Hermaphroditic white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, parasitized by Thelohania sp.
Date
1975
Authors
Rigdon, R.H.
Baxter, K.N.
Benton, R.C.
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Abstract
Two white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, with external and histological characteristics of both male and female, are considered hermaphrodites. Both were infected with protozoan microsporidial parasites, Thelohania sp., probably Thelohania penaei.
Description
p. 292-295.
Keywords
penaeid shrimp, white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, parasites, Thelohania sp., hermaphroditism