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AQUACULTURE
Volume 253, Issue 1-4, Pages 10-16Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2004.11.029
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Monogenea; Heteraxinidae; Zeuxapta seriolae; egg-laying rhythms; egg production; Seriola lalandi
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Egg-laying in Zeuxapta seriolae from the gills of yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) in South Australia was investigated in situ under a controlled lighting schedule. Eggs were collected every 3 h from mature Z seriolae infecting 4 S. lalandi kept individually for 7 consecutive days exposed to alternating 12 h periods of illumination and darkness (light on 06:00 h; light off 18:00 h) at 18 +/- 0.5 degrees C and 40 ppt salinity. A well-defined egg-laying rhythm was demonstrated for Z seriolae. A total of 650,153 eggs was collected during all periods of illumination and darkness. Of these eggs, 71.6% (57.4-81.8%) were collected during the first 3 h period following 'dusk' at 18:00 h. At the conclusion of the experiment, 179 mature Z seriolae specimens were recovered with a mean clamp number of 47 (37-53) along the major clamp row and 36 (26-44) along the minor clamp row. Of the 179 specimens examined, 177 were found with eggs in utero: mean 321, range 8-1015. Specimens of Z seriolae produced on average 21.6 (20.8-23.8) eggs/worrn/h over the 7 day experiment. It is suggested that Z seriolae accumulates eggs in utero over a 24 h period. Eggs extracted from the uteri of worms were joined together by filamentous strands and formed a single continuous 'egg string'. The well-defined egg-laying rhythm in Z seriolae may be related to a specific host behaviour associated with 'dusk' or darkness. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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