Autogenicity and Precocious Development of Sturdynema multiembryonata (Upadhyay, 2017) in Xenentodon cancila (Osteichthyes: Belonidae) from the Gangetic Ecosystem

Authors

  • Sushil Kumar Upadhyay Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University) Mullana-Ambala, Haryana 133207, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Sturdynema multiembryonata, Autogenic life cycle, Precocious development, Zoonoses, Xenentodon cancila

Abstract

parasitological investigations on freshwater  crowfish, Xenentodon cancila conducted to learn  the events in autogenic life cycle of Sturdynema  multiembryonata. The S. multiembryonata is a  roundworm with sturdy, spiny body in fresh  water garfish peculiarly found taxonomically  closer to gnathostomatoid roundworms. The  developmental patterns and migratory behavior  within the host was worked out critically. The  findings were experimentally validated by oral  feeding of eggs and developmental stages in  dehelminthized experimental Swiss albino mice.  The findings reflected exceptionally large body of  advanced 3rd stage larva (AdvL3) displayed  strong possibility of precocious development,  which was at least four times in size than any of  the gnathostomatoid worms reported so far. The  presence of caudal papillae resembling roundish  bosses described in Gnathostoma lamothei and G.  miyazakii with peculiar single-spined  ornamentation all over the body. The study  concludes that the larvae of S. multiembryonata,  reported here, may not enter into 4th stage of  development, and advanced 3rd stage larvae (AdvL3) might transform into mature forms in a  newer habitat, i.e. liver, within the body of newly  reported definitive hosts, X. cancila. The  establishment of larvae, without moulting,  beyond the 3rd stage to attain maturity in the liver  of experimental rodent hosts, corroborated the  findings in natural fish definitive hosts. In the  current investigation author wish to explore the  precocious and autogenic development of S.  multiembryonata, a roundworm with zoonotic  potential which may provide a new dimension in  the maintenance of healthy and disease free  society based upon aquaculture. 

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2020-05-15

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Vol. 39 No. 1 (2020): Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences Zoology (Jan-Jun) 2020

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Autogenicity and Precocious Development of Sturdynema multiembryonata (Upadhyay, 2017) in Xenentodon cancila (Osteichthyes: Belonidae) from the Gangetic Ecosystem . (2020). Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology , 39(1), 36–45. https://doi.org/10.48165/