Folia Parasitologica 68:009 (2021) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2021.009

Life-history studies on infrapopulations of Mazocraes alosae (Monogenea) parasitising Alosa immaculata (Actinopterygii) in the northern Black and Azov Seas

Mariana P. Plaksina1, David I. Gibson2, Evgenija V. Dmitrieva3
1 Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Murmansk, Russia;
2 Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK;
3 A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Moscow, Russia

The life-history of Mazocraes alosae Hermann, 1782 on one of its hosts, the Pontic shad Alosa immaculata Bennett, is described for the first time. This anadromous fish, which occurs off the coast of the Crimea and migrates from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov and into the River Don for spawning, was studied throughout its migration and during all seasons. It is demonstrated that the period of reproduction of this monogenean is significantly longer than that reported for the population in the Caspian Sea, lasting from April to November with a peak in April-May, and continues both in the sea and the river. Experiments showed that water salinity does not limit the development of the eggs or the hatching of the oncomiracidia. Our data reveal that the abundance of M. alosae is not determined by the size or sex of mature fish and that shad of less than two years old can also be infected with this monogenean, although less frequently than older fish. The direction of the migration of A. immaculata, either from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov and into the rivers or in the opposite direction, does not influence the number of monogeneans present on the host. The main factor affecting the dynamics of the abundance of this monogenean is season, and, as has been indicated previously in the Caspian Sea basin, there is a synchronisation between the parasite's life-history and both the host's spawning behaviour and the duration of its migration.

Keywords: Fish parasite, infection indices, reproduction, season dynamics, influence of host and environment factors, Pontic shad, fish migration

Received: September 28, 2020; Revised: December 2, 2020; Accepted: December 7, 2020; Published online: April 16, 2021  Show citation

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Plaksina, M.P., Gibson, D.I., & Dmitrieva, E.V. (2021). Life-history studies on infrapopulations of Mazocraes alosae (Monogenea) parasitising Alosa immaculata (Actinopterygii) in the northern Black and Azov Seas. Folia Parasitologica, 68, Article 2021.009. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.009
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