First Report of the Invasive Snail Pomacea Canaliculata in Kenya Alan G
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Tropical Agricultural Science
Pertanika J. Trop. Agric. Sci. 39 (2): 137 - 143 (2016) TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE Journal homepage: http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/ Short Communication Effectiveness of Various Botanical Traps against Apple Snail, Pomacea maculata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) in a Rice Field Syamsul, R. B.1, Muhamad, R.1*, Arfan, A. G.1,2 and Manjeri, G.1 1Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 2Department of Entomology, Faculty of Crop Protection, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Sindh, Pakistan ABSTRACT The adverse effects of molluscicides applied for the control of the invasive apple snails, Pomacea spp., have led to the search for eco-based cultural, mechanical and biological control techniques. Therefore, a field study on the relative effectiveness of locally available and cost effective plant-based traps against Pomacea spp. was conducted. Results showed jackfruit skin (9.03 ± 0.60 / m2 and 6.03 ± 0.60 / m2) and damaged pomelo (9.00 ± 0.61 / m2 and 5.78 ± 0.74 / m2) were relatively more effective than tapioca leaves, water spinach leaves and old newspaper. Snails also displayed preference for fresh materials as compared to rotten materials. Thus, incorporating these findings in rice fields during early susceptible growth will ease the collection and destruction of snails. Keywords: Apple snail, Pomacea, rice, botanical trap INTRODUCTION are serious pests of many aquatic Invasive apple snails, Pomacea maculata macrophytes including rice (Hayes et al., Perry, 1810 and Pomacea canaliculata 2008; Horgan et al., 2014). These invasive Lamarck, 1822 (Gastropoda; Ampullariidae) snails were introduced into Malaysia around 1991 and spread to all rice growing areas ARTICLE INFO of the country, causing heavy losses to rice Article history: Received: 19 August 2015 yields (Yahaya et al., 2006; Arfan et al., Accepted: 26 January 2016 2014). -
Pomacea Spp.) in Florida Stephanie A
Nova Southeastern University NSUWorks HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations HCNSO Student Work 12-7-2017 Forecasting the Spread and Invasive Potential of Apple Snails (Pomacea spp.) in Florida Stephanie A. Reilly Nova Southeastern University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd Part of the Aquaculture and Fisheries Commons, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Commons, Other Animal Sciences Commons, and the Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons Share Feedback About This Item NSUWorks Citation Stephanie A. Reilly. 2017. Forecasting the Spread and Invasive Potential of Apple Snails (Pomacea spp.) in Florida. Master's thesis. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, . (460) https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/460. This Thesis is brought to you by the HCNSO Student Work at NSUWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of NSUWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thesis of Stephanie A. Reilly Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science M.S. Marine Biology Nova Southeastern University Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography December 2017 Approved: Thesis Committee Major Professor: Matthew Johnston Committee Member: Bernhard Riegl Committee Member: Kenneth A. Hayes This thesis is available at NSUWorks: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/460 HALMOS COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND OCEANOGRAPHY FORECASTING THE SPREAD AND INVASIVE POTENTIAL OF APPLE SNAILS (POMACEA SPP.) IN FLORIDA By: Stephanie A. Reilly Submitted to the Faculty of Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science with a specialty in: Marine Biology Nova Southeastern University December 2017 Thesis of Stephanie A. -
Applesnails of Florida Pomacea Spp. (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) 1 Thomas R
EENY323 Applesnails of Florida Pomacea spp. (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) 1 Thomas R. Fasulo2 Introduction in the northern tier of Florida counties and northward except where the water is artificially heated by industrial Applesnails are larger than most freshwater snails and can wastewater or in warm springs. It occurs as far west as be separated from other freshwater species by their oval the Choctawhatchee River. It is easily distinguished from shell that has the umbilicus (the axially aligned, hollow, other applesnails in Florida by the low, strongly rounded cone-shaped space within the whorls of a coiled mollusc shell spike, and measures about 40–70 mm (Capinera and shell) of the shell perforated or broadly open. There are four White 2011). species of Pomacea in Florida, one of which is native and considered beneficial (Capinera and White 2011). Species Found in Florida Of the four species of applesnails in Florida, only the Florida applesnail is a native species, while the other three species are introduced. All are tropical/subtropical species in the genus Pomacea, and are not known to withstand water temperatures below 10°C (FFWCC 2006). • Pomacea paludosa (Say 1829), the Florida applesnail, occurs throughout peninsular Florida (Thompson 1984). Based on fossil finds, it is a native snail that has existed in Florida since the Pliocene. It is also native to Cuba and Hispaniola (FFWCC 2006). Collections have been made in Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Oklahoma and South Carolina (USGS 2006). It is the principal Figure 1. Florida applesnail, Pomacea paludosa (Say 1829). food of the Everglades kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis Credits: Bill Frank, http://www.jacksonvilleshells.org plumbeus Ridgway, and should be considered beneficial. -
Pomacea Canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) Diagnostic features Distinguished from Pomacea diffusa by its larger sized shell (up to 75 mm in height) and deeply channelled suture. Animal with distinctive head-foot; snout uniquely with a pair of Pomacea canaliculata (adult size up to 75 mm in height) Characteristic pink egg mass, commonly laid on vegetation. distal, long, tentacle-like processes; cephalic tentacles very long. A long 'siphon' is also present. Classification Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) Common name: Golden apple snail Class Gastropoda I nfraclass Caenogastropoda I nformal group Architaenioglossa Order Ampullarida Superfamily Ampullarioidea Family Ampullariidae Genus Pomacea Perry, 1810 Original name: Ampullaria canaliculata Lamarck, 1822. Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres Tome sixième.LĘauteur, Paris. 1-232 pp. Type locality: Laguna Guadeloupe ? Santa Fe, Argentina (as ėRivierès de la Guadeloupe) Biology and ecology This species lives on sediment and on aquatic and semi-aquatic vegetation. t lays pink coloured egg masses on plants above the waterline. t has become a major pest of aquatic crops as it eats living plants including rice and taro crops. Distribution ntroduced from South America into the southern United States, East Asia, islands of the ndian Ocean and New Guinea. Notes This pest species has not as yet entered Australia, but ought to be considered a significant risk due to its presence as an invasive in the adjacent ndo-west Pacific region. Two other south Asian ampullariid species have regularly been intercepted by Australian Biosecurity ĕ they are Pila ampullacea (Linnaeus, 1758) and Pila globosa (Swainson, 1822). -
Moluscos Del Perú
Rev. Biol. Trop. 51 (Suppl. 3): 225-284, 2003 www.ucr.ac.cr www.ots.ac.cr www.ots.duke.edu Moluscos del Perú Rina Ramírez1, Carlos Paredes1, 2 y José Arenas3 1 Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Avenida Arenales 1256, Jesús María. Apartado 14-0434, Lima-14, Perú. 2 Laboratorio de Invertebrados Acuáticos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 11-0058, Lima-11, Perú. 3 Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Ricardo Palma. Av. Benavides 5400, Surco. P.O. Box 18-131. Lima, Perú. Abstract: Peru is an ecologically diverse country, with 84 life zones in the Holdridge system and 18 ecological regions (including two marine). 1910 molluscan species have been recorded. The highest number corresponds to the sea: 570 gastropods, 370 bivalves, 36 cephalopods, 34 polyplacoforans, 3 monoplacophorans, 3 scaphopods and 2 aplacophorans (total 1018 species). The most diverse families are Veneridae (57spp.), Muricidae (47spp.), Collumbellidae (40 spp.) and Tellinidae (37 spp.). Biogeographically, 56 % of marine species are Panamic, 11 % Peruvian and the rest occurs in both provinces; 73 marine species are endemic to Peru. Land molluscs include 763 species, 2.54 % of the global estimate and 38 % of the South American esti- mate. The most biodiverse families are Bulimulidae with 424 spp., Clausiliidae with 75 spp. and Systrophiidae with 55 spp. In contrast, only 129 freshwater species have been reported, 35 endemics (mainly hydrobiids with 14 spp. The paper includes an overview of biogeography, ecology, use, history of research efforts and conser- vation; as well as indication of areas and species that are in greater need of study. -
Symbionts and Diseases Associated with Invasive Apple Snails
Symbionts and diseases associated with invasive apple snails Cristina Damborenea, Francisco Brusa and Lisandro Negrete CONICET, División Zoología Invertebrados, Museo de La Plata (FCNyM-UNLP), Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. Email: [email protected], fbrusa@ fcnym.unlp.edu.ar, [email protected] Abstract This contribution summarizes knowledge of organisms associated with apple snails, mainly Pomacea spp., either in a facultative or obligate manner, paying special attention to diseases transmitted via these snails to humans. A wide spectrum of epibionts on the shell and operculum of snails are discussed. Among them algae, ciliates, rotifers, nematodes, flatworms, oligochaetes, dipterans, bryozoans and leeches are facultative, benefitting from the provision of substrate, transport, access to food and protection. Among obligate symbionts, five turbellarian species of the genusTemnocephala are known from the branchial cavity, with T. iheringi the most common and abundant. The leech Helobdella ampullariae also spends its entire life cycle inside the branchial cavity; two copepod species and one mite are found in different sites inside the snails. Details of the nature of the relationships of these specific obligate symbionts are poorly known. Also, extensive studies of an intracellular endosymbiosis are summarized. Apple snails are the first or second hosts of several digenean species, including some bird parasites.A number of human diseases are transmitted by apple snails, angiostrongyliasis being the most important because of the potential seriousness of the disease. Additional keywords: Ampullariidae, Angiostrongylus, commensals, diseases, epibionts, parasites, Pomacea, symbiosis 73 Introduction The term “apple snail” refers to a number of species of freshwater snails belonging to the family Ampullariidae (Caenogastropoda) inhabiting tropical and subtropical regions (Hayes et al., 2015). -
Pomacea Canaliculata) Behaviors in Different Water Temperature Gradients
water Article Comparison of Invasive Apple Snail (Pomacea canaliculata) Behaviors in Different Water Temperature Gradients Mi-Jung Bae 1, Eui-Jin Kim 1 and Young-Seuk Park 2,* 1 Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Sangju 37242, Korea; [email protected] (M.-J.B.); [email protected] (E.-J.K.) 2 Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun, Seoul 02447, Korea * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +82-2-961-0946 Abstract: Pomacea canaliculata (known as invasive apple snail) is a freshwater snail native to South America that was introduced into many countries (including Asia and North America) as a food source or for organic farming systems. However, it has invaded freshwater ecosystems and become a serious agricultural pest in paddy fields. Water temperature is an important factor determining behavior and successful establishment in new areas. We examined the behavioral responses of P. canaliculata with water temperature changes from 25 ◦C to 30 ◦C, 20 ◦C, and 15 ◦C by quantifying changes in nine behaviors. At the acclimated temperature (25 ◦C), the mobility of P. canaliculata was low during the day, but high at night. Clinging behavior increased as the water temperature decreased from 25 ◦C to 20 ◦C or 15 ◦C. Conversely, ventilation and food consumption increased when the water temperature increased from 25 ◦C to 30 ◦C. A self-organizing map (an unsupervised artificial neural network) was used to classify the behavioral patterns into seven clusters at different water temperatures. These results suggest that the activity levels or certain behaviors of P. canaliculata vary with the water temperature conditions. -
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POTENTIAL THREATS OF THE EXOTIC APPLE SNAIL POMACEA INSULARUM TO AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA by SHELLEY MARIE ROBERTSON (Under the Direction of Susan Bennett Wilde) ABSTRACT The Island apple snail, Pomacea insularum is a freshwater gastropod in the family Ampullaridae. It was introduced into the United States via the aquarium trade approximately 30 years ago and now has established reproducing populations in at least seven southeastern states. It is a highly invasive species with high rates of reproduction and consumption of native aquatic vegetation. A survey of reported Georgia populations confirmed that there are at least ten individual occurrences of exotic apple snails in the state, and that they have not reached their equilibrium distribution. We also investigated the ability of P. insularum to harbor a cyanotoxin that may be detrimental to its avian predator in Florida, the endangered Florida snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis). The invasive P. insularum transferred the undescribed cyanotoxin associated with Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy to domestic chickens in a laboratory feeding study. INDEX WORDS: apple snail, Pomacea insularum, invasive species, Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy, AVM, Florida snail kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis, Hydrilla verticillata POTENTIAL THREATS OF THE EXOTIC APPLE SNAIL POMACEA INSULARUM TO AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA by SHELLEY MARIE ROBERTSON BS, University of Georgia, 2006 AB, University of Georgia, 2007 A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Georgia in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF SCIENCE ATHENS, GEORGIA 2012 © 2012 Shelley Marie Robertson All Rights Reserved POTENTIAL THREATS OF THE EXOTIC APPLE SNAIL POMACEA INSULARUM TO AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA by SHELLEY MARIE ROBERTSON Major Professor: Susan B. -
Mioceno Medio), Valle De Santa María, Provincia De Salta, Argentina
8(2):82-92, jul/dez 2012 © Copyright 2012 by Unisinos - doi: 10.4013/gaea.2012.82.05 Etherioidea y Ampullarioidea (Mollusca) en la Formación San José (Mioceno Medio), valle de Santa María, provincia de Salta, Argentina Lourdes Susana Morton Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura UNNE y Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. CONICET. Ruta 5, km 2,5. 3400 Corrientes, Argentina. [email protected] Rafael Herbst Instituto Superior de Correlación Geológica, INSUGEO.CONICET. Las Piedras 201, 7°/B, 4000, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. [email protected] RESUMEN Se describe una asociación de moluscos constituida por Anodontites aff. elongatus (Swainson), Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck), Anodontites sp., Diplodon aff. delodontus Lamarck y el gastrópodo Pomacea aff. canaliculata Lamarck. Esta fauna, junto con numerosos ejemplares de al menos tres especies de bivalvos del género Neocorbicula Fisher, ostrácodos del género Cyprideis Jones y restos de Charophyta indet., proviene de la Formación San José (Mioceno Medio), de la localidad de Quebrada de Mal Paso, frente a Tolombón, en el norte del valle de Santa María (provincia de Salta). La asociación fósil estaría indicando cuerpos de aguas dulces, tropicales y/o subtropicales que zoogeográfi camente pertenecen a la Región Neotropical. Palabras clave: moluscos, Formación San José, Mioceno Medio, Noroeste argentino. ABSTRACT ETHERIOIDEA AND AMPULLARIOIDEA (MOLLUSCA) IN THE SAN JOSÉ FORMATION (MIDDLE MIOCENE), SANTA MARIA VALLEY, SALTA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA. A mollusk assemblage with Anodontites aff. elongatus (Swainson), Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck), Anodontites sp., Diplodon aff. delodontus Lamarck and the gastropod Pomacea aff. canaliculata Lamarck is described. This fauna, together with at least three species of the bivalve genus Neocorbicula Fisher, ostracods of the genus Cyprideis Jones and Charophyta indet. -
Pomacea Urceus (Freshwater Conch Or Black Conch)
UWI The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago Ecology Pomacea urceus (Freshwater Conch or Black Conch) Superfamily: Ampullarioidea (Operculate Snails) Class: Gastropoda (Snails and Slugs) Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs) Fig. 1. Freshwater conch, Pomacea urceus. [http://www.jaxshells.org/9006.htm, downloaded 19 March 2015] TRAITS. The black conch Pomacea urceus has a spherical or globe-like shell with a short spire (Fig. 1). It can range to 124-135mm in height and 115-125mm in width. Although often blackish, various colours such as yellow and olive green have added to the variety of the freshwater conch, with the inner lip of the shell being anywhere from red to white. The operculum (cover) is horny (Alderson, 2015). Four main structures of Pomacea urceus can be observed: the foot, visceral mass, mantle and the face. The foot is the soft muscular part that is used to move about. Its visceral mass houses the digestive apparatus and the pericardial cavity. The mantle has the function of secreting the shell and the face consist of two long tentacles, with the eyes being at their bases. UWI The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago Ecology Also present is a siphon, 2.5 times its body length. The sexes in this species are separate (Kondapalli, 2015). DISTRIBUTION. It is most common in tropical and subtropical South America (Fig. 2), including the Amazon and the Plata Basin, and has been introduced to Asia. It is also native to Trinidad and Tobago (Burky, 1974). HABITAT AND ACTIVITY. Freshwater conchs inhabit an extensive variety of ecosystems from marshes, trenches, lakes, ponds and rivers. -
Universidad Católica De Santiago De Guayaquil
UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL FACULTAD DE EDUCACION TECNICA PARA EL DESARROLLO CARRERA DE INGENIERIA AGROPECUARIA TEMA Efecto del quelato de cobre más agua ozonizada en el control de caracol manzana (Pomacea canaliculata) en el cultivo arroz de la zona de Salitre. AUTOR Guzmán Jara Paúl Mauricio Trabajo de titulación previo a la obtención del Título de: INGENIERO AGROPECUARIO TUTOR Ing. Agr. Manuel Donoso Bruque, M. Sc. Guayaquil, Ecuador Marzo, 2018 UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN TÉCNICA PARA EL DESARROLLO CARRERA DE INGENIERÍA AGROPECUARIA CERTIFICACIÓN Certificamos que el presente trabajo de titulación fue realizado en su totalidad por Paúl Mauricio Guzmán Jara como requerimiento para la obtención del título de Ingeniero Agropecuario. ______________________ Ing. Agr. Manuel Donoso Bruque, M. Sc. TUTOR ______________________ Ing. John Eloy Franco Rodríguez, Ph. D. DIRECTOR DE LA CARRERA Guayaquil, a los 5 días del mes de marzo del año 2018 UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN TÉCNICA PARA EL DESARROLLO CARRERA DE INGENIERÍA AGROPECUARIA DECLARACIÓN DE RESPONSABILIDAD Yo, Guzmán Jara Paúl Mauricio DECLARO QUE: El Trabajo de Titulación Efecto del quelato de cobre más agua ozonizada en el control de caracol manzana (Pomacea canaliculata) en el cultivo arroz de la zona de Salitre, previo a la obtención del título de Ingeniero Agropecuario, ha sido desarrollado respetando derechos intelectuales de terceros conforme las citas que constan en el documento, cuyas fuentes se incorporan en las referencias o bibliografías. Consecuentemente este trabajo es de mi total autoría. En virtud de esta declaración, me responsabilizo del contenido, veracidad y alcance del Trabajo de Titulación referido. -
Pomacea Perry, 1810
Pomacea Perry, 1810 Diagnostic features Large to very large globose smooth shells, sutures channelled (Pomacea canaliculata) or with the top of the whorl shouldered and flat at the suture (Pomacea diffusa). Shells umbilicate with unthickened lip. Uniform yellow to olive green with darker spiral bands. nterior of aperture orange to yellow. Operculate, with concentric operculum. Animal with distinctive head-foot; snout uniquely with a pair of distal, long, tentacle-like processes; cephalic tentacles very long. A long 'siphon' is also present. Classification Class Gastropoda Infraclass Caenogastropoda Informal group Architaenioglossa Order Ampullarida Superfamily Ampullarioidea Family Ampullariidae Genus Pomacea Perry, 1810 Type species: Pomacea maculata Perry, 1810 Original reference: Perry, G. 1810-1811. Arcana; or the Museum of Natural History, 84 pls., unnumbered with associated text. ssued in monthly parts, pls.[1-48] in 1810, [49-84] in 1811. Stratford, London. Type locality: Rio Parana, Argentina. Biology and ecology Amphibious, on sediment, weeds and other available substrates. Lays pink coloured egg masses on plants above the waterline. Distribution Native to North and South America but some species have been introduced around the world through the aquarium trade (Pomacea diffusa) and as a food source (Pomacea canaliculata). Pomacea diffusa has been reported from the Ross River in Townsville in NE Queensland, and from freshwater waterbodies in the greater Brisbane area, pswich and Urangan near Maryborough in SE Queensland. Notes This genus is widely known in the aquarium trade through the so-called mystery snail, Pomacea diffusa. n countries such as the Philippines, Hawaii and parts of SE Asia, the species Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck) is a serious pest of rice crops.