Open AccessLarvas de Anisakidae na musculatura do pargo, Pagrus pagrus, no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Author(s) -
Caroline D. R. Saad,
José L. Luque
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinária/brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology
Language(s) - Portuguese
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1984-2961
pISSN - 0103-846X
DOI - 10.4322/rbpv.018e1014
Subject(s) - anisakidae , pagrus , biology , larva , fishery , parasite hosting , zoology , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , world wide web , computer science
Musculature of 36 specimens of Pagrus pagrus from the coastal zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro were examined to study larval of anisakid nematodes between January and May 2008. A total of 24 larval of Anisakis sp., Contracaecum sp., Hysterothylacium sp. and Raphidascaris sp. were collected infecting seven fishes (19.4%). Larval Hysterothylacium sp. and Contracaecum sp. showed highest prevalence and Hysterothylacium sp. highest parasite abundance. This is the first record of larval anisakids in the somatic musculature of P. pagrus.