Parasites of the Mutton Snapper Lutjanus analis (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) in Alagoas, Brazil

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

Margarida Hermida (Author) Other; Bruno Ferreira L Lyra Carvalho (Author) Other; Cristina Cruz (Author) FCUP; Aurelia Saraiva (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA

Vol. 23

Pages: 241-243

ISSN: 1984-2961

Publisher: BRAZILIAN COLL VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Indexing

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Scientific classification

FOS: Agrarian Sciences > Veterinary science

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-X33

DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612014023

Abstract (EN): A parasitological survey was carried out on a sample of sixty mutton snappers (Lutjanus analis) that were caught on the coast of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. The parasite diversity and infection levels were low. The ectoparasite Rocinela signata Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (Isopoda: Aegidae), and larvae of two endoparasites, Trypanorhyncha gen. sp. and Hysterothylacium sp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae), were detected. The significance of these parasites is discussed in the context of their transmission pathways and potential impact.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3