NEW RECORDS OF THE ISOPOD Leidya distorta INFESTING THE MANGROVE CRAB Ucides cordatus FROM SOUTH AMERICA

Author(s)

Wunderlich, Alison Carlos ; Carmona-Suarez, Carlos Alberto ; Amaro Pinheiro, Marcelo Antonio

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: BOLETIM DO INSTITUTO DE PESCA; v. 43, n. 2, p. 283-290, 2017.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

The Neotropical region has a large diversity of crabs. However, the diversity of the parasites infesting these crustaceans is still poorly known. In this study, we recorded three new occurrences of the isopod bopyrid Leidya distorta on Ucides cordatus from Southern Brazil and North-Eastern Venezuela. Crabs were collected in mangroves of Venezuela (Cumana) and Brazil (Cananeia and Sao Vicente). A total of 281 crabs were captured in these localities and dissected in the laboratory to verify parasitism by L. distorta. Three of these crabs were infested with L. distorta. Parasitic prevalences in the crabs were generally very low (1.1%), and differed according to localities: Cananeia (2.6%) and Sao Vicente (2.2%) were slightly higher than in Cumana (0.5%). Here, we present new records of L. distorta infesting the mangrove crab U. cordatus from South America and reviewed the brachyuran that serve as host to L. distorta. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/14725-1 - Project Uçá III - Genotoxic impact on population of uçá-crab, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Crustacea, Brachyura, Ucididae): evaluation and correlation with of heavy metal concentration in five mangroves of the São Paulo State
• Grantee: Marcelo Antonio Amaro Pinheiro
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants