Effects of trematode double infection on the shell size and distribution of snail hosts

Parasitology International

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-22

  Miura, Osamu ^a   Chiba, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioural modification; Double infection; Gigantism; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BATILLARIA ATTRAMENTARIA; CERCARIA BATILLARIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENICOLIDAE; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUPERINFECTION; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HETEROPHYIDAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PHENOTYPE; SNAILS;

BATILLARIA ATTRAMENTARIA; BATILLARIIDAE; CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); CERCARIA BATILLARIAE; GASTROPODA; HETEROPHYIDAE; RENICOLATA; RENICOLIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 33847080308     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Hoffman G.L. The life cycle of Crassiphiala bulboglossa (Trematoda: Strigeida). Development of the metacercaria and cyst, and effect on the fish hosts. J Parasitol 42 (1956) 435-444
2. Seidenberg A.J. Ecology of the acanthocephalan, Acanthocephalus dirus (Van Cleave, 1931), in its intermediate host, Asellus intermedius Forbes (Crustacea: Isopoda). J Parasitol 59 (1973) 957-962
3. Despommier D.D. Trichinella spiralis - the worm that would be virus. Parasitol Today 6 (1990) 193-196
4. McCarthy H.O., Fitzpatrick S.M., and Irwin S.W.B. Parasite alteration of host shape: a quantitative approach to gigantism helps elucidate evolutionary advantages. Parasitology 128 (2004) 7-14
5. Hay K.B., Fredensborg B.L., and Poulin R. Trematode-induced alterations in shell shape of the mud snail Zeacumantus subcarinatus (Prosobranchia: Batillariae). J Mar Biol Ass UK 85 (2005) 989-992
6. Hindsbo O. Effect of Polymorphus (Acanthocephala) on colour and behaviour of Gammarus lacustris. Nature 238 (1972) 333
7. Curtis L.A. Vertical distribution of an estuarine snail altered by a parasite. Science 235 (1987) 1509-1511
8. Lafferty K.D., and Morris A.K. Altered behavior of parasitized killifish increases susceptibility to predation by bird final hosts. Ecology 77 (1996) 1390-1397
9. Berdoy M., Webster J.P., and Macdonald D.W. Fatal attraction in rats infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Proc R Soc Lond B 267 (2000) 1591-1594
10. Miura O., Kuris A.M., Torchin M.E., Hechinger R.F., and Chiba S. Parasites alter host phenotype and may create a new ecological niche for snail hosts. Proc R Soc Lond B 273 (2006) 1323-1328
11. Moore J. Parasites and the behavior of animals (2002), Oxford University Press, New York
12. Mouritsen K.N., and Jensen K.T. The enigma of gigantism: effect of larval trematodes on growth, fecundity, egestion and locomotion in Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 181 (1994) 53-66
13. Gorbushin A.M. Field evidence of trematode-induced gigantism in Hydrobia spp. (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). J Mar Biol Ass UK 77 (1997) 785-800
14. Sousa W.P. Host life history and the effect of parasitic castration on growth a field study of Cerithidea californica (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) and its trematode parasites. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 73 (1983) 273-296
15. Huxham M., Raffaelli D., and Pike A. The influence of Cryptocotyle lingua (Digenea: Platyhelminthes) infections on the survival and fecundity of Littorina littorea (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia); an ecological approach. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 168 (1993) 223-238
16. Curtis L.A. Growth, trematode parasitism, and longevity of a long-lived marine gastropod (Ilyanassa obsoleta). J Mar Biol Ass UK (1995) 913-925
17. Thomas F., Renaud F., de Meeus T., and Poulin R. Manipulation of host behaviour by parasites: ecosystem engineering in the intertidal zone?. Proc R Soc Lond B 265 (1998) 1091-1096
18. Kuris A.M. Trophic transmission of parasites and host behavior modification. Behav Processes 68 (2005) 215-217
19. Thomas F., Adamo S., and Moore J. Parasitic manipulation: where are we and where should we go?. Behav Processes 68 (2005) 185-199
20. Kuris A.M., and Lafferty K.D. Community structure: larval trematodes in snail hosts. Annu Rev Ecol Syst 25 (1994) 189-217
21. Hasegawa K. Batillariidae. In: Okutani T. (Ed). Marine mollusks in Japan (2000), Tokai University Press, Tokyo 130-133
22. Miura O., Kuris A.M., Torchin M.E., Hechinger R.F., Dunhum E.J., and Chiba S. Molecular-genetic analyses reveal cryptic species of trematodes in the intertidal gastropod, Batillaria cumingi (Crosse). Int J Parasitol 35 (2005) 793-801
23. Rice W.R. Analyzing tables of statistical tests. Evolution 43 (1989) 223-225
24. Curtis L.A., and Hurd L.E. Age, sex and parasites: spatial heterogeneity in a sandflat population of Ilyanassa obsolete. Ecology 64 (1983) 819-828
25. Baudoin M. Host castration as a parasitic strategy. Evolution 29 (1975) 335-352
26. Minchella D.J. Host life-history variation in response to parasitism. Parasitology 90 (1985) 205-216