Mutualistic association of rotifer
            <i>Philodina roseola</i>
            with the branchiuran fish ectoparasite
            <i>Argulus bengalensis</i>
            at its embryonic stage

Banerjee, Anirban; Poddar, Soumabrota; Manna, Subha; Saha, Samar Kumar

doi:10.1098/rsbl.2015.1043

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“…To date, only one example of rotifers remaining in a mutualistic relationship was described, and it concerned the bdelloid rotifer Philodina roseola feeding on the jelly coat covering the eggs of the fish ectoparasite Argulus bengalensis , which enable the larvae to hatch (Banerjee et al . 2016 ).…”

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Rotifers weaken the efficiency of the cyanobacterium defence against ciliate grazers

Pajdak‐Stós

Fiałkowski

Fiałkowska

2020

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

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Cyanobacteria can protect themselves through limited dispersion and by increasing the compactness of the mucilage-covered cyanobacterial mat as well as by producing sheaths covering their trichomes. These features have been used in research to measure their degree of inducible defence. The influence of the rotifers Lecane inermis presence on the effectiveness of Phormidium sp. (Ph2) cyanobacterium defence was investigated. Experiments were conducted on the ciliates Pseudomicrothorax dubius and Furgasonia blochmanni, specialized in the ingestion of filamentous cyanobacteria. The most compact were cyanobacterial mats that were subjected exclusively to ciliates, and the most dispersed were mats in the presence of rotifers alone. The presence of rotifers feeding on cyanobacterial mucilage led to the decreased effectiveness of the defence in two ways, by increasing the dispersion of cyanobacterial trichomes, thus loosening the cyanobacterial mat, and through the ingestion of the exopolysaccharide material covering the trichomes. As a result, in the presence of rotifers and the high density of ciliates, almost all the trichomes were removed. Moreover, in comparison to the other treatments, a higher number of ciliates and rotifers remained active until the end of the experiments. This is the first report to show how rotifers can weaken the defence of cyanobacteria.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rotifers weaken the efficiency of the cyanobacterium defence against ciliate grazers

Pajdak‐Stós

Fiałkowski

Fiałkowska

2020

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

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“…Few parasite embryos have ever had mutualistic symbionts, but Banerjee et al (2016) have found one. A rotifer, Philodina roseola Ehrenberg, 1832, feeds off the jelly coat of the egg strips of Argulus bengalensis Ramakrishna, 1951.…”

Section: Life Cyclementioning

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“…7). Banerjee's et al (2016) mutualistic rotifer has obviously co-evolved with Argulus bengalensis. We suggest that at one point, the rotifer appears to have been a hyperparasite (many in its genus are parasites) or predator harming the egg strip.…”

Section: Life Cyclementioning

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Life Cycle and Life History Strategies of Parasitic Crustacea

Williams

Bunkley-Williams

2019

Parasitic Crustacea

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Different parasitic life strategies are described including four new life cycles: complex rebrooding, micro-male, mesoparasite and prey-predator transfer. Four new life cycle behaviours are named: nursery hiding, mid-moult stage, positive precursor (intraspecific antagonism) and negative precursor (ambush strategy). Further strategies discussed are opossum attack, double parasitism (doubling of the normal reproductive set), duplex arrangement (separated male-female pairs), simple rebrooding, and describing how displaced parasites and superinfections may partly elucidate life cycles. Proportional stunting masks life history effects of parasitism; cuckoo copepods are true parasites and not just associates; burrowing barnacles (acrothoracicans) are not parasites. Further findings based on life cycle information: branchiurans and pentastomes are possibly not related; firefly seed shrimp are not parasites; copepod pre-adult life cycle stages are common in the western pacific but rare in Caribbean; harpacticoids on vertebrates are not parasites; cuckoo copepods are true parasites; explained the importance of pennellid intermediate hosts. Crustacean parasite life cycles are largely unknown (1% of species). Most crustacean life cycles represent minor modifications from the ancestral freeliving mode. Crustacean parasites have less complex and less modified life cycles than other major parasite groups. This limits their exploitation of, and effectiveness, in parasitism. However, these life cycles will be an advantage in Global Change. Most metazoan parasites will be eliminated while crustaceans (and nematodes) will inherit the new world of parasites.

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Advances in Management Methods for Argulosis in Aquaculture

Kumar

Kumari

2021

Biotechnological Advances in Aquaculture Health Management

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Mutualistic association of rotifer Philodina roseola with the branchiuran fish ectoparasite Argulus bengalensis at its embryonic stage

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Rotifers weaken the efficiency of the cyanobacterium defence against ciliate grazers

Rotifers weaken the efficiency of the cyanobacterium defence against ciliate grazers

Life Cycle and Life History Strategies of Parasitic Crustacea

Advances in Management Methods for Argulosis in Aquaculture

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