Abnormal melanization and microstructural distortions of the shell of great scallop living in shallow water

Aquaculture International

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-252

  Larvor, H ^a   Cuif, J P ^b   Devauchelle, N ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Calcification; Environmental disturbances; Eumelanin; Great scallop (Pecten maximus); Microstructure and melanization; Shell colour

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444465226     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00117385     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Alzieu, C., Héral, M., Thibaud, Y., Dardignac, M.J. and Feuillet, M. (1982) Influence des peintures antisalissures à base d'organostanniques sur la calcification de la coquille de l'huître Crassostrea gigas. Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes 45, 101-116.
2. Baird, R.H. and Gibson, F.A. (1956) Underwater observations of escallop beds (Pecten maximus) beds. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 35, 555-562.
3. Bartoli, P. (1976) Modification de la croissance et du comportement de Venerupis aurea parasité par Gymnophallus fossarum P. Bartoli, 1965 (Trematode, Digenea). Haliotis 7, 23-28.
4. Blake, J.A. and Evans, J.W. (1973) Polydora and related genera as borers in mollusks shells and other calcareous substrates (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Veliger 15, 235-249.
5. Bower, S.M., Blackbourn, J., Meyer, G.R. and Nishimura, D.J.H. (1992) Diseases of cultured Japanese scallops (Patipecten yessoensis) in British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture 107, 201-210.
6. Clark, G.R. (1974) Calcification on unstable substrate: marginal growth in the mollusk Pecten diegemis. Science 183, 968-970.
7. Comfort, A. (1951) The pigmentation of molluscan shells. Biological Reviews 26, 285-301.
8. Crippa, R., Horak, V., Prota, G., Svoronos, P. and Wolfram, L. (1989) Chemistry of melanins, In: The Alkaloids, Chemistry and Pharmacology (ed. A. Brossi), Academic Press: San Diego, Vol. 36, pp. 253-323.
9. Devauchelle, N, Cuif, J.P., Larvor, H. and Larzul, P. (1994) Scallop spawners shells: stuctural and biochemical characteristics and abnormalities. Proceedings of the 9th Pectinid Workshop, 22-27 April 1993, Nanaimo, Canada 1, 95-106.
10. Dunca, E., Mutvei, H. and Seire, A, (in press) Deformations and structural modifications of Macoma (Bivalvia, Mollusca) shells caused by industrial pollution in Tallinn Bay, Estonia. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco, Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Biomineralisation, Monaco, 1993, November 17-20th.
11. Dungan, C.F. and Elston R.A. (1988) Histopathological and ultrastructural characteristics of bacterial destruction of the hinge ligaments of cultured juvenile pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas. Aquaculture 72, 1-14.
12. Epifanio, C.E. (1976) Shell deformity among scallops (Argopecten irradians Lamark) cultured in a recirculating seawater system. Aquaculture 9, 81-85.
13. Farley, C.A. and Lewis, E.J. (1994) Studies of Juvenile Oyster Disease. Journal of Shellfish Research, 13, 314.
14. Ford, S.E. and Paillard, C. (1994) A comparison of juvenile oyster disease in the USA and brown ring disease in Manila clams in Europe. Journal of Shellfish Research 13, 314.
15. Gabe, M. (1968) Techniques Histologiques. Masson & Cie: Paris, 1133 pp.
16. Gadd, J.M. and de Rome, L. (1988) Biosorption of copper by fungal melanin. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 29, 610-617.
17. Gadd, J.M., Gray, D.J. and Newby, P.J. (1990) Role of melanin in fungal biosorption of tributyltin chloride. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 34, 116-121.
18. Ganter, P. and Jollès, G. (1969) Histochimie Normale et Pathologique 1, Gauthier-Villars: Paris, 923 pp.
19. Getchell, R.G. (1991) Diseases and parasites of scallops. In: Scallop: Biology, Ecology and Aquaculture (ed. S.E. Shumway) Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science 21, 471-494.
20. Gould, E. and Fowler, B. (1991) Scallops and pollution. In: Scallop: Biology, Ecology and Aquaculture (ed. S.E. Shumway) Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science 21, 495-515.
21. Goulletquer, P., Heral, M., Bechemin, C. and Richard, P. (1989) Anomalies de calcification chez la palourde japonaise Ruditapes philippinarum: caractérisation et comparaison des compositions en acides aminés de différentes parties de la coquille analysées par HPLC. Aquaculture 81, 169-183.
22. Graham, D.J., Tiffany, S.M. and Vogel, F.S. (1978) The toxicity of melanin precursors. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 70, 113-116.
23. Hill, H-Z. (1992) The function of melanins or six blind people examine an elephant. Bioessays 14, 407-418.
24. His, E. and Robert, R. (1980) Action d'un sel organo-metallique, l'acétate de tributyle-étain sur les oeufs et les larves D de Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg). ICES, C.M. 1980/F: 27, 10 pp.
25. Isaji, S. (1993) Formation of organic sheets in the inner shell layer of Geloina (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae): an adaptative response to shell dissolution. Veliger 36, 166-173.
26. Johannessen, O.H. (1973) Deformations of the inner shell surface of Venerupis pullastra (Montagu) (Lamellibranchia) as a result of infection by a trematode metacercaria, with a note of parasitism leading to parasitic castration. Sarsia 52, 117-122.
27. es Rencontres Scientifiques du Contrat de Baie 'Rade de Brest' 1, 320-332.
28. Larvor, H., Cuif, J.P., Devauchelle, N., Dauphin, Y., Denis, A., Gautret, P. and Marin, F. (in press) Development of a brown internal coloration in the scallop shell (Pecten maximus). Study of microstructural characteristics and analyses of crystal organic matrices. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco, Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Biomineralisation, Monaco, 1993, November 17-20th.
29. Lillie, R.D. (1957) Metal reduction reactions of the melanins: histochemical studies. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 5, 325-333.
30. Machado, J. and Coimbra, J. (in press) The effect of some pollutants on the calcification process in the shell of Anodonta cygnea. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco, Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Biomineralisation, Monaco, 1993 November 17-20th.
31. Machado, J., Coimbra, J., Castilho, F. and Sa, C. (1990) Effect of diflubenzuron on shell formation of the freshwater clam, Anodonta cygnea. Archives of Environmental Contamination Toxicology 19, 35-39.
32. Mann, R. and Taylor, R.E. (1981) Growth of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradions, in a waste recycling aquaculture system. Aquaculture 24, 45-52.
33. Marin, F. and Dauphin, Y. (1992) Malformations de la couche nacrée de l'huître perlière Pinctada margaritifera (L.) de la Polynésie française: rapports entre altérations microstructurales et composition en acides aminés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Paris, 13e série 3, 157-168.
34. Mimura, T., Itho, S., Tsujikawa, K., Nakajima, H., Satake, M., Kohama, Y. and Okabe, M. (1987) Studies on biological activities of melanin from marine animals. V. Anti-inflamatory activity of low-molecular-weight melanoprotein from squid (Fr. SMII), Chemical Pharmacology Bulletin 35, 1144-1150.
35. Minchin, D. (1991) Observation of shell colour in the scallop, Pecten maximas (L.). Journal of Conchology 34, 41-46.
36. Mori, K. (1975) Seasonal variation in physiological activity of scallops under culture in the coastal waters of Sanriku district, Japan, and a physiological approach of a possible cause of their mass mortality. Bulletin of the Marine Biological Station of Asamushi 15, 59-79.
37. Paice, P.A.M. (1974) Observation on abnormal shell defects and pigmentation in the great scallop (Pecten maximus). Proceedings of the Underwater Association 1974, 109-114.
38. Paillard, C. (1992) Etiologie et caractérisation de la maladie de l'anneau brun chez la palourde d'élevage Ruditapes philippinarum. Thèse Doctorat, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 2 vols 196 pp.
39. Palmer, R.E. (1980) Observations on shell deformities, ultrastructure, and increment formation in the Bay scallop Argopecten irradians. Marine Biology 58, 15-23.
40. Pass, D.A., Dybdahl, R. and Mannion, M.M. (1987) Investigations in the cause of mortality of the pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima (Jamson), in western Australia. Aquaculture 65, 149-169.
41. Pye, A.E. (1974) Microbial activation of prophenol oxidase from immune insect larvae. Nature 251, 610-613.
42. Robb, D.A. (1984) Tyrosinase. In: Copper Proteins and Copper Enzymes (ed. E. Lontie). CRC Press: Boca Raton, Florida, Vol II, pp. 207-240.
43. Robert, R., His, E. and Maurer, D. (1986) Toxicité d'un désherbant, l'atrazine-simazine; sur de jeunes stades larvaires de Crassostrea gigas et sur deux algues fourrage, Isochrisis affgalbana et Chaetoceros calcitrans. Haliotis 15, 319-325.
44. Sato-Okoshi, W. and Okoshi, K. (1992) Polydora-scallop interactions: structural defenses in resistance to burrowing. Aquabiology 79, 113-119.
45. Sato-Okoshi, W. and Okoshi, K. (1993) Microstructure of scallop and oyster shells infested with boring Polydora, Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 59, 1243-1247.
46. Sindermann, C.J. (1979) Pollution-associated diseases and abnormalities of fish and shellfish: a review. Fishery Bulletin 76, 717-749.
47. Smolowitz, R.M., Bullis, R.A. and Abt, D.A. (1992) Pathologic cuticular changes of winter impoundment shell disease preceding and during intermolt in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Biological Bulletin 183, 99-112.
48. Söderhäll, K. (1982) Prophenoloxidase activating system and melanization - a recognition mechanism of arthropods? A review. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 6, 601-611.
49. Söderhäll, K. (1992) Biochemical and molecular aspects of cellular communication in arthropods. Bulletin of Zoology 59, 141-151.
50. Söderhäll, K. and Cerenius, L. (1992) Crustacean immunity. Annual Review of Fish Diseases 1992, 3-23.
51. Söderhäll, K., Cerenius, L. and Johansson, M.W. (1994) The prophenoloxidase activating system and its role in invertebrate defence. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 712, 151-161.
52. Waite, J.H. (1992) The DORA ephemera: a recurrent motif in invertebrates. Biological Bulletin 183, 178-184.
53. Watabe, N. (1983) Shell repair. In: The Mollusca (eds A.S.M. Saleuddin and K.M. Wilbur) Academic Press Inc: New York. Vol IV, pp. 289-316.