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Introduction to the first symposium on the biology of the parasitic Crustacea
Jeffrey D. Shields Virginia Institute of Marine Science
CB Boyko
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The parasitic Crustacea represent a diverse group life history, molecular biology, and pathology. As far with members in several classes and orders, including as we know, there have been no other symposia the Cirripedia, Isopoda, Amphipoda, Branchiura, devoted entirely to the parasitic Crustacea; thus, Copepoda, Tantulocarida, and Pentastomida. Their the First Symposium on the Biology of the biology is as diverse as their morphological and Parasitic Crustacea was held at the SICB Annual phylogenetic disparity would indicate, and includes Meeting, in Boston, January 4–5, 2009. However, it egg mimicry, parasitic castration, host feminization, is important to note that there have been several epigametic sex determination, venomous secretions, specialized symposia on diseases of Crustacea and bizarre adaptations of the life cycle. However, (Symposium on Diseases of Commercially Significant convergent adaptations to the parasitic lifestyle are Crustaceans, International Crustacean Conference VI, common and must be considered when studying Glasgow, 2005; The Biology of the Rhizocephala, The the evolution of the organisms, their behaviors, and Crustacean Society Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, morphological modifications. Recently, there have 2003; Diseases of Crustacea, National Shellfisheries been several important papers on the evolution of Association Annual Meeting, Mystic, 2002; as well parasitic crustaceans, but most of these have covered as several on viral infections in shrimp) and a few narrow groups, such as the Rhizocephala (e.g. Høeg symposia on specific taxonomic groups such as the 1995, Schram & Høeg 1995, Høeg and Lutzen 1996) parasitic copepods of fishes (e.g. Symposium on the and the parasitic copepods (e.g. Huys and Boxshall Parasites of Fishes and Other Aquatic Organisms, IX 1991, Ho 2001, Boxshall 2004). Additional papers European Multi-colloquium of Parasitology, have highlighted interesting biological attributes of Valencia, 2004; V International Symposium on Fish ˇ specific parasitic groups, such as polyandry in sea Parasites, Ceske´ Budeˇjovice, 1999; Sea lice and Other lice (Todd et al. 2005), host preferences, and ecolog- Parasitic Copepoda, 1st European Crustacean ical effects in nicothoid copepods (e.g. Shields et al. Conference, Paris, 1992). Hence, our attempt to 2006 for a review of those on lobsters), and even the encompass a broader view of parasitism across the effects of climatic warming on species of Argulus Crustacea was timely and provided an opportunity (Hakalahti et al. 2006). Such papers have provided for experts in diverse taxa to compare and contrast new data and new ways of looking at these organ- questions broadly between systems. isms that give insights into questions about their The program for the symposium was organized broader biology. around different taxonomic groups. There were Given the continued interest in the adaptations of 11 primary papers in the symposium and five in a parasitic crustaceans, as well as in the effect of these complementary session. Several of the papers were organisms on important aquaculture and fishery reviews of the existing literature. The papers given species, we organized a symposium at the Society were: for Comparative and Integrative Biology (SICB) meeting in Boston for 2009, to provide a reference Main session point for broader discussions on the topic. The Boyko CB, Williams JD. Parasites as phylogenetic symposium was structured with topics in evolution, indicators in decapod evolution (This talk was a
From the symposium ‘‘The Biology of the Parasitic Crustacea’’ presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, January 3–7, 2009, at Boston, Massachusetts. 1E-mail: [email protected] Integrative and Comparative Biology, volume 49, number 2, pp. 93–94 doi:10.1093/icb/icp036 Advanced Access publication June 14, 2009 ß The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. All rights reserved. For permissions please email: [email protected]. 94 J. D. Shields and C. B. Boyko
last minute substitution for the scheduled presen- These presentations were well-attended and gener- tation ‘‘Bopyrids of the thalassinidean transition: ated lively discussions in several breakout sessions. first phylogenetic data and evolutionary implica- Four of these presentations, by Kolbasov, An, tions,’’ when that project ran afoul of issues of Williams, and An, and Overstreet, are represented insertions in the isopod DNA). by papers in this volume. Taken together, these Ho J-S. The five wonders of the parasitic Copepoda. papers give an excellent sense of the diversity of
talks presented at the symposium, ranging from Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/icb/article-abstract/49/2/93/641296 by College of William and Mary user on 05 November 2018 Boxshall GA. The comparative biology of basic taxonomy to biogeographic issues, from ques- Copepoda parasitic on three host taxa: fishes, tions about species introductions to developmental polychaetes, and crustaceans. and life-cycle issues, and include concerns about Costello MJ. Progress in understanding the parasitic crustaceans as vectors of viruses in commer- ecology of sea lice, copepod parasites of wild and cially important host species. These papers illustrate farmed salmonids. nicely the breadth of the questions under study in Heuch PA, Bjorn PA, Finstad B, Asplin L, Holst the parasitic crustaceans from the basic taxonomic JC. Salmon lice infection of farmed and wild framework, which is still poorly understood in salmonids in Norway: an overview. nearly all groups, to the complex interactions of Kolbasov GA. Parasitic microcrustaceans of these organisms with their hosts. Although parasitic the class Tantulocarida, external and internal crustaceans have been known to science since at least morphology, development, and life circle. the days of Linnaeus, we still have much to learn Moeller OS. Branchiura - parasitic crustaceans about them at all levels of biological understanding. with a sting. We sincerely hope that the First Symposium on the Biology of the Parasitic Crustacea will be the spring- An J. A review of bopyrid isopods infesting crabs board to many more symposia on these fascinating from China. creatures. Huys R and Llewellyn-Hughes J. What can 18S rDNA do for copepod phylogeny and classification? References Tanaka K. Life history of gnathiid isopods: a brief Boxshall GA 2004. An introduction to copepod diversity. overview. London, UK: The Ray Society. Overstreet RM, Jovonovich J, Ma H. Parasitic Hakalahti T, Karvonen A, Valtonen ET. 2006. Climate crustaceans as vectors of viruses. warming and disease risks in temperate regions – Argulus Complementary session coregoni and Diplostomum spathaceum as case studies. J Helminthol 80:93–8. The symposium generated a complementary session Ho JS. 2001. Why do symbiotic copepods matter? with five additional papers on parasitic isopods and Hydrobiologia 453/454:1–7. rhizocephalans. Høeg JT. 1995. The biology and life cycle of the Cirripedia Shields JD, Miller TL, Boyko CB. A first look at Rhizocephala. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 75:517–50. the phylogeny of the Entoniscidae. Høeg JT, Lu¨tzen J. 1996. Rhizocephala. In: J Forest, editor. Traite´ de Zoologie. VII Fac. II. Paris: Masson et Cie. Asakura A, Imazu M. Occurrence of the rhizo- p. 541–68. cephalan and isopod parasites on three intertidal Huys R, Boxshall GA. 1991 Copepod evolution. London: The hermit crabs in Japan. Ray Society. O’Brien JJ. Factors affecting the distribution and Schram FR, Høeg JT. 1995. New frontiers in barnacle evolu- infection success of two North American sacculi- tion. In: Schram FR, Høeg JT, editors. New frontiers nids (Rhizocephala). in barnacle evolution. Crustacean Issues 10. Rotterdam: Williams JD, An J. First report of Orthione A.A. Balkema. p. 297–312. griffenis Markham, 2004 (Isopoda: Bopyridae: Shields JD, Stephens FJ, Jones JB. 2006. Pathogens, parasites Pseudioninae) from China and comparison with and other symbionts. In: Phillips BF, editor. Lobsters: biol- types specimens and collections from the west ogy, management, aquaculture and fisheries. UK: Blackwell Scientific. p. 146–204. coast of the United States. Todd CD, Stevenson RJ, Reinardy H, Ritchie MJ. 2005. Mcdermott JJ. Hypersymbioses in the pinnotherid Polyandry in the ectoparasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae): a salmonis despite complex precopulatory and postcopulatory review. mate-guarding. Marine Ecol Prog Ser 303:225–34.