

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kawai T, Sekizuka T, Yahata Y, Kuroda M, Kumeda Y, Iijima Y, Kamata Y, Sugita-Konishi Y, Ohnishi T (2012) Identification of Kudoa septempunctata as the causative agent of novel food poisoning outbreaks in Japan by consumption of Paralichthys olivaceus in raw fish. Clin Infect Dis 54:1046–1052

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kovaleva AA, Shulman SS, Yakovlev VN (1979) Myxosporidia of the genus Kudoa (Myxosporidia, Multivalvulida) from the basin of the Atlantic Ocean. In: Systematics and ecology of sporozoans and cnidosporidians. Tr Zool Inst Akad Nauk SSSR 87:42–64 (in Russian) [Cited by Whipps and Diggles, 2006]

  • Lester RJG (1982) Unicapsula seriolae n. sp. (Myxosporea, Multivalvulida) from Australian yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi. J Protozool 29:584–587

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li Y-C, Sato H, Tanaka S, Ohnishi T, Kamata Y, Sugita-Konishi Y (2013) Characterization of the ribosomal RNA gene of Kudoa neothunni (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) in tunas (Thunnus spp.) and Kudoa scomberi n. sp. in a chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus). Parasitol Res 112:1991–2003

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Li Y-C, Tamemasa S, Zhang J-Y, Sato H (2020a) Phylogenetic characterisation of seven Unicapsula spp. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from commercial fish in southern China and Japan. Parasitology 147:448–464

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Li Y-C, Inoue K, Zhang J-Y, Sato H (2020b) Phylogenetic relationships of three Kudoa spp. with morphologically similar myxospores (K. iwatai, K. lutjanus, and K. bora), with the redescription of K. uncinata and K. petala and description of a new species (K. fujitai n. sp.) in fishes in the South China Sea. Parasitol Res 119:1221–1236

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Li Y-C, Inoue K, Tanaka S, Zhang J-Y, Sato H (2020c) Identification of four new Kudoa spp. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) in commercial fishes collected from South China Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Bering Sea by integrated taxonomic approach. Parasitol Res 119:2113–2128

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Lom J, Arthur JR (1989) A guideline for the preparation of species descriptions in Myxosporea. J Fish Dis 12:151–156

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lom J, Dyková I (2006) Myxozoan genera: definition and notes on taxonomy, life-cycle terminology and pathogenic species. Folia Parasitol 53:1–36

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lom J, Dyková I, Lhotáková Š (1983) Kudoa lunata n. sp. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) and notes on the nature of muscular “cysts” of the genus Kudoa. Arch Protistenkd 127:387–397

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mateo-Salas E (1972) Investigación parasitológica de la merluza (Merluccius gayii peruanus). Instituto del Mar de Peru, Informe 40:5–13 (Spanish)

  • Matsukane Y, Sato H, Tanaka S, Kamata Y, Sugita-Konishi Y (2010) Kudoa septempunctata n. sp. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from an aquacultured olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) imported from Korea. Parasitol Res 107:865–872

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Matsumoto K (1954) On the two new Myxosporidia, Chloromyxum musculoliquefaciens sp. nov. and Neochloromyxum cruciformum gen. et sp. nov., from the jellied muscle of swordfish, Xiphias glandius Linné, and Lateolabrax japonicus (Temmink et Schlegel). Bull Jpn Soc Sci Fish 20:469–478

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Meglitsch PA (1947) Studies on Myxosporidia from the Beaufort Region. II. Observations of Kudoa clupeidae (Harn), gen. nov. J Parasitol 33:271–277

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Miller TL, Adlard RD (2013) Unicapsula species (Myxosporea: Trilosporidae) of Australian marine fishes, including the description of Unicapsula andersenae n. sp. in five teleost families off Queensland, Australia. Parasitol Res 112:2945–2957

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Moran JDW, Whitaker DJ, Kent ML (1999) A review of the myxosporean genus Kudoa Meglitsh, 1947, and its impact on the international aquaculture industry and commercial fisheries. Aquaculture 172:163–196

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mutschmann F (1999) A new myxozoan, Chloromyxum careni sp. n. (Myxosporea: Chloromyxidae) from the kidney of Megophrys nasuta Schlegel, 1858 (Anura: Pelobatidae) from Indonesia. Acta Protozool 38:83–86

    Google Scholar 

  • Naidjenova NN, Zaika VE (1970) Three new genera of myxosporean parasites of fish from the Indian Ocean. Zool Zhournal 49:451–454 (in Russian with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • Ohnishi T, Obara T, Arai S, Yoshinari T, Sugita-Konishi Y (2018) Quantitative analysis of Unicapsula seriolae in greater amberjack associated with unidentified food-borne disease. Food Hyg Safe Sci 59:24–29

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Özer A, Okkay S, Gürkanli CT, Çiftçi Y, Yurankhno V (2018) Two novel myxosporean parasites in Black Sea fishes: Kudoa niluferi sp. nov. and Kudoa anatolica sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Myxosporea). Dis Aquat Org 128:225–233

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Pampoulie C, Marques A, Rosecchi E, Crivelli AJ, Bouchereau J-L (1999) A new myxosporean parasite, Kudoa camarguensis n. sp., recorded on two goby species (Teleostei: Pisces) in the Rhône Delta (Mediterranean Sea, France). J Eukaryot Microbiol 46:304–310

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Parker JD, Warner MC (1970) Effects of fixation, dehydration and staining on dimensions of myxosporidian and microsporidian spores. J Wildl Dis 6:448–456

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Pascual S, Abollo E, Yurakhno V, Gaevskaya A (2012) Molecular characterization of Kudoa nova (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) infecting the round goby Neogobius melanostomus from the Sea of Azov. Azov Mar Ecol J 11:66–73

    Google Scholar 

  • Reimschuessel R, Gieseker CM, Driscoll C, Baya A, Kane AS, Blazer VS, Evans JJ, Kent ML, Moran JDW, Poynton SL (2003) Myxosporean plasmodial infection associated with ulcerative lesions in young-of-the-year Atlantic menhaden in a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, and possible links to Kudoa clupeidae. Dis Aquat Org 53:143–166

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rukyani A (1990) Histopathological changes in the gills of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) infected with the myxosporean parasite Myxobolus koi Kudo, 1920. Asian Fish Sci 3:337–341

    Google Scholar 

  • Sakai H, Kato E, Sakaguchi S, Setsuda A, Sato H (2018) Morphological and molecular genetic characterization of Kudoa konishiae n. sp. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) in the muscle of Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius). Parasitol Res 117:893–904

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sakai H, Kawai T, Zhang J, Sato H (2019) New host records of three Kudoa spp. (K. yasunagai, K. thalassomi, and K. igami) with notable variation in the number of shell valves and polar capsules in spores. Parasitol Res 118:143–157

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sato H, Kasai A (2016) Kudoa species (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) recorded in Japan or its surrounding natural waters (1930–2016). Jpn J Vet Parasitol 15:111–138

    Google Scholar 

  • Shin SP, Shirakashi S, Hamano S, Kato K, Lasso LT, Yokoyama H (2016) Phylogenetic study of the genus Kudoa (Myxozoa: Multivalvulida) with a description of Kudoa rayformis sp. nov. from the trunk muscle of Pacific sierra Scomberomorus sierra. Mol Phylogenet Evol 98:337–345

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sugita-Konishi Y, Sato H, Ohnishi T (2014) Novel foodborne disease associated with consumption of raw fish, olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). Food Safe 2:141–150

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Suzuki J, Murata R, Sadamasu K, Kai A (2012) Cases of food poisoning caused possibly by Kudoa spp. in the Tokyo metropolitan area. IASR 33:153–155 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Suzuki J, Murata R, Yokoyama H, Sadamasu K, Kai A (2015) Detection rate of diarrhea-causing Kudoa hexapunctata in pacific Bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis from Japanese waters. Int J Food Microbiol 194:1–6

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Thompson JD, Higgins DG, Gibson TJ (1994) CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice. Nucleic Acids Res 22:4673–4680

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Tomochi H, Li Y-C, Tran BT, Yanagida T, Sato H (2014) Three Unicapsula species (Myxosporea: Trilosporidae) of Asian marine fishes, including the description of Unicapsula setoensis n. sp. in the yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus) from the Inland Sea of Japan. Parasitol Res 113:3807–3816

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ward RD, Zemlak TS, Innes BH, Last PR, Hebert DN (2005) DNA barcoding Australia’s fish species. Philos Trans R Soc B (Biol Sci) 360:1847–1857

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Whipps CM, Kent ML (2006) Phylogeography of the cosmopolitan marine parasite Kudoa thyrsites (Myxozoa: Myxosporea). J Eukaryot Microbiol 53:364–373

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Whipps CM, Adlard RD, Bryant MS, Kent ML (2003a) Two unusual myxozoans, Kudoa quadricornis n. sp. (Multivalvulida) from the muscle of goldspotted trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus) and Kudoa permulticapsula n. sp. (Myltivalvulida) from the muscle of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. J Parasitol 89:168–173

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Whipps CM, Adlard RD, Bryant MS, Lester RJG, Findlay V, Kent ML (2003b) First report of three Kudoa species from eastern Australia: Kudoa thyrsites from mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), Kudoa amamiensis and Kudoa minithyrsites n. sp. from sweeper (Pempheris ypsilychnus). J Eukaryot Microbiol 50:215–219

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Whipps CM, Grossel G, Adlard RD, Yokoyama H, Bryant MS, Munday BL, Kent ML (2004) Phylogeny of the Multivalvulidae (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) based on comparative ribosomal DNA sequence analysis. J Parasitol 90:618–622

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Whitaker DJ, Kent ML, Sakanari JA (1996) Kudoa minauriculata n. sp. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) from the musculature of bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis) from California. J Parasitol 82:312–315

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Whipps CM, Diggles BK (2006) Kudoa alliaria in flesh of Argentinian hoki Macruronus magellanicus (Gadiformes; Merlucciidae). Dis Aquat Org 69:259–263

  • Yokoyama H, Whipps CM, Kent ML, Mizuno K, Kawakami H (2004) Kudoa thyrsites from Japanese flounder and Kudoa lateolabracis n. sp. from Chinese Sea bass: causative myxozoans of post-mortem myoliquefaction. Fish Pathol 39:79–85

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yokoyama H, Mekata T, Satoh J, Nishioka T, Mori K (2016) Morphological and molecular comparisons between Japanese and Korean isolates of Kudoa septempunctata (Myxozoa: Multivalvulida) in the olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus. Fish Pathol 52:152–157

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zhang JB, Hanner R (2011) DNA barcoding is a useful tool for the identification of marine fishes from Japan. Biochem Syst Ecol 39:31–42

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zhou Y, Zhao Y-J (2008) Description of three new species of Kudoa (Myxosporea, Multivalvulida, Kudoiae) parasitic in marine fishes from the East China Sea. Acta Hydrobiol Sin 32(Suppl):51–56 (in Chinese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

We thank the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Airlangga University, for supporting this international collaborative study with the Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, including provision of travelling funds to MY and LRY for travelling to Yamaguchi; the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of Indonesia (Career and Competency of Human Resources), for providing a travelling fund to DN; and the Organization for Research Initiatives, Yamaguchi University, for providing a travelling fund to SG for the international collaborative research at Yamaguchi University.

Funding

This study was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Food Science and Research 2019 from the Toyo Suisan Foundation (HS), and JSPS KAKENHI grant number 18K05995 (HS). Special thanks are extended for the international research grants to LRY from Airlangga University (2 months), to SG from Yamaguchi University (1 month), and to DN from the Department of Career and Competency of Human Resources, Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of Indonesia (2 months).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Airlangga University, Campus C, Mulyorejo, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia

    Muchammad Yunus, Lita Rakhma Yustinasari & Hiroshi Sato

  2. Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan

    Lita Rakhma Yustinasari, Diana Natalia, Subarna Ghosh, Kaishi Sakuma & Hiroshi Sato

  3. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanjungpura University, Jl. Prof. Dr. H. Hadari Nawawi, Kota Pontianak, West Kalimantan, 78124, Indonesia

    Diana Natalia

  4. Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, 741235, India

    Subarna Ghosh

  5. Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan

    Ken Inoue & Hiroshi Sato

Authors
  1. Muchammad Yunus
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Lita Rakhma Yustinasari
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Diana Natalia
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Subarna Ghosh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Kaishi Sakuma
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Ken Inoue
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Hiroshi Sato
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Hiroshi Sato.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Additional information

Section Editor: Christopher Whipps

Publisher’s note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Yunus, M., Yustinasari, L.R., Natalia, D. et al. First report of three multivalvulid species (Cnidaria: Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in commercial fishes from Java Sea, Indonesia, with records of Unicapsula pyramidata and two new Kudoa spp.. Parasitol Res 120, 861–876 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-07030-6

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-07030-6

Keywords

Search

Navigation