NEW FRESHWATER FISH HOSTS OF GORDIIDS (NEMATOMORPHA) LARVAE IN THE SOUTH OF CHILE

Authors

  • Patricio Torres-Hevia Instituto de Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Edificio de Ciencias Biomédicas, IslaTeja, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9882-0183

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh20211511026

Keywords:

Aplochiton, Chile, fish, Nematomorpha, parasites, Trichomycterus

Abstract

Nematomorpha Vejdovsky, 1886 includes most of its species in the taxon Gordiida, presenting a freshwater free-living adult and a parasitic larval stage that live in some aquatic invertebrates, amphibians and fish. Present results documented morphological characteristics of  unencysted and encysted larvae of gordiids in the intestines of two new freshwater fish hosts,  Aplochiton zebra Jenyns, 1842 (Osmeriformes, Galaxiidae) and Trichomycterus areolatus Valenciennes, 1846 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), in the south of Chile.

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Published

2021-03-05

How to Cite

Torres-Hevia, P. (2021). NEW FRESHWATER FISH HOSTS OF GORDIIDS (NEMATOMORPHA) LARVAE IN THE SOUTH OF CHILE. Neotropical Helminthology, 15(1), 79–84. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh20211511026

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