capable of vertical transmission through spawning females (Motte et al., 2003). Itbelongs to the family parvoviridae in the genus Brevidensovirus as Penaeus stylirostris densovirus (pstdNA) in the subfamily densoirinae (Shike et al., 2000; Tattersall et al., 2005). here we document Artemesia longinaris Bate, 1888 as a new wild host for wSSv and IhhNv, supported by histopathological sections and molecular polymerase chain reaction (pCR) and real time quantitative pCR (qpCR) methods.
we also report two other crustacean hosts for wSSv, establishing the extension of geographic ranges of the crustacean viruses into Argentina, and comparing grossly visible white spots with confirmed wSSv cases.