Ctenophores and siphonophores are alternative hosts in the life cycle of didymozoids in the Gulf of California

Didymozoid in gelatinous zooplankton

Autores/as

  • Horacio Lozano Cobo UAM
  • Jaime Gómez Gutiérrez Departamento de Plancton y Ecología Marina, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional
  • Carlos J. Robinson Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Palabras clave:

Didymozoidae, metacercariae, Ctenophora, Siphonophora, Gulf of California.

Resumen

Background. Few studies exist of parasites of zooplanktonic organisms. This situation increases the odds to discover new species of parasites, new types of parasitic interactions, and reports that increase the geographic distribution ranges worldwide. Ctenophores and siphonophores are relevant intermediary or paratenic host of numerous marine endoparasites due their carnivorous habits. Goals. We report the parasitic interaction between the metacercariae of didymozoids (Digenea) with a ctenophore and a siphonophore species based on observations of alive gelatinous zooplankton in the Gulf of California. Methods. Zooplankton was collected from 27 oceanographic stations during day and night using a standard Bongo net in an oceanographic cruise carried out during June-July 2016 in the Gulf of California. Zooplankton was observed alive immediately after collection. Results. We observed four ctenophore specimens of Pleurobrachia bachei (intensity of parasitism = 2-3 parasites per host) and a siphonophore specimen of Muggiaea atlantica (intensity = 1) parasitized with a total of nine metacercariae Didymozoidae morphologically identified as larval type Monilicaecum. Didymozoids were found in two different sampling stations, and in three different microhabitats (pharynx, meridional canal below of the ctene rows, and pharyngeal canal) in the P. bachei and in the subumbrellar cavity of M. atlantica. Conclusions. We proposed that ctenophores and siphonophores act as alternative host in the life cycle of didymozoids. Didymozoids infecting ctenophores and siphonophores are only know from the Atlantic Ocean. We do the first record of didymozoid parasitizing ctenophores and siphonophores in the Gulf of California, extending its distribution range from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

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Jaime Gómez Gutiérrez, Departamento de Plancton y Ecología Marina, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Profesor-Investigador Titular . Doctor en Ciencias Marinas. SNI III.

Línea de Investigación:

1) Biología Ecológica y Ecofisiología de Crustáceos

2) Efecto del Cambio Climático en Ecosistemas Marinos

 

Carlos J. Robinson, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Investigador Titular T.C.

PHD, University of Wales, UK.

Línea de Investigación: Estudio de la variación del Ecosistema Pelágico del Golfo de California por medio del uso de sensores remotos satelitales e hidroacústica relacionado con el calentamiento global y el cambio climático local y su efecto en las comunidades locales.

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2025-09-18

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Lozano Cobo, H., Gómez Gutiérrez, J., & Robinson, C. J. (2025). Ctenophores and siphonophores are alternative hosts in the life cycle of didymozoids in the Gulf of California: Didymozoid in gelatinous zooplankton. HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 35(2). Recuperado a partir de https://hidrobiologica.izt.uam.mx/index.php/revHidro/article/view/1803

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