Integrative taxonomy, phylogeny and coevolution of monogenoids (Platyhelminthes: Cercomeromorpha) parasites of Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) from Brazilian Coast

• Grant number: 17/17531-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): September 01, 2018
• Effective date (End): April 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering - Marine Fishing Resources
• Principal Investigator: Edson Aparecido Adriano
• Grantee: Geusivam Barbosa Soares
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 21/07380-0 - Comparison of cophylogenetic methods in the analyses of patterns of historical association between monogenoidean parasites and their marine catfish (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from Brazilian coast, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Recent estimates suggest that about 250 species of invertebrate metazoan parasitize marine catfish from the Ariidae family worldwide. Although this number suggests a great diversity of organisms parasitizing these hosts, it is necessary to reflect that so far only a restricted number of ariids have been examined for parasites. An example of that are the parasitic flatworms of the Monogenoidea Class, where only 19% of the ariids species known were examined for this group of parasites. It is evident that our knowledge of the diversity of this group of organisms is still incomplete and that any effort to implement a research program aimed at documenting the monogenoids parasites of marine catfish will contribute to the knowledge about biodiversity. The aim of this project is to inventory the parasitic fauna of monogenoids parasites of ariids catfish of the Brazilian coast, in order to establish the necessary taxonomic basis to propose phylogenetic hypotheses for the monogenoids studied and to elucidate the coevolutionary processes responsible for the diversification patterns of the parasites associated to the ariids catfish of the Brazilian coast. (AU)

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)

DE AGUIAR, JULIO CESAR CENCI; DOMINGUES, MARCUS VINICIUS; SILVA, WILLIAN; CECCARELLI, PAULO SERGIO; ADRIANO, EDSON APARECIDO; SOARES, GEUSIVAM BARBOSA. orphology and molecular phylogeny of Pauciconfibuloides amazonica gen. n. sp. n. (Platyhelminthes, Monogenoidea) parasitizing the Amazonian croaker Plagioscion squamosissimu. Parasitology International, v. 87, APR 2022. (13/21374-6, 16/22047-7, 17/17531-0, 13/20770-5)

SOARES, GEUSIVAM B. B.; ADRIANO, EDSON A. A.; DOMINGUES, MARCUS V. V.; BALBUENA, JUAN ANTONIO. Diversification processes between monogenoids (Dactylogyridae) and their marine catfish (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Atlantic coast of South America. Parasitology, v. N/A, p. 11-pg., 2022-11-29. (21/07380-0, 17/17531-0)

CORREA, LINCOLN LIMA; SOARES, GEUSIVAM BARBOSA; MUELLER, MARIA ISABEL; ADRIANO, EDSON APARECIDO. First morphological and molecular characterization of the genus Eustrongylides nematode larvae infecting fish in the Brazilian Amazon. BIOLOGIA, v. 78, n. 10, p. 8-pg., 2023-05-08. (17/17531-0, 16/22047-7, 17/16546-3)

SOARES, GEUSIVAM B.; DOMINGUES, MARCUS V.; ADRIANO, EDSON A.. Morphological and molecular characterization of Udonella brasiliensis n. sp. (Monogenoidea), an epibiont on Caligus sp. parasite of Ariidae from the southeastern coast of Brazil. Parasitology International, v. 83, AUG 2021. (17/17531-0)

SOARES, GEUSIVAM B.; DOMINGUES, V, MARCUS; ADRIANO, EDSON A.. An integrative taxonomic study of Susanlimocotyle narina n. gen. n. sp. (Monogenoidea, Dactylogyridae) from the nasal cavities of a marine catfish (Siluriformes, Ariidae) from the Atlantic Amazon Coast of Brazil and new molecular data of Chauhanellus spp.. Parasitology International, v. 81, APR 2021. (17/17531-0)

SOARES, G. B.; MARTINS, M. F.; VIANNA, R. T.; DOMINGUES, M. V.; ADRIANO, E. A.. Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Chauhanellus Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1969 (Monogenoidea) parasitizing marine catfish (Ariidae) from the Atlantic coast of South America: a new species, supplementary taxonomic information and new insights. JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY, v. 97, p. 14-pg., 2023-03-24. (17/17531-0)