Work

Checklist of helminth parasites of threatened vertebrate species from Brazil

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Using available records, unpublished information retrieved from the Helminthological Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (CHIOC) and published reports, a checklist of the recorded helminth parasites of endangered vertebrates from Brazil was generated. A total of 772 records and 186 helminth species (6 Acanthocephala, 83 Nematoda, 23 Cestoda, 64 Trematoda, 10 Monogenea) in 76 host species (7 Actinopterygii, 8 Chondrichthyes, 1 Amphibia, 10 Reptilia, 22 Aves, 28 Mammalia) from Brazil were listed in the present work, including 39 undetermined helminth species and 10 new host records. This is the first compilation of the helminth parasites of threatened vertebrates in Brazil and in the Neotropics.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2123.1.1

Authors: LUÍS C. MUNIZ-PEREIRA, FABIANO M. VIEIRA, JOSÉ L. LUQUE

Institutions: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Language: English

Topic: Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Subfield: Parasitology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W174866433

FWCI: 2.432

Cites: 93

Cited by: 56

Related to: 10