Monthly variation in the morphological characteristics of Trichodina sp. (Ciliophora: Peritrichida) found on whiting Merlangius merlangus euxinus

Trichodina Gobii (ciliophora: Trichodinidae) on Whiting Merlangius Merlangus with a Checklist from Turkish and Russian Coasts of the Black Sea

Trichodina gobii was identified during a parasitological survey conducted on the parasite fauna of whiting, Merlangius merlangus at both Sinop (Turkey) and Sevastopol (Russia) coasts of the Black Sea in the period between May 2011 and March 2014. Its morphological characteristics and taxonomic affinities with other previous reports on this species were revealed. The ecological occurrences in re...

Morphological, ecological and histopathological studies of Trichodina gobii Raabe, 1959 (Ciliophora: Peritrichida) infecting the gills of Solea aegyptiaca

Specimens of Solea aegyptiaca caught from Ghar El Melh lagoon in Tunisia were investigated for trichodinid ectoparasites. One species of the genus Trichodina was recorded on the gills of S. aegyptiaca. This species is identified as Trichodina gobii Raabe, 1959 which is reported for the first time on the soleidae fishes from Tunisian waters. The prevalence and the mean intensity level of these c...

In vivo red blood cell sickling and mechanism of recovery in whiting, Merlangius merlangus.

Haemoglobin concentrations in vertebrate red blood cells are so high that in human sickle cell disease a single surface amino acid mutation can result in formation of large insoluble haemoglobin aggregates at low oxygen levels, causing peculiar cell deformations or 'sickling'. This may cause vascular occlusion and thereby severe pain, organ failure and death. Here, using light and transmission ...

A reliable method for ageing of whiting (Merlangius merlangus) for use in stock assessment and management

Ectoparasitic species of the genus Trichodina (Ciliophora: Peritrichida) parasitising British freshwater fish.

Seven species of the genus Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1838 were identified during a sampling programme of twenty freshwater fish species from approximately sixty sites in Scotland, England and Wales. Species found include: Trichodina acuta Lom, 1961 from Cyprinus carpio L., Carassius auratus L., Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), Salmo trutta L. and Phoxinus phoxinus L.; Trichodina domerguei Wallengren,...