Pholeter gastrophilus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae), a parasite of dolphins from Brazilian waters
This is the first confirmed report of Pholeter gastrophilus infecting three delphinid species from Brazilian waters, Steno bredanensis, Tursiops truncatus, and Feresa attenuata. The worms were identified based on morphological and molecular data using the 28S rDNA and COI mtDNA genes. The present st...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNESP |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/229854 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11756-021-00833-7 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/229854 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | 28S rDNA gene COI mtDNA gene Digenea Feresa attenuata Gastric parasite Southwestern Atlantic ocean Steno bredanensis Tursiops truncatus |
| Resumo: | This is the first confirmed report of Pholeter gastrophilus infecting three delphinid species from Brazilian waters, Steno bredanensis, Tursiops truncatus, and Feresa attenuata. The worms were identified based on morphological and molecular data using the 28S rDNA and COI mtDNA genes. The present study increases the distribution area of this trematode species and provides new molecular data to be used in future phylogenetic studies of the group, thus contributing to scientific knowledge on marine parasites. |
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