Cryptocaryon irritans (Brown, 1951) is an obligate parasite that mainly invades the skin, fins and gills of marine fish and causes marine ‘white spot disease’. It is common to aquarium and maricultured fish and causes high mortality due to its widespread geographical distribution, indiscriminate host specificity, short and simple life cycle, and high level of virulence. Numerous physical methods and chemical bath agents are applied to cure this disease in closed, re-circulating aquaculture systems, but these treatments are not suitable in open environments such as cages and ponds. Fortunately, new measures, such as oral chemical drugs, oral plant components, vaccines and even biological control, are being developed as promising methods to treat and prevent cryptocaryoniasis in open aquaculture systems. Here, we provide a broad overview of C. irritans research, focussing primarily on work conducted in the last decade that may offer new insights into the treatment of disease in a practical setting.

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Cryptocaryon irritans (Brown, 1951) 对海水鱼的水产养殖构成严重威胁

刺激隐核虫(Brown, 1951) 是一种专性寄生虫，主要侵入海鱼的皮肤、鳍和鳃，引起海洋“白斑病”。由于其广泛的地理分布、不加区别的宿主特异性、短而简单的生命周期和高水平的毒力，它在水族和海水养殖鱼类中很常见，并导致高死亡率。许多物理方法和化学浴剂被用于在封闭的循环水产养殖系统中治愈这种疾病，但这些治疗方法不适用于开放环境，如网箱和池塘。幸运的是，正在开发新的措施，如口服化学药物、口服植物成分、疫苗甚至生物防治，作为在开放式水产养殖系统中治疗和预防隐核虫病的有前景的方法。在这里，我们提供了C的广泛概述. irritans的研究，主要侧重于过去十年开展的工作，这些工作可能为实际环境中的疾病治疗提供新的见解。