Larvae of Trematoda associated with freshwater gastropods from Rio de Janeiro micro-region, southeast Brazil.

Authors

  • Maria F. Boaventura Departamento de Malacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
  • Monica A. Fernandez Departamento de Malacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
  • Silvana C. Thiengo Departamento de Malacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
  • Roney E. Silva Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Alan L. de Melo Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2002.21791

Keywords:

Cercaria, Trematoda, Morphology, Molluscs, Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The study of freshwater molluscs associated with helminth larval stages from the state of Rio de Janeiro revealed different morphological types of cercariae. Among them, Pleurolophocercus cercaria, Echinostomocercaria, Strigeocercaria, and Xiphidiocercaria, were found in Biomphalaria tenagophila (Orbigny, 1835), Physa marmorata Guilding, 1828 and Melanoides tuberculatus (Müller, 1774). For the later species is the first occurrence as an intermediate host for tremadodes in Brazil and the first record of Pleurolophocercus cercaria in Brazil.

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Published

2002-02-01

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2002):

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Larvae of Trematoda associated with freshwater gastropods from Rio de Janeiro micro-region, southeast Brazil. (2002). Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity, 3(1), 45-49. https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2002.21791