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| Title |
A scuticociliate causes mass mortality of Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean Sea
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| Published in |
Science Advances, April 2023
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| DOI | 10.1126/sciadv.adg3200 |
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| Authors |
Ian Hewson, Isabella T. Ritchie, James S. Evans, Ashley Altera, Donald Behringer, Erin Bowman, Marilyn Brandt, Kayla A. Budd, Ruleo A. Camacho, Tomas O. Cornwell, Peter D. Countway, Aldo Croquer, Gabriel A. Delgado, Christopher DeRito, Elizabeth Duermit-Moreau, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Samuel Gittens, Leslie Henderson, Alwin Hylkema, Christina A. Kellogg, Yasunari Kiryu, Kimani A. Kitson-Walters, Patricia Kramer, Judith C. Lang, Harilaos Lessios, Lauren Liddy, David Marancik, Stephen Nimrod, Joshua T. Patterson, Marit Pistor, Isabel C. Romero, Rita Sellares-Blasco, Moriah L. B. Sevier, William C. Sharp, Matthew Souza, Andreina Valdez-Trinidad, Marijn van der Laan, Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas, Maria Villalpando, Sarah D. Von Hoene, Matthew Warham, Tom Wijers, Stacey M. Williams, Thierry M. Work, Roy P. Yanong, Someira Zambrano, Alizee Zimmermann, Mya Breitbart |
| Abstract |
Echinoderm mass mortality events shape marine ecosystems by altering the dynamics among major benthic groups. The sea urchin Diadema antillarum, virtually extirpated in the Caribbean in the early 1980s by an unknown cause, recently experienced another mass mortality beginning in January 2022. We investigated the cause of this mass mortality event through combined molecular biological and veterinary pathologic approaches comparing grossly normal and abnormal animals collected from 23 sites, representing locations that were either affected or unaffected at the time of sampling. Here, we report that a scuticociliate most similar to Philaster apodigitiformis was consistently associated with abnormal urchins at affected sites but was absent from unaffected sites. Experimentally challenging naïve urchins with a Philaster culture isolated from an abnormal, field-collected specimen resulted in gross signs consistent with those of the mortality event. The same ciliate was recovered from treated specimens postmortem, thus fulfilling Koch's postulates for this microorganism. We term this condition D. antillarum scuticociliatosis. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 11% |
| India | 4 | 3% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 1% |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. | 2 | 1% |
| Guinea | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 3% |
| Unknown | 108 | 77% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 86 | 61% |
| Scientists | 46 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 59 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 19% |
| Unknown | 14 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 29% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 22% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 5% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Unknown | 14 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1213. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 June 2024.
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#12,429
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#176
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#388
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