Affiliation:
1. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Abstract
Abstract Pleurolophocercous cercariae found in the invasive gastropod Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) collected in a stream of the Vila do Abraão, Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were used for experimental infection that enabled the identification of the heterophyid trematode Centrocestus formosanus (Nishigori, 1924). The parasite has been found in the locality since 2007, after two years of the introduction of M. tuberculata. Recently, from a sample of 483 specimens collected in June 2013, 101 (21%) were found infected with parasite. The potential environmental impacts caused by the parasite occurrence could be underestimated in the country, and actions to monitor and control both the parasite and the mollusk are necessary.
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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