Biological relationships of the pentastomida; a bibliography on the pentastomida

Jt, Self

doi:10.1016/0014-4894(69)90222-7

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“…This usually results from the fact that most studies are based on the autopsy of specimens from museums and serpentariums. Furthermore, geographic records are often unreliable, given that in many instances the locality given is the museum in which the specimens autopsied were deposited (Self, 1969;Riley, 1986).…”

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Prevalence and intensity of pentastomid infection in two species of snakes from northeastern Brazil

et al. 2007

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This study aimed to evaluate the infection rates of snakes by pentastomids in the semi-arid region of Brazil. Fifteen snakes (four Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) and eleven Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870) were collected between January and April of 2005, in the municipality of Crato (07° 14' S and 39° 24' W), State of Ceará, Brazil. Laboratorial analysis of the respiratory tracts of the sampled snakes indicated differences in host infection rates: four individuals of P. nattereri (36.4%) were infected by Cephalobaena tetrapoda Heymons, 1922 (mean infection intensity 1.5 ± 0.28, 1-2) and three specimens (27.3%) by Raillietiella furcocerca (Diesing, 1863) (2.3 ± 1.32, 1-5). Only one individual of M. ibiboboca (25%) was infected by a non-identified species of Raillietiella sp. These are the first data on pentastomid infection in snakes in Northeastern Brazil and both snake species comprise new host records for the pentastomids. The results also indicate that the generalist parasites C. tetrapoda and R. furcocerca share their definitive hosts.

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Prevalence and intensity of pentastomid infection in two species of snakes from northeastern Brazil

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“…3 The ova found in the faeces recovered from the cadaver of the python that has the previously described characteristic thick shell with flexible outer membrane suggest the parasite belongs to genus Armillifer. 7,14 Personal communication with taxonomy experts confirms that the parasite belongs to the genus Armillifer armillatus.…”

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“…3 Faecal examination showed numerous (1200 egg per gram of faeces) pentastomid eggs (Fig. 4a), which were thick-shelled, oval, approximately 140x130 and contained embryo with rudimentary arthropod-like legs (Fig.…”

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“…3 Adult pentatsomes are worm-like and are found principally in the respiratory tract of reptiles. In snakes, the parasites are found in the lung or air sac distal to the lung.…”

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“…In snakes, the parasites are found in the lung or air sac distal to the lung. 3 Pentastomiasis is a zoonotic disease of humans and other mammals. 4,5 Mammalian hosts like rodents get infested by the ingestion of the egg contained either in faeces or in the sputum of the snake; eggs hatch to larva in the mammalian intermediate host and then burrow to the abdominal cavity through the gut wall.…”

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