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Title: | Hysterothylacium larvae (Nematoda, Anisakidae) in the freshwater mussel Diplodon suavidicus (Lea, 1856) (Mollusca, Unioniformes, Hyriidae) in Aripuanã River, Amazon, Brazil |
Authors: | Lopes, Luiza P C Pimpão, Daniel Mansur Takemoto, R. M. Malta, José C.O. Varella, Angela Maria Bezerra |
Keywords: | Animals Ascaridoidea Bivalve Growth, Development And Aging Histology Isolation And Purification Larva Parasitology Physiology Population Density River Animal Ascaridoidea Bivalvia Larva Population Density Rivers Anisakidae Aves Bivalvia Diplodon Hyriidae Hysterothylacium Invertebrata Mammalia Mollusca Nematoda Reptilia |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Journal of Invertebrate Pathology |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 106, Número 3, Pags. 357-359 |
Abstract: | Larvae of Hysterothylacium use various invertebrates as intermediate hosts. Definite hosts include fish, birds, reptiles or marine mammals. This study describes the occurrence of Hysterothylacium (Nematoda, Anisakidae) larvae parasitizing the pericardic cavity of Diplodon suavidicus (Unioniformes, Hyriidae) specimens collected in the Amazon basin, Brazil. This is the first record of this nematode parasitizing freshwater bivalves in South America. The high prevalence, medium intensity and medium abundance suggest that D. suavidicus acts as intermediate host for Hysterothylacium species in that environment. © 2010 Elsevier Inc. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1016/j.jip.2010.12.002 |
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