Species Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Page, 1970)

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Regional Maps

• Paramoeba pemaquidensis Page, F.C. 1970. Two new species of Paramoeba from Maine. Journal of Protozoology 17: 421-427.

Generic Combinations

• Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Page, 1970). —
  Page, F.C. 1987. The classification of 'naked' amoebae of phylum Rhizopoda. Archiv für Protistenkunde 133: 199–217

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 [SALMONIDAE] Atlantic Salmon (gills of wild & experimental animals & PCR); Thyrsites atun Euphrasen, 1791 [GEMPYLIDAE] Barracouta (gills); Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827 [SYNGNATHIDAE] Big-belly Seahorse (gills of experimental animal); Rhombosolea tapirina Günther, 1862 [PLEURONECTIDAE] Greenback Flounder (gills of experimental animal); Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) [SALMONIDAE] Rainbow Trout (gills)), parasitic.

Associated Fauna References

Adams, M.B. & Nowak, B.F. 2001. Distribution and structure of lesions in the gills of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., affected with amoebic gill disease. Journal of Fish Diseases 24: 535-542 (Salmo salar)

Bridle, A.R., Butler, R. & Nowak, B.F. 2003. Immunostimulatory CpG oligodeoxynucleotides increase resistance against amoebic gill disease in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. Journal of Fish Diseases 26: 367-371 (Salmo salar)

Clark, A. & Nowak, B.F. 1999. Field investigations of amoebic gill disease in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in Tasmania. Journal of Fish Diseases 22: 433-443 (Salmo salar)

Douglas-Helders, G.M., Dawson, D.R., Carson, J. & Nowak, B.F. 2002. Wild fish are not a significant reservoir for Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Page, 1987). Journal of Fish Diseases 25: 569-574 (Rhombosolea tapirina; Hippocampus abdominalis; Salmo salar)

Douglas-Helders, G.M., Handlinger, J., Carson, J. & Nowak, B.F. 2003. Assessment over time of the infectivity of gill-derived and seawater dispersed Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Page, 1987). Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 23: 35-39 (Salmo salar)

Douglas-Helders, G.M., O'Brien, D.P., McCorkell, B.E., Zilberg, D., Gross, A., Carson, J. & Nowak, B.F. 2003. Temporal and spatial distribution of paramoebae in the water column - a pilot study. Journal of Fish Diseases 26: 231-240 (Salmo salar)

Douglas-Helders, G.M., Saksida, S., Raverty, S. & Nowak, B.F. 2001. Temperature as a risk factor for outbreaks of amoebic gill disease in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 21: 114-116 (Salmo salar)

Douglas-Helders, G.M., Tan, C., Carson, J. & Nowak, B.F. 2003. Effects of copper-based antifouling treatment on the presence of Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis Page, 1987 on nets and gills of reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture 221: 13-22 (Salmo salar)

Dyková, I., Nowak, B.F., Crosbie, P.B.B., Fiala, I., Pecková, H., Adams, M., Macháčková, B. & Dvořáková, H. 2005. Neoparamoeba branchiphila n. sp., and related species of the genus Neoparamoeba Page, 1987: morphological and molecular characterization of selected strains. Journal of Fish Diseases 28: 49-64 (Salmo salar)

Lom, J. & Dykova, I. 1992. Protozoan parasites of fishes. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science. Amsterdam : Elsevier Vol. 26. (Salmo salar)

Munday, B.L., Zilberg, D. & Findlay, V. 2001. Gill disease of marine fish caused by infection with Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis. Journal of Fish Diseases 24: 497-507 (Oncorhynchus mykiss; Thyrsites atun)

Parsons, H., Nowak, B., Fisk, D. & Powell, M. 2001. Effectiveness of commercial freshwater bathing as a treatment against amoebic gill disease in Atlantic salmon. Aquaculture 195: 205-210 (Salmo salar)

Powell, M.D., Forster, M.E. & Nowak, B.F. 2002. Apparent vascular hypertension associated with amoebic gill disease affected Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Tasmania. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 22: 328-333 (Salmo salar)

Powell, M.D., Parsons, H.J. & Nowak, B.F. 2001. Physiological effects of freshwater bathing of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) as a treatment for amoebic gill disease. Aquaculture 199: 259-266 (Salmo salar)

Powell, M.D. & Clark, G.A. 2003. In vitro survival and the effect of water chemistry and oxidative chemical treatments on isolated gill amoebae from AGD-affected Atlantic salmon. Aquaculture 220: 135-144 (Salmo salar)

Roberts, S.D. & Powell, M.D. 2003. Comparative ionic flux and gill mucous cell histochemistry: effects of salinity and disease status in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 134: 525-537 (Salmo salar)

Villavedra, M., McCarthy, K., To, J., Morrison, R., Crosbie, P., Broady, K. & Raison, R.L. 2005. Changes in antigenic profile during culture of Neoparamoeba sp., causative agent of amoebic gill disease in Atlantic salmon. International Journal for Parasitology 35: 1417-1423 (Salmo salar)

Wong, F.Y.K., Carson, J. & Elliott, N.G. 2004. 18S ribosomal DNA-based PCR identification of Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis, the agent of amoebic gill disease in sea-farmed salmonids. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 60: 65-76 (Salmo salar)

Young, N.D., Crosbie, P.B.B., Adams, M.B., Nowak, B.F. & Morrison, R.N. 2007. Neoparamoeba perurans n. sp., an agent of amoebic gill disease of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Journal of Fish Diseases 13: 1469-1481 (Salmo salar)

General References

Dyková, I., Figueras, A. & Peric, Z. 2000. Neoparamoeba Page, 1987: light and electron microscopic observations on six strains of different origin. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 43: 217-223

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