CEPAVE   05420
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLOGICOS Y DE VECTORES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Parasites of the Silversides Odontesthes smitti and O. nigricans (Pisces: Atherinopsidae) from Argentinean Patagonia
Autor/es:
CARBALLO, M. C.; NAVONE, G. T.; CREMONTE, F
Revista:
COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY
Editorial:
HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOC WASHINGTON, C/O ALLEN PRESS INC
Referencias:
Año: 2010
ISSN:
1525-2647
Resumen:
ABSTRACT: Seventeen parasites species (1 microsporidean; 1 cestode, 5 digeneans, 6 nematodes, 2 acanthocephalans, and 2 copepods) were found from a total of 356 silversides Odontesthes smitti and 125 Odontesthes nigricans (Atherinopsidae). Fishes were collected from Nuevo and San José gulfs, Argentinean Sea, from April 2003 to February 2005. The following parasites were found: Microsporidia (xenomas), Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea plerocercoid larvae, Digenea: Prosorhynchoides sp. metacercariae (Bucephalidae), Aponurus laguncula, Lecithaster sp. (Lecithasteridae), Proctotrema sp. (Monorchiidae), Diphterostomum sp. (Zoogonidae), Nematoda: Cucullanus marplatensis (Cucullanidae), Huffmanela moraveci (Trichosomoididae), Cosmocephalus obvelatus L3 (Acuariidae), Anisakis sp. L3, Pseudoterranova sp. L3, Contracaecum sp. L3 (Anisakidae), Acanthocephala: Corynosoma sp. cystacanth larvae (Polymorphidae), Hypoechinorhynchus sp. (Arhythmacanthidae), Crustacea: Bomolochus globiceps (Bomolochidae), and Peniculus sp. (Penelidae). Odontesthes smitti and O. nigricans are indicated as new hosts for most of the found parasite taxa.