Temporal distribution of Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) naturally infected with Centrocestus formosanus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Brazil

Authors

  • Hudson A. Pinto Laboratório de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
  • Alan L. de Melo Laboratório de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2013.23844

Keywords:

Cercaria, heterophyid, Minas Gerais, thiarids, trematodes, seasonality

Abstract

Melanoides tuberculata harboring pleurolophocercous cercariae identified as Centrocestus formosanus were collected monthly from March 2006 to February 2007, during a malacological survey conducted at the Pampulha Reservoir, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. From 2,727 specimens of thiarids collected, 190 (7%) were infected with C. formosanus. Larvae of this heterophyid were found in the snails in all months sampled and prevalence of infection between 0.3% and 37% were recorded. The seasonal occurrence of C. formosanus in M. tuberculata is reported for the first time in Brazil.

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Published

2013-08-13

How to Cite

Pinto, H. A., & Melo, A. L. de. (2013). Temporal distribution of Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) naturally infected with Centrocestus formosanus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Brazil. Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity, 11(1), 79–82. https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2013.23844

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2013):

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Short communications

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