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Parasitic infection of the seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)--a case report
A C Vincent1, R S Clifton-Hadley
1Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, England.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
This report details the development of a microsporidan infection in a colony of seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) caused by Glugea heraldi. Of 76 animals imported from Florida Bay (USA), two survived. A myxosporidan (Sphaeromyxa sp.) and an unidentified nematode infection were also diagnosed in the same colony, but these infections were not considered important, causative factors in the mortalities.