LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Parasitism by a Digenea in Lucina pectinata (Mollusca: Lucinidae)

Ribeiro, M M; Oliveira, J B; Boehs, G.

Braz. j. biol; 78 (1), 2018

Abstract Lucina pectinata is an important economic resource in the Brazilian coast. This study reports parasitism caused by a Digenea in this species. The specimens (n = 470) were collected in December 2012 in a mangrove swamp of the Cachoeira River estuary, Bahia, Brazil. They were measured along the an...

Bivalvos/parasitología, Brasil, Estuarios, Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos, Ríos, Trematodos/patogenicidad

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Parasites of economically important bivalves from the southern coast of Bahia State, Brazil

Zeidan, Gabriela Calvi; Luz, Mariane dos Santos Aguiar; Boehs, Guisla.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 21 (4), 2012

This study investigated the parasites of three commercially important bivalve species (Crassostrea rhizophorae, Mytella guyanensis and Lucina pectinata) from the southern coast of Bahia, Brazil. A total of 540 specimens were collected in August 2009 and February 2010, at three localities. The bivalve spe...

Bivalvos/anatomía & histología, Factores Económicos, Brasil, Bivalvos/parasitología, Enfermedades Parasitarias en Animales/diagnóstico

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