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Occurrence of isopods ectoparasites in marine fish on the Cotegipe Bay, north-eastern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2009

Gustavo Freire de Carvalho-Souza ,
Jonas Rodrigues de Souza Neto ,
Fabrício Tourinho Aleluia ,
Itaquaracy Araújo Nascimento ,
Henrique Browne-Ribeiro ,
Rodrigo Cerqueira Santos  and
Moacir Santos Tinôco
Gustavo Freire de Carvalho-Souza*
Affiliation:
Lacerta Ambiental Ltda. (LACERTA), Avenida Tancredo Neves, n 939, edf. Esplanada Tower, sala 1305, 41.820-020, Caminho das Árvores, Bahia, Brazil Centro de Ecologia e Conservação Animal (ECOA/UCSal) Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação dos Ecossistemas Aquáticos (Biota Aquática)
Jonas Rodrigues de Souza Neto
Affiliation:
Lacerta Ambiental Ltda. (LACERTA), Avenida Tancredo Neves, n 939, edf. Esplanada Tower, sala 1305, 41.820-020, Caminho das Árvores, Bahia, Brazil Centro de Ecologia e Conservação Animal (ECOA/UCSal)
Fabrício Tourinho Aleluia
Affiliation:
Lacerta Ambiental Ltda. (LACERTA), Avenida Tancredo Neves, n 939, edf. Esplanada Tower, sala 1305, 41.820-020, Caminho das Árvores, Bahia, Brazil
Itaquaracy Araújo Nascimento
Affiliation:
Lacerta Ambiental Ltda. (LACERTA), Avenida Tancredo Neves, n 939, edf. Esplanada Tower, sala 1305, 41.820-020, Caminho das Árvores, Bahia, Brazil Centro de Ecologia e Conservação Animal (ECOA/UCSal)
Henrique Browne-Ribeiro
Affiliation:
Lacerta Ambiental Ltda. (LACERTA), Avenida Tancredo Neves, n 939, edf. Esplanada Tower, sala 1305, 41.820-020, Caminho das Árvores, Bahia, Brazil Centro de Ecologia e Conservação Animal (ECOA/UCSal)
Rodrigo Cerqueira Santos
Affiliation:
Lacerta Ambiental Ltda. (LACERTA), Avenida Tancredo Neves, n 939, edf. Esplanada Tower, sala 1305, 41.820-020, Caminho das Árvores, Bahia, Brazil Centro de Ecologia e Conservação Animal (ECOA/UCSal)
Moacir Santos Tinôco
Affiliation:
Lacerta Ambiental Ltda. (LACERTA), Avenida Tancredo Neves, n 939, edf. Esplanada Tower, sala 1305, 41.820-020, Caminho das Árvores, Bahia, Brazil Centro de Ecologia e Conservação Animal (ECOA/UCSal)
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: G.F. de Carvalho-Souza, Lacerta Ambiental Ltda. (LACERTA), Avenida Tancredo Neves, n 939, edf. Esplanada Tower, sala 1305, 41.820-020, Caminho das Árvores, Bahia, Brazil email: gustavofcsouza@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

The parasite–host interactions among two isopod species Cymothoa spinipalpa and Rocinela signata and five marine fish species, Chloroscombrus chrysurus, Caranx crysos, Oligoplites saliens, Lutjanus synagris and Trichiurus lepturus, are described here and registered for the first time on the coast of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil. Based on samples using different fishing techniques in different seasons from 2006 to 2009, discussions of the ecological and clinical association of these interactions are presented in this paper. Most fish species showed high prevalence indices associated with a high abundance of host fish.

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ecological syndromesinteractionparasitismBahia

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e160
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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