Biphallia in imposexed females of marine gastropods: new record for Nassarius vibex from Brazil

Cardoso, Ricardo S.; Caetano, Carlos Henrique Soares; Cabrini, Tatiana M.B.

doi:10.1590/s1519-69842009000100030

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“…These malformations also occur in males and have been described recently for some species (Meirelles et al, 2007;Lahbib et al, 2008;Cardoso et al, 2009;Abidli et al, 2009) on studies in port areas.…”

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Penis Malformations in Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1792) and Leucozoniaocellata (Gmelin, 1791) in a TBT Contaminated Region from Brazil

Costa¹,

Mardegan²,

Zamprogno³

et al. 2014

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Gastropod molluscs have potential for bioaccumulation of the organotin compounds (OTs) as tributyltin (TBT) and/or triphenyltin (TPT), used in antifouling paints applied to the hulls of ships to prevent biofouling. In gastropods, TBT may act as endocrine disruptors, and to induce imposex, impairing their reproductive capacity. The present study aimed to verify the occurrence of malformations, such as biphalic and triphalic penis in males and females with imposex in Leucozonia nassa and L. ocellata collected in Espírito Santo Bay between the years 2007 and 2011. During this period, 94.8% of female L. nassa and 24.5% of female L. ocellata exhibited imposex and 10 animals presented malformations. For L. nassa, malformations were found in seven females and one male, and for L. ocellata in two males. Most females with malformations presented VDSI stage ≥4 and these results indicate high levels of TBT contamination in the Espirito Santo Bay.

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“…Similar malformations have also been reported by Lahbib et al (2008) in males of H. trunculus. Cardoso et al (2009) reported abnormalities in Nassarius vibex.…”

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Penis Malformations in Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1792) and Leucozoniaocellata (Gmelin, 1791) in a TBT Contaminated Region from Brazil

Costa¹,

Mardegan²,

Zamprogno³

et al. 2014

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“…Imposex was also detected in punctual studies along the Brazilian coast. Gastropods populations of S. haemastoma, Cymathium parthenopeum and Leucozonia nassa from Cabo Frio (Rio de Janeiro state; Castro et al 2007c); Nassarius vibex from Itacuruça island (Rio de Janeiro) (Cardoso et al 2009), the endemic marine snail Voluta ebraea (Castro et al 2008) andN. vibex (Lima-Verde et al 2010) from Ceará state; and C. partenopeum, T. deltoidea and L. nassa from Espirito Santo state (Costa et al 2009) were reported as impacted.…”

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Organotin contamination in South American coastal areas

Castro

Perina

Fillmann

2011

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Organotin compounds (OTs) were used in antifouling paints for more than four decades. However, due to their widespread intensive use and high toxicity, undesirable effects in non-target marine organisms have been detected since the early 1980s. Consequently, the International Maritime Organization banned new maritime applications of these products on January 1, 2003 and their presence on ship hulls from January 1, 2008. Although extensively studied in Europe, North America, Oceania, and Asia, environmental levels and effects of organotin contamination are still poorly known for South America. Thus, the current review aimed to present the actual status of this problem in South America by summarizing and comparing the available data in the literature. An overview of the OTs concentrations in sediment and biota and their effects, mainly imposex in marine gastropods, are presented. This work showed that in Atlantic coastal areas of South America there are "hot spots" of OTs contamination, similar to that observed in industrialized countries of Northern Hemisphere. On the other hand, the number of accomplished studies in the Pacific coast is extremely low. Despite the limitation on studies about OTs environmental levels and their related effects, the available data pointed out for a widespread TBT contamination along the South American coastal areas. Therefore, the establishment of baselines of organotin contamination in the Pacific coast and the implementation of temporal trend studies in the South American coastal areas is crucial to verify the effectiveness of local regulations and OTs global ban, and to map the most sensitive areas related to present and future antifouling impacts.

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“…On the Brazilian coast, particularly in recent years, imposex associated to TBT has been reported in the southern (Castro et al 2012a), southeastern (Fernandez et al 2005;Quadros et al 2009;Costa et al 2009;Cardoso et al 2009;Borges et al 2013), and northeastern regions (Camillo et al 2004;Castro et al 2004;Castro et al 2007a, b;Fernandez et al 2007;Castro et al 2008;Lima-Verde et al 2010;Azevedo et al 2012). However, most of these studies have focused on rocky-shore species such as Stramonita haemastoma, Stramonita rustica, Thais deltoidea, Leucozonia nassa, Leucozonia ocelata, Cymatium parthenopeum, Voluta ebraea, Pisania auritula, among others (Castro et al 2012a).…”

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Evaluation of the use of Olivella minuta (Gastropoda, Olividae) and Hastula cinerea (Gastropoda, Terebridae) as TBT sentinels for sandy coastal habitats

Petracco

Camargo

Berenguel

et al. 2015

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Tributyltin (TBT) contamination is still recorded in the environment even after its ban in antifouling paints. Since most biomonitors of TBT contamination, through imposex evaluation, are hard-bottom gastropods, the identification of soft-bottom sentinels has become useful for regions where rocky shores and coral reefs are absent. Thus, an evaluation of Olivella minuta and Hastula cinerea as monitors of TBT contamination was performed in two sandy beaches located under influence area of São Sebastião harbor (São Paulo state, Brazil), where previous and simultaneous studies have reported environmental contamination by TBT. In addition, the imposex occurrence in H. cinerea was assessed in an area with low marine traffic (Una beach), also located in São Paulo State. A moderate imposex incidence in O. minuta was detected in Pernambuco (% I = 9.36, RPLI = 4.49 and RPLIstand = 4.27) and Barequeçaba (% I = 2.42, RPLI = 0.36 and RPLIstand = 0.81) beaches, indicating TBT contamination. In contrast, more severe levels of imposex were recorded for H. cinerea in Una beach (% I = 12.45) and mainly in Barequeçaba beach (% I = 98.92, RPLI = 26.65). Our results suggest that O. minuta and H. cinerea have good potential as biomonitors for TBT based on their wide geographical distribution, common occurrence in different coastal sediment habitats, easy collection, and association with TBT-contaminated sediments.

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Biphallia in imposexed females of marine gastropods: new record for Nassarius vibex from Brazil

Cited by 14 publications

References 7 publications

Penis Malformations in Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1792) and Leucozoniaocellata (Gmelin, 1791) in a TBT Contaminated Region from Brazil

Penis Malformations in Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1792) and Leucozoniaocellata (Gmelin, 1791) in a TBT Contaminated Region from Brazil

Organotin contamination in South American coastal areas

Evaluation of the use of Olivella minuta (Gastropoda, Olividae) and Hastula cinerea (Gastropoda, Terebridae) as TBT sentinels for sandy coastal habitats

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