New records of Nasitrema atenuatta and Nasitrema globicephalae (Trematoda: Brachycladiidae) Neiland, Rice and Holden, 1970 in delphinids from South Atlantic

By

Ebert, Mariana Bertholdi
Valentere, Ana Luisa Schifino

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013-11-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1538--1540

Subjects

Brachycladiidae , Brazil , new records , Parasites , range extensions , Southwest Atlantic , Trematoda

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/9.6.1538

 

Abstract

Twenty-one Sotalia guianensis (van Bénéden, 1864) and one Steno bredanensis (Lesson, 1828) stranded on Brazilian coast were necropsied. Two species of Nasitrema (Trematoda: Brachycladiidae) Ozaki, 1935, were identified in the respiratory tract of the dolphins. Nasitrema atenuatta (Neiland, Rice and Holden, 1970) was found in S. guianensis (prevalence 28.7%, mean intensity 4.66 and mean abundance 1.33) and S. bredanensis (mean intensity and mean abundance six helminths). Nasitrema globicephalae (Neiland, Rice and Holden, 1970) was only found in S. bredanensis, with an infection intensity of 14 helminths. Nasitrema atenuatta and N. globicephalae are reported for the first time in South Atlantic.