Isopods Cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the Amazon
Abstract Most freshwater species of Cymothoidae are distributed in South America. They have mainly been recorded in the eastern and western regions of the Amazon River basin. However, in this ecosystem, the biodiversity of this group may be greater if the entire Amazon basin is considered. In this r...
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| author | Lucena Rocha Virgilio Marcos Sidney Brito Oliveira Lorrana Santana Almeida Ricardo Massato Takemoto Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti |
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| description | Abstract Most freshwater species of Cymothoidae are distributed in South America. They have mainly been recorded in the eastern and western regions of the Amazon River basin. However, in this ecosystem, the biodiversity of this group may be greater if the entire Amazon basin is considered. In this regard, the aim of the present study was to provide an updated list of isopod species of the family Cymothoidae that are found in fish in the Brazilian Amazon region and to report on new fish host occurrences and expanded geographical distributions for cymothoid isopods that parasitize fish in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon region. The parasites found in fish specimens were collected, fixed and identified later. We found eight species of Cymothoidae parasitizing different host fish species in the southwestern Amazon region. However, we found 14 species of Cymothoidae throughout the Brazilian Amazon region. Three additional species are thus reported here, which increases the number of species of Cymothoidae in this region to 17. These additional species are also new records for Brazil. Therefore, this study has contribute to expand the knowledge about the distribution and diversity of Cymothoidae in the Amazon basin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25a61742550648e0be21dbf05ad8c8792022-12-21T20:13:00ZengColégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia VeterinariaRevista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária1984-29612020-12-0129410.1590/s1984-29612020093Isopods Cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the AmazonLucena Rocha Virgiliohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7962-135XMarcos Sidney Brito OliveiraLorrana Santana AlmeidaRicardo Massato TakemotoLuís Marcelo Aranha CamargoDionatas Ulises de Oliveira MeneguettiAbstract Most freshwater species of Cymothoidae are distributed in South America. They have mainly been recorded in the eastern and western regions of the Amazon River basin. However, in this ecosystem, the biodiversity of this group may be greater if the entire Amazon basin is considered. In this regard, the aim of the present study was to provide an updated list of isopod species of the family Cymothoidae that are found in fish in the Brazilian Amazon region and to report on new fish host occurrences and expanded geographical distributions for cymothoid isopods that parasitize fish in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon region. The parasites found in fish specimens were collected, fixed and identified later. We found eight species of Cymothoidae parasitizing different host fish species in the southwestern Amazon region. However, we found 14 species of Cymothoidae throughout the Brazilian Amazon region. Three additional species are thus reported here, which increases the number of species of Cymothoidae in this region to 17. These additional species are also new records for Brazil. Therefore, this study has contribute to expand the knowledge about the distribution and diversity of Cymothoidae in the Amazon basin.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612020000400323&tlng=enAmazon River basingeographical distributionCymothoidaefreshwater fishdiversity |
| spellingShingle | Lucena Rocha Virgilio Marcos Sidney Brito Oliveira Lorrana Santana Almeida Ricardo Massato Takemoto Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti Isopods Cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the Amazon Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária Amazon River basin geographical distribution Cymothoidae freshwater fish diversity |
| title | Isopods Cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the Amazon |
| title_full | Isopods Cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the Amazon |
| title_fullStr | Isopods Cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the Amazon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Isopods Cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the Amazon |
| title_short | Isopods Cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the Amazon |
| title_sort | isopods cymothoidae ectoparasites of fish from the amazon |
| topic | Amazon River basin geographical distribution Cymothoidae freshwater fish diversity |
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