Title
First report of Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) harboring a xiphidiocercaria in Brazil: A new parasite introduced in the Americas?
Date Issued
01 June 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Lopes A.S.
López-Hernández D.
Melo A.L.d.
Pinto H.A.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Xiphidiocercariae were found in the invasive snail Melanoides tuberculata collected during a malacological survey in Ceará-Mirim, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil in November 2018 and submitted to morphological and molecular analyses. The morphology revealed similarities between the larvae here reported for the first time in M. tuberculata from Brazil and other xiphidiocercariae described in thiarid snails from Asia and Africa. Phylogenetic analyses based on 28S and ITS-2 sequences revealed that the larvae correspond to an unidentified species of the family Lecithodendriidae. Aspects related to the morphology and taxonomy of xiphidiocercariae found in M. tuberculata are briefly discussed. It is possible that the parasite here reported is a newly introduced species transmitted by M. tuberculata in the American continent.
Volume
82
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85100163960
PubMed ID
Source
Parasitology International
ISSN of the container
13835769
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil (student scholarship to ASL and EAPM, and research scholarship to HAP and ALM). Thanks are due to the “Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Parasitária”, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, by all facilities to ALM in the field expedition.
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