Perkinsus olseni in the short neck yellow clam, Paphia malabarica (Chemnitz, 1782) from the southwest coast of India

First report of Perkinsus sp., infection in the bivalve Magallana bilineata (Roding, 1798) from Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, south-east coast region of India

“…madrasensis) (Sanil et al, 2012). Clusters of trophozoites of P. olseni were observed in the gill and mantle tissues of Paphia malabarica, which was demarcated by a clear zone from surrounding tissues (Shamal et al, 2018). Brown et al (2004) reported that the intra-specific variation among sequences within a Perkinsus sp.…”

“…infecting M. bilineata from Pulicat Lake. At present two species of Perkinsus have been reported from India viz., P. olseni in Pinctada fucata (Sanil et al, 2010), Paphia malabarica (Shamal et al, 2018) and P. beihaiensis in M. bilineata (=C. madrasensis) (Sanil et al, 2012).…”