First record of five externae of Loxothylacus texanus in Callinectes rathbunae in a coastal lagoon of gulf of Mexico
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Crabs of the genus Callinectes are widely distributed in warm waters. They inhabit coastal lagoons, estuaries and other shallow water bodies. In the lagoons of the Gulf of Mexico, they are exposed to significant fishery. In the case of Mexico, Callinectes sapidus and Callinectes rathbunae contribute with 90 % of the national catches. An important aspect in the life history of crabs is the parasitism caused by parasitic barnacles of the order Rhizocephala, due to their high prevalence and periodicity. The goal of the present study was to provide recent information about the number of externae per individual in crabs of the species C. rathbunae. In a commercial sampling performed in March 2019, three specimens of the species C. rathbunae parasitized with the rhizocephalan barnacle Loxothylacus texanus were captured, namely: a male specimen with two virgin externae, a female specimen with five virgin externae, and a male specimen with five mature externae. This is the first report presenting evidence of five externae in a host, concluding that this prevalence was low. It is important to conduct further studies of this type to fully understand the life cycle of L. texanus and its impact on the populations of its hosts.
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Haye, P. A. y F. P. Ojeda. 1998. Metabolic and behavioral alterations in the crab Hemigrapsus crenulatus (Milne-Edwards 1837) induced by its acanthocephalan parasite Profilicollis antarcticus (Zdzitowiecki 1985). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 228: 73–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00007-0
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Noever, C., J. Keiler y H. Glenner. 2016. First 3D reconstruction of the rhizocephalan root system using MicroCT. Journal of Sea Research, 113: 58–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.08.002
Norse, E. A. 1972. Preliminary study of six Jamaican blue crabs, genus Callinectes (Decapoda: Portunidae). Atoll Research Bulletin, 152: 5.
Norse, E. A. 1977. Aspects of the zoogeo graphic distribution of Callinectes (Brachyura: Portunidae). Bulletin of Marine Science, 27: 440–447.
Norse, E. A. 1978. An experimental gradient analysis: Hyposalinity as an ‘upstress’ distributional determinant for Caribbean portunid crabs. The Biological Bulletin, 155: 586–598.
O’Brien J. y P. Van Wyk. 1985. Effects of crustacean parasitic castrators (epicaridean isopods and rhizocephalan barnacles) on growth of crustacean hosts. In: Wenner, A. M. (Ed.). Factors in adult growth. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam–Boston, 191–218 pp.
Park, J. 1969. A preliminary study of the blue crabs in Biscayne Bay. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 32: 12–20.
Pearse, A. S. 1952. Parasitic crustaceans from alligator Harbor, Florida. The Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 15: 188–243.
Raz-Guzmán, A., G. de la Lanza y L. A. Soto. 1992. Caracterización ambiental y δ13 C del sedimento, detrito y vegetación del sistema lagunar de Alvarado, Veracruz, México. Revista de Biología Tropical, 40: 215–225.
Reinhard, E. G. 1950. An analysis of the effects of a sacculinid parasite on the external morphology of Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Biological Bulletin, 98: 277–288. https://doi.org/10.2307/1538676
Reinhard, E. G. 1956. Parasitic castration of Crustacea. Experimental Parasitology, 5: 79–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-4894(56)90007-8
Robles, R., F. Álvarez y G. Alcaraz. 2002. Oxygen consumption of the crab Callinectes rathbunae parasitized by the rhizocephalan barnacle Loxothylacus texanus as a function of salinity. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 235: 189–194. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps235189
Vázquez-López, H. 2010. Affectation of swimming capacity in Callinectes rathbunae] (Crustacea: Brachyura) caused by Loxothylacus texanus (Crustacea: Rhizocephala). Research Journal of Fisheries and Hydrobiology, 5: 76–80.
Vázquez-López, H. y F. Álvarez. 2007. Space temporal presence of the cirripede parasite Loxothylacus texanus in the lagoon-estuarine subsystem of Alvarado, Veracruz, México. International Journal of Zoological Research, 3: 157–168. https://doi.org/10.3923/ijzr.2007.157.168
Vázquez-López, H. y F. Álvarez. 2008. Efectos del rizocéfalo Loxothylacus texanus Boschma 1933, sobre Callinectes rathbunae Contreras 1930. BIOCYT Biología, Ciencia y Tecnología, 1: 1–6. https://doi.org/10.22201/fesi.20072082.2008.1.16841
Vázquez-López, H., F. Álvarez, J. Franco, A. Morán y S. Cházaro. 2006. Observations on the behavior of the dark crab Callinectes rathbunae Contreras parasitized with the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus texanus Boschma. International Journal of Zoological Research, 2: 344–353. https://doi.org/10.3923/ijzr.2006.344.353
Vázquez-López, H., F. Álvarez y S. Cházaro-Olvera. 2009. Externa emergence of Loxothylacus texanus Boschma, 1933 (Cirripedia, Rhizocephala) on the crab, Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930 under laboratory conditions. Crustaceana, 82: 555–563 https://doi.org/10.1163/156854009X404725
Vázquez-López, H., R. Escamilla-Montes, G. Diarte-Plata, S. Cházaro-Olvera, A. C. Rodríguez-Varela, J. Franco-López, R. Chávez-López y A. Morán-Silva. 2020. Effects of the parasite Loxothylacus texanus on the agonistic behavior of the crab Callinectes rathbunae. International Journal of Zoological Studies, 6: 122–134. https://doi.org/10.33745/ijzi.2020.v06i01.010
Vivarès, C. P. y J. L. Cuq. 1981. Physiological and metabolic variations in Carcinus mediterraneus (Crustacea: Decapoda) parasitized by Thelohania maenadis (Microspora: Microsporida): an ecophysiopathological approach. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 37: 38–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2011(81)90052-5
Walker, G. 2001. Introduction to the Rhizocephala (Crustacea: Cirripedia). Journal of Morphology, 249: 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1038
Wardle, W. J. y A. J. Tirpak. 1991. Occurrence and distribution of an outbreak of infection of Loxothylacus texanus (Rhizocephala) in blue crabs in Galveston Bay, Texas, with special reference to size and coloration of the parasite’s external reproductive structures. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 11: 553–560. https://doi.org/10.2307/1548525
Williams, A. B. 1974. The swimming crabs of the genus Callinectes (Decapoda, Portunidae). Fishery Bulletin, 72: 685–798.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). 2020. Callinectes Stimpson, 1860. [http://www. marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p= taxdetailsyid=106921]. Reviewed: september 09, 2020.
Yáñez-Arancibia, A. y Y. J. Day. 1988. Ecología de los ecosistemas costeros en el sur del Golfo de México: La región de la Laguna de Términos. Editorial Universitaria, UNAM-Organización de los Estados Americanos, México, 518 pp.
Zetlmeisl, C., J. Hermann, T. Petney, H. Glenner, C. Griffiths y H. Taraschewski. 2011. Parasites of the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.): implications for reproductive potential and invasion success. Parasitology, 138: 394–401. https:// doi.org/10.1017/S0031182010001344
Álvarez, F. y J. Calderón. 1996. Distribution of Loxothylacus texanus (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) parasitizing crabs of the genus Callinectes in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Research Reports, 9: 205–210. https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.0903.08
Álvarez, F., A. Gracia, R. Robles y J. Calderón. 1999. Parasitization of Callinectes rathbunae and Callinectes sapidus by the rhizocephalan barnacle Loxothylacus texanus in Alvarado Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico. Gulf Research Report, 11: 15–21. https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.1101.04
Chávez, E. y M. Fernández. 1976. Contribución al conocimiento de la biología de la jaiba prieta (Callinectes rathbunae, Decapoda Portunidae) del estado de Veracruz. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, 37: 273–292.
Cházaro-Olvera, S., A. Rocha-Ramírez y R. Román-Contreras. 2000. Observations on feeding, maturity, and fecundity of Callinectes similis Williams, 1966, on the central continental shelf off Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico. Crustaceana, 73: 323–332. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854000504417
Daugherty, F. M. 1952. The blue crab investigation, 1949–50. Texas Journal of Science, 4: 77–84.
Flores-Coto, C. y M. L. V. Méndez. 1982. Contribución al conocimiento del ictioplancton de la laguna de Alvarado, Veracruz. Anales del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, 9: 141–160.
Franco-López, J. 2017. Análisis del comportamiento estacional e interanual de la comunidad ictiofaunística asociada a zonas de manglar en la laguna de Alvarado, Veracruz. Biología, Ciencia y Tecnología, 10: 722–735. https://doi.org/10.22201/fesi.20072082.2017.10.61475
Gómez, L. L., M. A. Sosa, C. I. Moreno y C. A. Jover. 2009. Biodiversidad, morfometría y alimentación de los cangrejos del género Callinectes (Decapoda: Portunidae) en Santiago de Cuba. Revista de Biología Tropical, 57: 671–686. https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v57i3.5483
Guillory, V., H. Perry, P. Steele, T. Wagner, W. Keithly, B. Pellegrin, J. Petterson, T. Floyd, B. Buckson, L. Hartman, E. Holder y C. Moss. 2001. The blue crab fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, United States: A regional management plan. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Vol 96.
Haye, P. A. y F. P. Ojeda. 1998. Metabolic and behavioral alterations in the crab Hemigrapsus crenulatus (Milne-Edwards 1837) induced by its acanthocephalan parasite Profilicollis antarcticus (Zdzitowiecki 1985). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 228: 73–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00007-0
Hochberg, R. J., T. M. Bert, P. Steele y S. D. Brown. 1992. Parasitization of Loxothylacus texanus on Callinectes sapidus: aspects of population biology and effects on host morphology. Bulletin of Marine Science, 50: 117–132.
Høeg, J. T. 1995. The biology and life cycle of the Rhizocephala (Cirripedia). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 75: 517–550. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400038996
Høeg, J. T. y J. Lützen. 1995. Life cycle and reproduction in the Cirripedia Rhizocephala. Oceanography and Marine Biology–an Annual Review, 33: 427–485.
Lázaro-Chávez, E., F. Álvarez y C. Rosas. 1996. Records of Loxothylacus texanus (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) parasitizing the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in Tamiahua lagoon, Mexico. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 16: 105–110. https://doi.org/10.1163/193724096X00324
López-Martínez, J., L. López-Herrera, J. E. Valdez-Holguín y C. H. Rábago-Quiroz. 2014. Population dynamics of the swimming crabs Callinectes (Portunidae) components of shrimp bycatch in the eastern coast of the Gulf of California. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 49: 17–29. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-19572014000100003
Lorán, R. M., A. J. Valdez y F. Escudero. 1993. Algunos aspectos poblacionales de las jaibas Callinectes spp. en lagunas de Alvarado, Veracruz. Ciencia Pesquera, 10: 15–32.
Noever, C., J. Keiler y H. Glenner. 2016. First 3D reconstruction of the rhizocephalan root system using MicroCT. Journal of Sea Research, 113: 58–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.08.002
Norse, E. A. 1972. Preliminary study of six Jamaican blue crabs, genus Callinectes (Decapoda: Portunidae). Atoll Research Bulletin, 152: 5.
Norse, E. A. 1977. Aspects of the zoogeo graphic distribution of Callinectes (Brachyura: Portunidae). Bulletin of Marine Science, 27: 440–447.
Norse, E. A. 1978. An experimental gradient analysis: Hyposalinity as an ‘upstress’ distributional determinant for Caribbean portunid crabs. The Biological Bulletin, 155: 586–598.
O’Brien J. y P. Van Wyk. 1985. Effects of crustacean parasitic castrators (epicaridean isopods and rhizocephalan barnacles) on growth of crustacean hosts. In: Wenner, A. M. (Ed.). Factors in adult growth. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam–Boston, 191–218 pp.
Park, J. 1969. A preliminary study of the blue crabs in Biscayne Bay. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 32: 12–20.
Pearse, A. S. 1952. Parasitic crustaceans from alligator Harbor, Florida. The Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 15: 188–243.
Raz-Guzmán, A., G. de la Lanza y L. A. Soto. 1992. Caracterización ambiental y δ13 C del sedimento, detrito y vegetación del sistema lagunar de Alvarado, Veracruz, México. Revista de Biología Tropical, 40: 215–225.
Reinhard, E. G. 1950. An analysis of the effects of a sacculinid parasite on the external morphology of Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Biological Bulletin, 98: 277–288. https://doi.org/10.2307/1538676
Reinhard, E. G. 1956. Parasitic castration of Crustacea. Experimental Parasitology, 5: 79–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-4894(56)90007-8
Robles, R., F. Álvarez y G. Alcaraz. 2002. Oxygen consumption of the crab Callinectes rathbunae parasitized by the rhizocephalan barnacle Loxothylacus texanus as a function of salinity. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 235: 189–194. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps235189
Vázquez-López, H. 2010. Affectation of swimming capacity in Callinectes rathbunae] (Crustacea: Brachyura) caused by Loxothylacus texanus (Crustacea: Rhizocephala). Research Journal of Fisheries and Hydrobiology, 5: 76–80.
Vázquez-López, H. y F. Álvarez. 2007. Space temporal presence of the cirripede parasite Loxothylacus texanus in the lagoon-estuarine subsystem of Alvarado, Veracruz, México. International Journal of Zoological Research, 3: 157–168. https://doi.org/10.3923/ijzr.2007.157.168
Vázquez-López, H. y F. Álvarez. 2008. Efectos del rizocéfalo Loxothylacus texanus Boschma 1933, sobre Callinectes rathbunae Contreras 1930. BIOCYT Biología, Ciencia y Tecnología, 1: 1–6. https://doi.org/10.22201/fesi.20072082.2008.1.16841
Vázquez-López, H., F. Álvarez, J. Franco, A. Morán y S. Cházaro. 2006. Observations on the behavior of the dark crab Callinectes rathbunae Contreras parasitized with the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus texanus Boschma. International Journal of Zoological Research, 2: 344–353. https://doi.org/10.3923/ijzr.2006.344.353
Vázquez-López, H., F. Álvarez y S. Cházaro-Olvera. 2009. Externa emergence of Loxothylacus texanus Boschma, 1933 (Cirripedia, Rhizocephala) on the crab, Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930 under laboratory conditions. Crustaceana, 82: 555–563 https://doi.org/10.1163/156854009X404725
Vázquez-López, H., R. Escamilla-Montes, G. Diarte-Plata, S. Cházaro-Olvera, A. C. Rodríguez-Varela, J. Franco-López, R. Chávez-López y A. Morán-Silva. 2020. Effects of the parasite Loxothylacus texanus on the agonistic behavior of the crab Callinectes rathbunae. International Journal of Zoological Studies, 6: 122–134. https://doi.org/10.33745/ijzi.2020.v06i01.010
Vivarès, C. P. y J. L. Cuq. 1981. Physiological and metabolic variations in Carcinus mediterraneus (Crustacea: Decapoda) parasitized by Thelohania maenadis (Microspora: Microsporida): an ecophysiopathological approach. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 37: 38–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2011(81)90052-5
Walker, G. 2001. Introduction to the Rhizocephala (Crustacea: Cirripedia). Journal of Morphology, 249: 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1038
Wardle, W. J. y A. J. Tirpak. 1991. Occurrence and distribution of an outbreak of infection of Loxothylacus texanus (Rhizocephala) in blue crabs in Galveston Bay, Texas, with special reference to size and coloration of the parasite’s external reproductive structures. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 11: 553–560. https://doi.org/10.2307/1548525
Williams, A. B. 1974. The swimming crabs of the genus Callinectes (Decapoda, Portunidae). Fishery Bulletin, 72: 685–798.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). 2020. Callinectes Stimpson, 1860. [http://www. marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p= taxdetailsyid=106921]. Reviewed: september 09, 2020.
Yáñez-Arancibia, A. y Y. J. Day. 1988. Ecología de los ecosistemas costeros en el sur del Golfo de México: La región de la Laguna de Términos. Editorial Universitaria, UNAM-Organización de los Estados Americanos, México, 518 pp.
Zetlmeisl, C., J. Hermann, T. Petney, H. Glenner, C. Griffiths y H. Taraschewski. 2011. Parasites of the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.): implications for reproductive potential and invasion success. Parasitology, 138: 394–401. https:// doi.org/10.1017/S0031182010001344
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Vázquez-López, H. (2022). First record of five externae of Loxothylacus texanus in Callinectes rathbunae in a coastal lagoon of gulf of Mexico. Novitates Caribaea, (19), 117–125. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi19.282
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