PHYSA MARMORATA (MOLLUSCA: PHYSIDAE) AS INTERMEDIATE HOST OF ECHINOSTOMA EXILE (TREMATODA: ECHINOSTOMATIDAE) IN BRAZIL

Authors

  • Hudson Alves Pinto Laboratório de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. CP 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5519-1348
  • Alan Lane de Melo Laboratório de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. CP 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-7210

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621020

Keywords:

cercariae, experimental infection, snails, trematodes.

Abstract

Echinostome cercariae with 45 collar spines were found in Physa marmorata Guilding, 1828 collected in a water body located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Metacercariae were obtained experimentally in Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818) and used to perform the infection of Columba livia Gmelin, 1789. Adult parasites recovered in the small intestine of the pigeons at 14 days after infection were identified as Echinostoma exile Lutz, 1924. The morphology of cercaria of E. exile is described for the first time and P. marmorata is reported as the natural first intermediate host of the parasite.

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Published

2012-12-12

How to Cite

Alves Pinto, H., & de Melo, A. L. (2012). PHYSA MARMORATA (MOLLUSCA: PHYSIDAE) AS INTERMEDIATE HOST OF ECHINOSTOMA EXILE (TREMATODA: ECHINOSTOMATIDAE) IN BRAZIL. Neotropical Helminthology, 6(2), 291–299. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621020

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