Ecologia da comunidade de metazoários parasitos do tamboatá Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828) (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) do rio Guandu, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.407

Vanessa Doro Abdallah; Rodney Kozlowiski de Azevedo; José Luis Luque

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v28i4.407

**Ecology of the community of metazoan parasites of tamboatá Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828) (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from Guandu river, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil** - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.407

Authors

Vanessa Doro Abdallah UFRRJ Author
Rodney Kozlowiski de Azevedo UFRRJ Author
José Luis Luque UFRJ Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v28i4.407

Keywords:

Hoplosternum littorale, tamboatá, rio Guandu, parasitos, Brasil

Abstract

One hundred specimens of tamboatá Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828) from Guandu River, (22°48’32”S, 43º37’35”W), Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil were studied as for their metazoan parasites during May 2004 and February 2005. A total of eight species of metazoan parasites were collected and identified. Kalipharynx sp. was the most prevalent species (61.0%), followed by Glossiphoniidae gen. sp. (20%) and the progenetic metacercariae of Herpetodiplostomum caimancola (Dollfus, 1935) (11%). No parasite species showed significant correlation between the total body length of the host and their abundance. The sex of the hosts influenced the abundance of Kalipharynx sp., being the males the most parasited. The mean parasite species’ richness showed low values (1.59 ± 1.09 (0-3)). The parasite species presented an aggregated distribution pattern.

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Author Biography

José Luis Luque, UFRJ

Possui graduação em Ciências Biologicas - Universidad Ricardo Palma (1984), doutorado em Ciências Veterinárias pela Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (1994) e Pós-doutorado em Ecologia e Biodiversidade de parasitos no Parasitology Research group, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Nova Zelândia (2006 -2007). Tem publicado 143 artigos completos em periódicos científicos e 2 capítulos de livro; apresentando 212 comunicações em eventos científicos. Atualmente é Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Parasitologia Animal da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro e orientador permanente nos Cursos de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias e Biologia Animal da UFRRJ. Tem experiência na área de Ictioparasitologia e Helmintologia animal atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Taxonomia e biodiversidade dos parasitas de peixes marinhos e de água doce na região Neotropical; ecologia de populações e comunidades parasitárias; parasitos de peixes com importância zoonótica. Currículo Lattes

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Published

2006-11-16

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 4 (2006)

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Parasitology

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Ecology of the community of metazoan parasites of tamboatá Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828) (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from Guandu river, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.407. (2006). Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 28(4), 413-419. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v28i4.407