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Pholeter gastrophilus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae), a parasite of dolphins from Brazilian waters

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Author(s):
Ebert, Mariana Bertholdi [1] ; Valente, Ana Luisa Schiffino [2] ; Cremer, Marta Jussara [3] ; da Silva, Reinaldo Jose [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Sao Paulo State Univ UNESP Campus Botucatu, Dept Parasitol, Inst Biosci, Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[2] Fed Univ Pelotas UFPel, Inst Biol, Dept Morphol, Pelotas, RS - Brazil
[3] Univ Reg Joinville UNIVILLE, Lab Ecol & Conservat Coastal & Marine Tetrapods, Sao Francisco Do Sul, SC - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: BIOLOGIA; v. 76, n. 11 JUL 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

This is the first confirmed report of Pholeter gastrophilus infecting three delphinid species from Brazilian waters, Steno bredanensis, Tursiops truncatus, and Feresa attenuata. The worms were identified based on morphological and molecular data using the 28S rDNA and COI mtDNA genes. The present study increases the distribution area of this trematode species and provides new molecular data to be used in future phylogenetic studies of the group, thus contributing to scientific knowledge on marine parasites. (AU)