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. 2023 Sep 15;81:ftad025. doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftad025

Table 1.

Infections on the surface of sea urchins show a wide range of symptoms.

Disease Symptoms Reference
BSUD Spine loss without lesions This paper, Clemente et al. (2014), Brink et al. (2019)
Black mouth disease or no name given Spine loss without lesions Chi et al. (2022), Tajima et al. (1988)
Blackish peristomial membrane
BSUD Lesions on the body surface showing green, pink, red, and purple discoloration Lafferty et al. (2004), Girard et al. (2011), Brink et al. (2019), Grech et al. (2022), Federico et al. (2023)
Appendage loss within lesions
BSUD or Spotting disease Lesions of various colors Maes and Jangoux (1984a,b), Gilles and Pearse (1986), Roberts-Regan et al. (1988), Becker et al. (2008), Wang et al. (2020)
Appendage loss within lesions
Test erosion and body wall perforation
Lesion syndrome disease or no name given Lesions of various colors Wang et al. (2013a), Hira and Stensvåg (2022)
Appendage loss within lesions
Test erosion and body wall perforation
Blackish peristomial membrane
Red spotting disease or no name given Lesions of various colors Nagelkerken et al. (1999), Virwani et al. (2021)
Appendage loss within lesions
Spine loss over some or all of the surface
Red spotting disease Lesions of various colors Li et al. (2020)
Appendage loss within lesions
Spine loss over some or all of the surface
Blackish peristomial membrane