Molecular characterization of the progenetic metacercariae Crocodilicola pseudostoma parasitizing Rhamdia quelen (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) in Brazil



Título del documento: Molecular characterization of the progenetic metacercariae Crocodilicola pseudostoma parasitizing Rhamdia quelen (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) in Brazil
Revista: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000436076
ISSN: 0001-3765
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Instituto de Biociencias, Botucatu, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Centro Universitario CESMAC, Maceio, Alagoas. Brasil
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Volumen: 92
Número: 2
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés The trematodes have developed several adaptations and strategies to complete their life cycle in the intermediate host, without even reaching the definitive host. Thus, metacercariae through progeny can produce viable eggs by self-fertilization in the second intermediate host. We analyzed 30 specimens of Rhamdia quelen Quoy & Gaimard 1824 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) collected in the Jacaré-Pepira River, Ibitinga. Among the specimens analyzed, only one host was parasitized by the progenetic metacercariae of Crocodilicola pseudostoma Willemoes-Suhm 1870 (Digenea: Proterodiplostomidae) presenting prevalence of 3.3%, mean intensity of 68.0 ± 12.4 and mean abundance of 2.3 ± 0.4. This is the first record of progenesis in the metacercariae of C. pseudostoma in the Jacaré-Pepira River, as well as the first partial sequence of COI gene obtained from this species in Brazil
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Helmintos,
Genética,
Parasitología,
Parásitos de peces,
Hospederos intermediarios,
Metacercarias,
Autofertilización,
Crocodilicola pseudostoma,
Digenea,
Rhamdia quelen,
Siluriformes
Keyword: Helminths,
Genetics,
Parasitology,
Fish parasites,
Intermediary hosts,
Metacercariae,
Self-fertilization,
Crocodilicola pseudostoma,
Digenea,
Rhamdia quelen,
Siluriformes
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