Frogs and Snakes as Phoretic Dispersal Agents of Bromeliad Ostracods (Limnocytheridae: <i>Elpidium</i>) and Annelids (Naididae: Dero)<sup>1</sup>

Lopez, Luiz Carlos Serramo; Rodrigues, Pablo José Francisco Pena; Rios, Ricardo Iglesias

doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00421.x

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“…As example, Dero superterrenus Michaelsen, 1912 are free-living inhabitants of tank bromeliads and tree holes and can use amphibians to disperse (Lopez et al, 1999). Laboratory experiments support the hypothesis that the phoretic behaviour presented by D. superterrenus is stimulated by chemical substances released by amphibian skins (Lopez et al, 2005).…”

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Dero (Allodero) lutzi Michaelsen, 1926 (Oligochaeta: Naididae) associated with Scinax fuscovarius (Lutz, 1925) (Anura: Hylidae) from Semi-deciduous Atlantic Rain Forest, southern Brazil

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Amphibians are hosts for a wide variety of ecto-and endoparasites, such as protozoans and parasitic worms. Naididae is a family of Oligochaeta whose species live on a wide range of substrates, including mollusks, aquatic macrophytes, sponges, mosses, liverworts, and filamentous algae. However, some species are known as endoparasitic from vertebrates, such as Dero (Allodero) lutzi, which is parasitic of the urinary tracts of frogs, but also have a free-living stage. Specimens in the parasitic stage lack dorsal setae, branchial fossa, and gills. Here we report the occurrence of D. (A.) lutzi associated with anuran Scinax fuscovarius from Semi-deciduous Atlantic Rain Forest in southern Brazil. The study took place at the Caiuá Ecological Station, Diamante do Norte, Paraná, southern Brazil. Seven specimens of S. fuscovarius were examined for parasites but only one was infected. Parasites occurred in ureters and urinary bladder. Previous records of this D. (A.) lutzi include the Brazilian States of Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais, as well as Cuba and North America. This is a new locality record for this species in Brazil. Reports of Dero (Allodero) lutzi are rare, due to difficulty of observation, and such events are restricted only the fortuitous cases. It is important to emphasize the necessity of future studies, which are fundamental to the understanding of biological and ecological aspects of this species.Keywords: anuran, Hylidae, endoparasite, urinary tract, Annelida. Dero

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“…Only Dero is known to use frogs for transport and as hosts among the Brazilian freshwater genera of naidids (Righi, 1984;Lopez et al, 1999). As example, Dero superterrenus Michaelsen, 1912 are free-living inhabitants of tank bromeliads and tree holes and can use amphibians to disperse (Lopez et al, 1999).…”

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Dero (Allodero) lutzi Michaelsen, 1926 (Oligochaeta: Naididae) associated with Scinax fuscovarius (Lutz, 1925) (Anura: Hylidae) from Semi-deciduous Atlantic Rain Forest, southern Brazil

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“…With respect to the predominance of some groups in the bromeliads, Ostracoda was the most abundant taxon, as also observed by Lopez et al (1999) in bromeliads from Atlantic Forest fragments in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Among the insects collected, the majority belonged to the sub-order Nematocera (Diptera), which is associated with moist environments (Grimaldi & Engel, 2005) because their reproduction depends on the availability of water reservoirs for larval development.…”

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Aquatic invertebrates associated with bromeliads in Atlantic Forest fragments

Júnior¹,

Rosa²,

Alves³

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Biota Neotrop.

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Forest fragments in the state of Minas Gerais contain a large number of Bromeliaceae genera, whose cisterns accumulate water and organic matter, providing shelter and food for a wide range of organisms. However, these fragments often consist only of small patches of vegetation, making the species more vulnerable to the effects of this landscape changes. This study aimed to test the effect of the distance to the edge and of the matrix type on the structure of aquatic invertebrate communities in four morphospecies of bromeliads. Samples were collected in Atlantic Forest fragments adjacent to pasture and planted forest areas, in a region of Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil. Of the 147 bromeliads investigated, we found 35 taxa, among which the most abundant groups were Ostracoda (4,962 individuals), Culicidae (2,358), Tanypodinae (1,164) and Scirtidae (1,043). The richness of taxa and Shannon diversity of invertebrates were similar at different distances from the edge, with variation of richness between 17 and 23 taxa and diversity between 1.25 and 1.52. The composition of the fauna in the cisterns changed between some collection sections (A vs. C, C vs. D and D vs. F), irrespective of being close to or far from the edge. There was no variation of richness (t=-1.145, df=106, p= 0.341) and diversity (t= 1.376, df= 106, p= 0.429) among samples collected from fragments next to planted forest and pasture, likely because the bromeliads studied were located on hillsides above the canopy of planted forests, and subject to similar conditions to those found in the fragments next to pastures. The results demonstrate the importance of bromeliads in maintaining the richness and diversity of the invertebrates they harbor, even in altered landscapes exposed to extreme conditions such as fragment edges.

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“…The best described cases are anurans using bromeliads as breeding sites; the bromeliads host ostracods, ciliates and annelids which use the anurans as vehicles (loPez et al 1999, sabaGh et al 2011. Some reports suggest phoretic and/or, more likely, parasitic relationship between leeches and anurans or urodeles (Platt et al 1993, tiberti & Gentilli 2010, maiacarneiro et al 2012, zimić 2015.…”

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A possible phoretic relationship between snails and amphibians

Kolenda¹,

Najbar²,

Kuśmierek³

et al. 2017

Folia Malac.

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We describe five observations of possible phoretic relationship between snails and amphibians in south-western Poland: two individuals of European tree frog Hyla arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) with juvenile snails attached to various parts of their bodies, common toad Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) with copse snail Arianta arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758), pair of common toads in amplexus with two individuals of Balea sp. or Laciniaria plicata (Draparnaud, 1801), and common toad with succineid species eggs and developing snail embryos attached to them. These are the first such observations ever.

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Frogs and Snakes as Phoretic Dispersal Agents of Bromeliad Ostracods (Limnocytheridae: Elpidium) and Annelids (Naididae: Dero)¹

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Dero (Allodero) lutzi Michaelsen, 1926 (Oligochaeta: Naididae) associated with Scinax fuscovarius (Lutz, 1925) (Anura: Hylidae) from Semi-deciduous Atlantic Rain Forest, southern Brazil

Dero (Allodero) lutzi Michaelsen, 1926 (Oligochaeta: Naididae) associated with Scinax fuscovarius (Lutz, 1925) (Anura: Hylidae) from Semi-deciduous Atlantic Rain Forest, southern Brazil

Aquatic invertebrates associated with bromeliads in Atlantic Forest fragments

A possible phoretic relationship between snails and amphibians

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Dero (Allodero) lutzi Michaelsen, 1926 (Oligochaeta: Naididae) associated with Scinax fuscovarius (Lutz, 1925) (Anura: Hylidae) from Semi-deciduous Atlantic Rain Forest, southern Brazil

Dero (Allodero) lutzi Michaelsen, 1926 (Oligochaeta: Naididae) associated with Scinax fuscovarius (Lutz, 1925) (Anura: Hylidae) from Semi-deciduous Atlantic Rain Forest, southern Brazil

Aquatic invertebrates associated with bromeliads in Atlantic Forest fragments

A possible phoretic relationship between snails and amphibians

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