CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
bachelor's at Ciencias Biológicas from Universidade de São Paulo (1971), master's at Zoology from Universidade de São Paulo (1976) and doctorate at Zoology from Universidade de São Paulo (1980). Has experience in Zoology, focusing on Animal Utilization, acting on the following subjects: bivalvia, mollusca, hyriidae, corbicula fluminea and corbiculidae. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The Brazilian freshwater mussels, particularly from Sao Paulo State, are little known. Instead of oysters and saltwater mussels, the freshwater mussels needed a kind of host fish to complete their life cycle. Like parasites, the glochids are dependent of fishes to feed during their ontogenetic development. When fixed with success on to a host fish, they encysted for a period that varies f…
The study of the biodiversity of benthonic macroinvertebrates comprises three sub-projects relating to large taxonomic groups: Crustacean, Mollusks and Insects. It aims to improve the taxonomic knowledge of the groups, increase the collections in museums, especially in the Zoological Museum of the University of São Paulo, so that they can better deal with the needs of academic and applied…
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