Cystidicola

 

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Rev: 02/20/2024

Swimbladder Nematode Classification Biology and Ecology
Morphology and Anatomy Life Cycle
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Distribution Management
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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Rhabditida
Spirurina
              Habronematidea
               Cystidicolidae

               Cystidicola Fischer, 1798

Parasites of the swimbladder of fish

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

Females:

 

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:

   
Males:  

 

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Distribution:

 

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Feeding:

Swimbladder parasites of fish.

Cystidicola sp in the fish swimbldder (photograph from fishpathogens.net)

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Biology and Ecology

The trehalose level of Cystidicola farionis from the swimbladdedr of European smelt was almost four times higher in adult nematodes than in larvae. In contrast, the activity of both enzymes (trehalose 6-phosphate synthase, TPS and trehalose 6-phosphate phosphatase, TPP) involved in the synthesis of trehalose was higher in larvae than in adults under optimal conditions.

 The optimum pH for TPS isolated from larvae and adults was pH 7.0. The optimum pH for TPP from larvae and adults was pH 7.0 and pH 8.0, respectively. The optimal temperature was 20 °C, and Mg2+ ions were an activator for trehalose-synthetizing enzymes from both sources.

The dynamic transformation of trehalose in the nematode developing inside the swim bladder of the smelt appears to be an important metabolic pathway in the nematode survival strategy. (Dmitrijyuk et al., 2022).

 

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Life Cycle:

 
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References:

Dmitrijyuk, M., Szczotko, M., Kubiak, K., Dziekonska-Rynko, J., Cichoka, J., Hliwa, P., Mierzejewska, K. 2022. Cystidicola farionis, a Swim Bladder Parasite of European Smelt: Characterization of the Nematode Trehalose Strategy. Int. Jour. Env. Public Health 19:6430;  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116430

Ko, R.C.; Anderson, R.C. 1969. A revision of the genus Cystidicola Fischer, 1798 (Nematoda: Spiruroidea) of the swim bladder of fishes.. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 26:849-864.

Smith, J.D., Lankester, M.W. 1979. Development of swim bladder nematodes (Cystidicola spp.) in their intermediate hosts. Can. J. Zool. 57:1736-1744.

 

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 20, 2024.