Digenean metacercaria (Trematoda, Digenea, Lepocreadiidae) parasitizing "coelenterates" (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa and Ctenophora) from Southeastern Brazil

Morandini, André Carrara; Martorelli, Sergio Roberto; Marques, Antonio Carlos; Silveira, Fábio Lang da

Abstracts

Metacercaria specimens of the genus Opechona (Trematoda: Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) are described parasitizing "coelenterates" (scyphomedusae and ctenophores) from Southeastern Brazil (São Paulo state). The worms are compared to other Opechona species occurring on the Brazilian coast, but no association has been made because only adult forms of these species have been described. Suppositions as to the possible transference of the parasites are made.

Metacercaria; Cnidaria; Ctenophora; South Atlantic

Exemplares de metacercárias do gênero Opechona (Trematoda: Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) são descritos parasitando "celenterados" (cifomedusas e ctenóforos) no sudeste do Brasil (estado de São Paulo). Os vermes foram comparados a outras espécies de Opechona ocorrentes no litoral brasileiro, porém nenhuma associação foi realizada devido às demais espécies terem sido descritas a partir de exemplares adultos. São apresentadas suposições sobre as possíveis formas de transferência dos parasitas.

Metacercaria; Cnidaria; Ctenophora; Atlântico Sul

Abdallah, V. D.; Luque, J. L.; Alves, D. R. & Paraguassú, A. R. 2002. Aspectos quantitativos das infrapopulações de metazoários parasitos da cavalinha, Scomber japonicus (Osteichthyes: Scombridae), do litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rev. Univ. Rural, Sér. Ciênc. Vida, 22:104-107.
Amato, J. F. R. 1983. Digenetic trematodes of percoid fishes of Florianópolis, Southern Brazil - Homalometridae, Lepocreadiidae, and Opecoelidae, with the description of seven new species. Rev. Bras. Biol., 43:73-98.
Arai, M. N. 1997. A Functional Biology of Scyphozoa. Chapman & Hall, London. 316p.
Bouillon, J. 1987. Considérations sur le développement des Narcoméduses et sur leur position phylogénétique. Indo-Malay. Zool., 4:189-278
Bray, R. A. 1988. A discussion of the status of the subfamily Baccigerinae Yamaguty, 1958 (Digenea) and the constitution of the family Fellodistomidae Nicoll, 1909. Syst. Parasit., 11:97-112
Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I. 1990. The Lepocreadiidae (Digenea) of fishes of the north-east Atlantic: review of the genera Opechona Looss, 1907 and Prodistomum Linton, 1910. Syst. Parasit., 15:159-202.
Bray, R. A. & Cribb, T. H. 1998. Lepocreadiidae (Digenea) of Australian coastal fishes: new species of Opechona Looss, 1907, Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932 and Bianium Stunkard, 1930 and comments on other species reported for the first time or poorly known in Australian waters. Syst. Parasit., 41:123-148.
Bush, A. O.; Lafferty, K. D.; Lotz, J. M. & Shostak, A. W. 1997. Parasitology meets Ecology on its own terms: Margolis et al. Revisited. J. Parasitol., 83:575-583.
Child, C. A. & Harbison, G. R. 1986. A parasitic association between a pycnogonid and a scyphomedusa in midwater. J. mar. biol. Ass. UK, 66:113-117.
Crowell, S. 1976. An edwardsiid larva parasitic in Mnemiopsis In: Mackie, G.O., ed. Coelenterate Ecology and Behaviour. New York, Plenum Publishing Corp. p. 247-250.
Fabio, S. P. de 2001. Trematódeos parasitos de Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces: Serranidae) em Angra dos Reis, RJ, Brasil. Bol. Mus. Nac., NS, Zool., 456:1-8.
GESAMP 1997. Opportunistic settlers and the problem of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi invasion in the Black Sea. GESAMP Rep Stud, 58:84 p.
Gómez del Prado-Rosas, M. C.; Segura-Puertas, L.; Álvarez-Cadena, J. N. & Lamothe-Argumedo, R. 2000. Opechona pyriforme metacercaria (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae) in Eirene lactea (Cnidaria: Hydroidomedusae) from a reef lagoon in the Mexican Caribbean Sea. An. Inst. Biol., Univ. nac. auton. Méx., Ser. Zool., 71:1-6.
Girola, C.V.; Martorelli, S.R. & Sardella, N.H. 1992. Presencia de metacercarias de Monascus filiformis (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) en hidromedusas del Océano Atlántico Sur. Rev. chil. hist. nat., 65:409-415.
Harbison, G. R.; Biggs, D. C. & Madin, L. P. 1977. The associations of Amphipoda Hyperiidea with gelatinous zooplankton - II. Associations with cnidarians, ctenophora and radiolaria. Deep Sea Res., 24:465-485.
Køie, M. 1975. On the morphology and life-history of Opechona bacillaris (Molin 1859) Looss 1907 (Trematoda, Lepocreadiidae). Ophelia, 13:63-86.
Lebour, M.V. 1916. Medusae as hosts for larval trematode. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K., 11: 57-59.
Mahoney, R. 1973. Laboratory Techniques in Zoology. London, Butterworth & Co., 404p.
Marcogliese, D. J. 1995. The role of zooplankton in the transmission of helminth parasites to fish. Rev. Fish. Biol. Fisher., 5:336-371.
Margolis, L.; Esch, G. W.; Holmes, J. C.; Kuris, A. M. & Schad, G. A. 1982. The use of ecological terms in parasitology (Report of an ad hoc committee of the American Society of Parasitology). J. Parasit., 68:131-133.
Martorelli, S. R. 1991. Primera cita de una cercaria tricocerca parásita de Dorsanum moniliferum (Mollusca, Buccinidae) para el Atlántico sud-occidental. Aportes al conocimiento de su ciclo de vida. Geotropica, 37:57-65.
Martorelli, S. R. 1996. First record of encysted metacercaria in hydrozoan jellyfishes and ctenophores of the Southern Atlantic. J. Parasit., 82:352-353.
Martorelli, S. R. 2001. Digenean parasites of jellyfish and ctenophores of the Southern Atlantic. Hydrobiol., 451:305-310.
Martorell,i S. R. & Cremonte, F. 1998. A proposed three-host life history of Monascus filiformis (Rudolphi, 1819) (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) in the southwest Atlantic Ocean. Can. J. Zool., 76:1198-1203.
Mianzan, H. W.; Marí, N.; Prenski, B. & Sánchez, F. 1996. Fish predation on neritic ctenophores from the Argentine continental shelf: a neglected food resource ? Fish. Res., 27:69-79.
Mianzan, H.W.; Pájaro, M.; Alvarez Colombo, G. & Madirolas, A. 2001. Feeding on survival-food: gelatinous plankton as a source of food for anchovies. Hydrobiol., 451:45-53.
Moestafa, S. H. & McConnaughey, B. H. 1966. Catostylus ouwensi (Rhizostomeae, Catostylidae) a new jellyfish from Irian (New Guinea) and Ouwensia catostyli n. gen, n. sp, parasitic in C. ouwensi Treubia, 27:1-9.
Pagès, F. 2000. Biological associations between barnacles and jellyfish with emphasis on the ectoparasitism of Alepas pacifica (Lepadormorpha) on Diplulmaris malayensis (Scyphozoa). J. nat. Hist., 34:2045-2056.
Phillips, P. J. & Levin, N. L. 1973. Cestode larvae from scyphomedusae of the Gulf of Mexico. Bull. mar. Sci., 23: 574-584.
Reimer, L. W.; Berger, C. H.; Heuer, B.; Lainka, H.; Rosenthal, I. & Scharnweber, I. 1971. On the distribution of larvae of helminths in plankton animals of the North sea. Parasitologiya, 5:542-550.
Stunkard, H. W. 1969. The morphology and life-history of Neopechona pyriforme (Linton, 1900) n. gen, n. comb (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae). Biol. Bull., 136: 96-113.
Stunkard, H. W. 1980. The morphology, life cycle, and taxonomic relations of Lepocreadium areolatum (Trematoda: Digenea). Biol. Bull., 158:154-163.
Stunkard, H. W. 1983. The marine cercariae of the Woods Hole, Massachusetts region, a review and a revision. Biol. Bull., 164:143-162.
Thiel, M.E. 1976. Wirbellose Meerestiere als Parasiten, Kommensalen oder Symbionten in oder an Scyphomedusen. Helgol. Wiss. Meeresunt., 28:417-446.
Vannucci-Mendes, M. 1954. Sôbre a larva de Dibothriorhynchus dinoi, sp. n. parasita dos Rhizostomata. (Cestoda Tetrarhynchidea). Arq. Mus. Paran., 4:47-82.
Wallet, M. & Kohn, A. 1987. Trématodes parasites de poissons marins du littoral de Rio de Janeiro, Brésil. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 82:21-27.
Yip, S. Y. 1984. Parasites of Pleurobrachia pileus Müller (Ctenophora) from Galway Bay, Western Ireland. J. Plankt. Res., 6:107-122.

Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
20 Jan 2009
Date of issue
June 2005

History

Accepted
30 June 2005
Reviewed
02 Mar 2005
Received
19 Nov 2004

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[23] Martorelli, S. R. 2001. Digenean parasites of jellyfish and ctenophores of the Southern Atlantic. Hydrobiol., 451:305-310.

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