A survey of larval digeneans in the commonest intertidal snails from Northern Patagonian coast, Argentina

Over a two-years period, a survey was carried out in order to increase the knowledge of digeneans parasitising the commonest intertidal gastropods on the Patagonian coast, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. A total of 4,725 gastropods were examined. Six species of digenean parasitising four snail species...

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spelling paper:paper_12302821_v56_n2_p163_Gilardoni2023-06-08T16:10:09Z A survey of larval digeneans in the commonest intertidal snails from Northern Patagonian coast, Argentina Digenea intertidal gastropods larval stages Patagonian coast Trematoda Calyptraeidae Crepidula dilatata Digenea (flukes) Diphterostomum Gastropoda Hemiuridae Maritrema Microphallidae Muricidae Nassariidae Renicolidae Siphonariidae Tegula patagonica Trematoda Trochidae Trophon geversianus Zoogonidae Over a two-years period, a survey was carried out in order to increase the knowledge of digeneans parasitising the commonest intertidal gastropods on the Patagonian coast, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. A total of 4,725 gastropods were examined. Six species of digenean parasitising four snail species were found; four of them were registered for first time: Maritrema sp. 1 (Microphallidae) in Crepidula dilatata (Calyptraeidae), Parorchis sp. (Philophtalmidae) and sporocyst of Renicolidae in Trophon geversianus (Muricidae), and Diphterostomum sp. (Zoogonidae) in Buccinanops globulosus (Nassariidae). Two other species were found in Siphonaria lessoni (Siphonariidae): Maritrema sp. 2 and Hemiuridae. One snail species, Tegula patagonica (Trochidae) was not parasitised. These gastropods act as first intermediate host, and C. dilatata, S. lessoni and B. globulosus also frequently host metacercariae within the sporocyst. Overall prevalences varied from 0. 16% of Diphterostomum in the intertidal population of B. globulosus to 33. 45% of Maritrema sp. 1 in C. dilatata. © 2011 Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Wien. 2011 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_12302821_v56_n2_p163_Gilardoni http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_12302821_v56_n2_p163_Gilardoni
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
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collection Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA)
topic Digenea
intertidal gastropods
larval stages
Patagonian coast
Trematoda
Calyptraeidae
Crepidula dilatata
Digenea (flukes)
Diphterostomum
Gastropoda
Hemiuridae
Maritrema
Microphallidae
Muricidae
Nassariidae
Renicolidae
Siphonariidae
Tegula patagonica
Trematoda
Trochidae
Trophon geversianus
Zoogonidae
spellingShingle Digenea
intertidal gastropods
larval stages
Patagonian coast
Trematoda
Calyptraeidae
Crepidula dilatata
Digenea (flukes)
Diphterostomum
Gastropoda
Hemiuridae
Maritrema
Microphallidae
Muricidae
Nassariidae
Renicolidae
Siphonariidae
Tegula patagonica
Trematoda
Trochidae
Trophon geversianus
Zoogonidae
A survey of larval digeneans in the commonest intertidal snails from Northern Patagonian coast, Argentina
topic_facet Digenea
intertidal gastropods
larval stages
Patagonian coast
Trematoda
Calyptraeidae
Crepidula dilatata
Digenea (flukes)
Diphterostomum
Gastropoda
Hemiuridae
Maritrema
Microphallidae
Muricidae
Nassariidae
Renicolidae
Siphonariidae
Tegula patagonica
Trematoda
Trochidae
Trophon geversianus
Zoogonidae
description Over a two-years period, a survey was carried out in order to increase the knowledge of digeneans parasitising the commonest intertidal gastropods on the Patagonian coast, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. A total of 4,725 gastropods were examined. Six species of digenean parasitising four snail species were found; four of them were registered for first time: Maritrema sp. 1 (Microphallidae) in Crepidula dilatata (Calyptraeidae), Parorchis sp. (Philophtalmidae) and sporocyst of Renicolidae in Trophon geversianus (Muricidae), and Diphterostomum sp. (Zoogonidae) in Buccinanops globulosus (Nassariidae). Two other species were found in Siphonaria lessoni (Siphonariidae): Maritrema sp. 2 and Hemiuridae. One snail species, Tegula patagonica (Trochidae) was not parasitised. These gastropods act as first intermediate host, and C. dilatata, S. lessoni and B. globulosus also frequently host metacercariae within the sporocyst. Overall prevalences varied from 0. 16% of Diphterostomum in the intertidal population of B. globulosus to 33. 45% of Maritrema sp. 1 in C. dilatata. © 2011 Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Wien.
title A survey of larval digeneans in the commonest intertidal snails from Northern Patagonian coast, Argentina
title_short A survey of larval digeneans in the commonest intertidal snails from Northern Patagonian coast, Argentina
title_full A survey of larval digeneans in the commonest intertidal snails from Northern Patagonian coast, Argentina
title_fullStr A survey of larval digeneans in the commonest intertidal snails from Northern Patagonian coast, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed A survey of larval digeneans in the commonest intertidal snails from Northern Patagonian coast, Argentina
title_sort survey of larval digeneans in the commonest intertidal snails from northern patagonian coast, argentina
publishDate 2011
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_12302821_v56_n2_p163_Gilardoni
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_12302821_v56_n2_p163_Gilardoni
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