First report of Raillietiella mottae (Pentastomida: Raillietiellidae) infecting Rhinella diptycha (Anura, Bufonidae) in the Brazilian Northeast

Lima, Anugata; Lacerda, G M C; Almeida, Waltécio de Oliveira; Ribeiro, Samuel Cardozo

doi:10.1590/1519-6984.247768

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“…Pentastomids are a group of endoparasites that live in the respiratory tract of their hosts (Christoffersen and Assis, 2013). Currently, around 144 species of Pentastomida are registered and distributed in four orders: Eupentastomida, Porocephalida, Porocephaloidea, and Sebekidae (Lima et al, 2022). Some species of pentastomids are generalists (Almeida et al, 2009;Christoffersen and Assis, 2013), while others are specific hosts (Riley, 1986).…”

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First record of Sebekia oxycephala (Pentastomida: Sebekidae) infecting Helicops angulatus (Reptilia: Colubridae) in Northeast Brazil

Oliveira,

Ferreira-Silva,

Silva

et al. 2023

Braz. J. Biol.

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In this study, we investigated the infection by pulmonary parasites in the water snake Helicops angulatus. We found four nymphs of the pentastomide parasite Sebekia oxycephala, parasitizing two adult females H. angulatus collected in the municipality of Rio Tinto, Paraíba, Brazil. This occurrence is likely due to the nymphs of this parasite directly infecting aquatic intermediate hosts, such as fish. The result of this study represents the first record of pentastomid infecting H. angulatus.

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