Report on two species of Digenea from marine fishes in Brazil

Fernandes, Berenice M. M.; Pinto, Roberto Magalhães; Cohen, Simone Chinicz

doi:10.1590/s1519-69842002000300009

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“…Este gênero de parasito é um trematóide já identiϐicado em jacarés e crocodilos, sendo parasitas do intestino destes répteis (Catto 1991, Catto & Amato 1993, Moravec 2001, Fernandes et al 2002, Tkach & Snyder 2003, Foreyt, 2005. Exemplares do gênero Acanthostomum sp.…”

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Levantamento qualitativo de gêneros de parasitos em amostras fecais de jacarés criados comercialmente em sistema fechado no estado do Rio de Janeiro

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O objetivo desta pesquisa foi realizar um diagnóstico qualitativo dos gêneros de parasitos encontrados em amostras fecais ambientais de jacarés (Caiman latirostris Daudin, 1802), criados comercialmente em sistema fechado, no período de 2008 a 2009, no estado do Rio de Janeiro. Um total de 300 amostras foi coletado de 150 filhotes, 80 de animais de engorda e 70 de reprodução, e submetido a análises coproparasitológicas, de flutuação (método de Willis-Mollay) e sedimentação simples (método de Lutz), de acordo com Hoffmann (1987). As amostras foram visualizadas à luz da microscopia óptica. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram a presença de oocistos de Eimeria e Isospora, cistos de Balantidium e ovos de Acanthostomum e Dujardinascaris.

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“…Exemplares do gênero Acanthostomum sp. foram observados parasitando répteis e peixes de água doce e da costa marinha do Brasil e de outros países (Karyakarte 1967, Fernandes et al 2002, Corrêa & Brasil--Sato 2008.…”

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Levantamento qualitativo de gêneros de parasitos em amostras fecais de jacarés criados comercialmente em sistema fechado no estado do Rio de Janeiro

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Light and scanning electron microscope observations of the digenean intestinal parasite Acanthostomum spiniceps Looss 1896 (Cryptogonimidae) from the catfish Bagrus bajad and B. docmak

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Fishes of the River Nile are a promising source of animal protein. The catfishes Bagrus bajad Fabricius 1775 and Bagrus docmak Fabricius 1775 are economically important with well-marketable size and use in fish farming. Digenean parasites cause severe damage to the gut tissue of their fish hosts. There are still some questions regarding the taxonomical features of the genus Acanthostomum Looss 1899. The present study has revealed new morphological features that confirmed the identity of the collected worms as Acanthostomum spiniceps Looss 1896 and aided in elucidating the possible functions of different internal organs and surface features. A long-stemmed excretory bladder was detected but there was no evidence of gonotyl. The circumoral spines (28–30) were detected in the early juvenile stage and adult. The ventral sucker has no tegumental folds in juveniles or crescent-shaped tegumental folds in adults but possesses two overlapping lips. In both juveniles and adults, the oral sucker with the associated circumoral spines assumed retracted, and protracted positions reflecting its highest movement activity. Elongation of the anterior region and partial emergence of the oral cavity in living juveniles and adults were described. The possible functions of the forebody glands and the posterior body openings near the anal pores were discussed. Large, non-ciliated, dome-shaped, and small ciliated, button-like papillae were concentrated on the body surface, particularly the oral and ventral suckers. The tegument possesses densely arranged single-pointed and scale-like spines that gradually decrease in size and number as they proceed posteriorly.

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