Biodiversity of helminth parasites of fishes from the Sapucaí-Mirim River, São Paulo State, Brazil

• Grant number: 11/23588-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Parasitology - Helminthology of Parasites
• Principal Investigator: Reinaldo José da Silva
• Grantee: Aline Cristina Zago
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/11542-4 - Biodiversity and spatial structure of metazoan parasite communities of fishes from the Sapucaí-Mirim River, Southeastern Brazil, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Parasites were recently recognized as important components of the global biodiversity, because of the important roles played by these organisms in natural ecosystems. Although knowledge about the diversity of parasites has increased in recent decades, there are still many species to be identified. Thus, the aim of this project is to conduct a survey of the biodiversity of metazoan parasites of 18 fish species from the Sapucaí-Mirim River, São Paulo State, Brazil. Collections will be conducted at Sapucaí-Mirim River, near the municipalities of Guara and São Joaquim da Barra, São Paulo State, Brazil. Four collections will be made, during the period of two years (2012 and 2013). The collections will be carrying out in different seasonal periods, one during the summer and another during the winter of each year. In each collect will be caught 10 specimens of each fish species. All fish specimens will be photographed and parasites were analyzed using a computerized system for image analysis. The following parameters of the parasite communities will be analyze: prevalence, mean abundance, mean intensity of infection, the pattern of parasite species distribution, dominance, richness and diversity.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FRANCESCHINI, L.; ACOSTA, A. A.; ZAGO, A. C.; MUELLER, M. I.; DA SILVA, R. J.. Trinigyrus spp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Brazilian catfishes: new species, molecular data and new morphological contributions to the genus. JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY, v. 94, 2020. (15/22382-8, 16/07829-9, 12/22895-7, 12/07850-7, 15/11543-0, 11/23588-8, 15/11542-4, 17/16546-3)

ALINE C. ZAGO; FÁBIO H. YAMADA; LIDIANE FRANCESCHINI; MARCELA F. BONGIOVANI; PRISCILLA O.F. YAMADA; REINALDO J. DA SILVA. A new species of Tereancistrum (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) from the gills of three Leporinus species (Characiformes, Anostomidae) and a revised description of Tereancistrum parvus. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 89, n. 2, p. 1121-1131, 2017-05-02. (11/22603-3, 11/23588-8, 13/19776-9, 14/14298-4, 15/11542-4)

ACOSTA, ALINE ANGELINA; FRANCESCHINI, LIDIANE; ZAGO, ALINE CRISTINA; SCHOLZ, TOMAS; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. Six new species of Heteropriapulus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from South American fishes with an amended diagnosis to the genus. Zootaxa, v. 4290, n. 3, p. 459-482, JUL 10 2017. (15/22382-8, 12/22895-7, 12/07850-7, 11/23588-8)

ALINE C. ZAGO; FÁBIO H. YAMADA; LIDIANE FRANCESCHINI; MARCELA F. BONGIOVANI; PRISCILLA O.F. YAMADA; REINALDO J. DA SILVA. A new species of Tereancistrum (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) from the gills of three Leporinus species (Characiformes, Anostomidae) and a revised description of Tereancistrum parvus. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, n. ahead, p. 0-0, 2017. (13/19776-9, 11/23588-8, 11/22603-3, 14/14298-4, 15/11542-4)

ZAGO, ALINE CRISTINA; FRANCESCHINI, LIDIANE; MULLER, MARIA ISABEL; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. A new species of Cacatuocotyle (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) parasitizing Astyanax spp. (Characiformes, Characidae) from Brazil, including molecular data and a key to species identification. ACTA PARASITOLOGICA, v. 63, n. 2, p. 261-269, JUN 2018. (12/07850-7, 11/23588-8, 16/07829-9, 15/11542-4)

ZAGO, ALINE CRISTINA; YAMADA, FABIO HIDEKI; DE OLIVEIRA FADEL YAMADA, PRISCILLA; FRANCESCHINI, LIDIANE; BONGIOVANI, MARCELA FONTES; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. Seven new species ofUrocleidoides(Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Brazilian fishes supported by morphological and molecular data. Parasitology Research, v. 119, n. 10, AUG 2020. (12/07850-7, 13/19776-9, 15/11542-4, 16/07829-9, 14/14298-4, 11/23588-8, 15/11543-0, 11/22603-3)

ZAGO, ALINE CRISTINA; FRANCESCHINI, LIDIANE; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO; MULLER, MARIA ISABEL; AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. orphological and molecular data of new species of Characithecium and Diaphorocleidus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Neotropical characid fishe. Parasitology International, v. 84, OCT 2021. (15/11542-4, 15/11543-0, 16/07829-9, 12/07850-7, 16/21040-9, 11/23588-8, 17/16546-3)

FADEL YAMADA, PRISCILLA DE OLIVEIRA; MUELLER, MARIA ISABEL; ZAGO, ALINE CRISTINA; YAMADA, FABIO HIDEKI; EBERT, MARIANA BERTHOLDI; FRANCESCHINI, LIDIANE; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. Three New Species of Jainus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) Parasitizing Gills of Brazilian Freshwater Fishes Supported by Morphological and Molecular Data & DAG;. DIVERSITY-BASEL, v. 15, n. 5, p. 19-pg., 2023-05-14. (21/12779-9, 15/11543-0, 16/07829-9, 14/14298-4, 17/16546-3, 15/11542-4, 12/07850-7, 11/22603-3, 20/05412-9, 11/23588-8)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ZAGO, Aline Cristina. Biodiversity of parasites of fishes from the Sapucaí-Mirim River, São Paulo State, Brazil. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Biociências. Botucatu Botucatu.