Goussia
Goussia is a genus of parasitic protozoa belonging to the phylum Apicomplexia. Although most species in this genus infect fish but a small number infect frogs.[1]
Description
Species in this genus are tetrasporocystic, dizoic, lack Stieda bodies and have sporocyst walls consisting of two valves joined by a longitudinal suture.
These species usually infect the gut of the host but some may also infect the gall bladder, kidney, liver, spleen and swim bladder.
Taxonomy
The genus was first described by Labbe in 1896.
The relationship of this genus to the others in this order is not well understood. It may be an early branching clade.[2]
Host records
- Goussia aculeati - three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)[3]
- Goussia alburni - gudgeon (Gobio gobio), roach (Rutilus rutilus), rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
- Goussia anopli - chubbyhead barb (Barbus anoplus)[4]
- Goussia arinae - sabre carp (Pelecus cultratus)[5]
- Goussia bettae - Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)[6]
- Goussia carpelli - bitterling (Acheilognathus rhombeus), bleak (Alburnus alburnus), barbel (Barbus barbus), Baikal lake sculpin (Batrachocottus baicalensis), goldfish (Carassius auratus), Crucian carp (Carassius carassius), carp (Carassius cuvieri), Iberian mace (Chondrostoma polylepis), Kessler's sculpin (Cottus kessleri), common carp (Cyprinus carpio), Manchurian lake gudgeon (Gnathopogon strigatus), gudgeon (Gobio gobio), silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), belica (Leucaspius delineatus), chub (Leuciscus cephalus), common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus), Limnocottus eurystomus, elritze (Phoxinus phoxinus), stone moroko (Pseudorasbora parva), roach (Rutilus rutilus) and tench (Tinca tinca). Also sludge worms (Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri and Tubifex tubifex)[7]
- Goussia cernui - Eurasian Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus)[5]
- Goussia cichlidarurn - blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus), Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Tilapia zillii[8][9]
- Goussia clupearum - garfish (Belone belone)[10]
- Goussia cruciata - horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)[11]
- Goussia cultrati - sabre carp (Pelecus cultratus)[5]
- Goussia degiusti - common shiner (Luxilus cornutus), bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus), fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)
- Goussia flaviviridis - gecko (Hemidactylus flaviviridis)
- Goussia girellae - opaleye (Girella nigricans)
- Goussia gymnocephali - Eurasian Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus)[5]
- Goussia hyperolis - common reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus)
- Goussia iroquoina - common shiner (Luxilus cornutus), hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus), blacknose shiner (Notropis herterolepis), rosyface shiner (Notropis rubellus), bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus), fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus), Creed chub (Semotilus atromaulatus)
- Goussia lusca - pouting (Trisopterus luscus)[12]
- Goussia lacazei (Labbé, 1895) n. comb. in the centipedes Lithobius forficatus and L. martini;
- Goussia luciopercae - zander (Stizostedion lucioperca)[5]
- Goussia malayensis - Apocheilus panchax[6]
- Goussia metchnikovi - white-finned gudgeon (Gobio albipinnatus), gudgeon (Gobio gobio), Kessler's gudgeon (Gobio kessleri), Amur whitefin gudgeon (Romanogobio tenuicorpus)
- Goussia molnarica - catfish (Clarias gariepinus)[13]
- Goussia peleci - sabre carp (Pelecus cultratus)[5]
- Goussia pogonognathi - Hemirhamphodon pogonognatus[6]
- Goussia sinensis - silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)[14]
- Goussia sparis - gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata)
- Goussia vanasi - banded tilapia (Tilapia sparrmanii)[4]
- Goussia vimbae - Vimba vimba vimba[5]
References
- ^ Jirků M, Modrý D. (2006) Extra-intestinal localization of Goussia sp. (Apicomplexa) oocysts in Rana dalmatina (Anura: Ranidae), and the fate of infection after metamorphosis. Dis Aquat Organ. 70(3):237-241
- ^ Jirků M, Modrý D, Slapeta JR, Koudela B, Lukes J (2002) The phylogeny of Goussia and Choleoeimeria (Apicomplexa; Eimeriorina) and the evolution of excystation structures in coccidia. Protist 153(4):379-390
- ^ Steinhagen D, Stemmer B, Körting W (1994) Goussia aculeati from the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus): field observations and ultrastructural features. Appl Parasitol 35(2):99-106
- ^ a b Molnár K, Avenant-Oldewage A, Székely C (2004) A survey of coccidian infection of freshwater fishes in South Africa, with the description of Goussia anopli n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae). Syst Parasitol 59(1):75-80
- ^ a b c d e f g Belova LM, Krylov MV (2001) Eight new species of coccidia (Sporozoa, Coccidia) in fishes from the continental waters of Russia. Parazitologiia 35(3):221-227
- ^ a b c Molnár K, Shaharom-Harrison F, Székely C (2003) A survey of coccidian infections of freshwater fishes of Peninsular Malaysia, with descriptions of three species of Goussia Labbé, 1896 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae). Syst Parasitol. 55(1):11-18
- ^ Steinhagen D, Körting W (1990) The role of tubificid oligochaetes in the transmission of Goussia carpelli. J Parasitol 76(1):104-107
- ^ Paperna, I.; Landsberg, J. H.; Feinstein, N. (1986). "Ultrastructure of the macrogamont of Goussia cichlidarum Landsberg and Paperna, 1985, a Coccidian parasite in the swimbladder of Cichlid fish". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 61 (5): 511–520. doi:10.1051/parasite/1986615511. ISSN 0003-4150.
- ^ El-Mansy A (2008) New exogenous stages of oocysts, sporocysts, and sporozoites of Goussia cichlidarum Landsberg and Paperna 1985 (Sporozoa: Coccidia) and impact of endogenous stages on the swim bladder of tilapias in Egypt. Parasitol Res 102(2):233-241
- ^ Azevedo C (2001) Fine structure of sporogonic stages of Goussia clupearum (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in the liver of infected fish (Belone belone L.), using light and electron microscopy. Parasitol Res 87(4):326-330
- ^ Gestal C, Azevedo C (2005) Ultrastructure of Goussia cruciata (Apicomplexa: Coccidia) infecting the liver of horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus (L.), from Ibero-Atlantic waters. J Fish Dis. 28(3):125-132
- ^ Gestal C, Azevedo C (2006) Ultrastructural aspects of hepatic coccidiosis caused by Goussia lusca n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Coccidia) infecting Trisopterus luscus (Gadidae) from the NE Atlantic Ocean. Dis Aquat Organ 71(1):25-31
- ^ El-Mansy A (2008) Goussia molnarica n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Coccidia) infecting the gut of the freshwater catfish Clarias gariepinus in Egypt. Dis Aquat Organ 82(2):165-169
- ^ Baska F, Molnár K (1989) Ultrastructural observations on different developmental stages of Goussia sinensis (Chen, 1955), a parasite of the silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Valenciennes, 1844). Acta Vet Hung 37(1-2):81-87
