Sánchez M I, Georgiev B B, Nikolov P N, Vasileva G P, Green A J
Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Avenida de María Luisa s/n, Pabellón del Perú, 41013, Sevilla, Spain.
Parasitol Res. 2006 Dec;100(1):111-4. doi: 10.1007/s00436-006-0248-2. Epub 2006 Jul 11.
Although the red colour of brine shrimps has previously been supposed to be associated with cestode parasitism, no evidence has been provided that red and transparent brine shrimps differ in their role for cestode circulation. We compared the cestode infections in 100 red and 100 transparent Artemia parthenogenetica collected from the Odiel salt pans in Spain. Seven cestode species were recorded in red, and only four of them were recorded in transparent brine shrimps. The red brine shrimps were more infected with cysticercoids than transparent individuals (prevalence, 87 vs 21%; mean intensity, 1.56 vs 1.00; mean abundance, 1.35 vs 0.21). Three cestode species (Flamingolepis liguloides, Anomotaenia tringae and Confluaria podicipina) had significantly higher prevalence and mean abundance in red brine shrimps. These results suggest that red brine shrimps have a more important role for the circulation of avian cestodes than transparent individuals of the same population.
尽管此前认为卤虫的红色与绦虫寄生有关，但没有证据表明红色卤虫和透明卤虫在绦虫传播中的作用存在差异。我们比较了从西班牙奥迪尔盐田采集的100只红色孤雌生殖卤虫和100只透明孤雌生殖卤虫的绦虫感染情况。在红色卤虫中记录到7种绦虫，而在透明卤虫中仅记录到其中4种。红色卤虫比透明卤虫感染拟囊尾蚴的情况更严重（感染率分别为87%和21%；平均感染强度分别为1.56和1.00；平均丰度分别为1.35和0.21）。三种绦虫（舌状火体虫绦虫、环颈鸻异带绦虫和Podiceps confluaria绦虫）在红色卤虫中的感染率和平均丰度显著更高。这些结果表明，在鸟类绦虫传播方面，红色卤虫比同一种群的透明卤虫发挥着更重要的作用。
