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During a study on the diversity of monogeneans infecting kyphosid fishes off the coast of Puerto Santa Rosa, Lambayeque region, northern Peru, specimens of the Cortez sea chub Kyphosus elegans (Peters) and the brassy chub K. vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard) were examined. Five diplectanids, including a new species, were identified: Acleotrema alejandroi...
The present study describes three new dactylogyrid species infecting the gill filaments of cichlid fishes (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) from the Amazon basin, Peru: Sciadicleithrum amazoniensis n. sp. on Biotodoma cupido (Heckel, 1840), and Sciadicleithrum feliciajaramae n. sp. and Sciadicleithrum souzatecci n. sp. on Bujurquina peregrinabunda Kullande...
Diphyllobothriosis, a fish-borne zoonosis in South America, is mainly caused by the Pacific broad tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931, a parasite of considerable concern in fishery resources due to its impact on public health. A new diphyllobothrid, Diphyllobothrium sprakeri Hernández-Orts et al. Parasites Vectors 14:219, 2021, was recen...
Monogeneans are flatworm parasites that infest fish gills primarily but can also infect various other vertebrates, including amphibians, aquatic reptiles, mammals like hippos, and occasionally invertebrates like copepods, isopods, and cephalopods. Despite their remarkable diversity, our knowledge of monogenean parasites in Peru remains significantl...
A new genus of dactylogyrid, Peruanella n. gen., is proposed to accommodate Peruanella madredediosensis n. sp. from Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (Britski) (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the Madre de Dios River, in Puerto Maldonado City, Madre de Dios region, Peru. The new genus differs from Neotropical dactylogyrids by possessing a combination of th...
As part of a parasitological survey, several specimens of two new monopisthocotylean species, Neotetraonchus celsomanueli sp. nov. and N. peruvianus sp. nov. (Dactylogyridea, Dactylogyridae), were collected from the gill filaments of the Peruvian sea catfish Galeichthys peruvianus (Siluriformes, Ariidae) off Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes region, Peru. Neo...
Two new dactylogyrid monogeneans, Anacanthorus cultro n. sp. and Notozothecium palometae n. sp., are described based on specimens collected from the gill filaments of Mylossoma albiscopum (Cope, 1872) (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae), a pelagic and herbivore teleost collected in the Tigre river, Loreto, Peru.
Some monogeneans were stained with Gomori...
Two new dactylogyrid species were found infecting the gill filaments of two freshwater fishes collected in the Amazon River basin around Madre de Dios, Peru, namely, Demidospermus wilverin. sp. from Loricaria sp. (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), and Notozothecium agustin. sp. from Brycon amazonicus (Spix & Agassiz) (Characiformes: Bryconidae). Demidos...
Based on morphological and molecular data, Brotulella n. gen. is proposed to accommodate the dactylogyrid monogeneans Brotulella laurafernandae n. sp. (type species) and Brotulella luisahelenae n. sp. on the gill filaments of the Pacific bearded brotula Brotula clarkae Hubbs, 1944 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) from Puerto Pizarro in the Tumbes region...
This study aimed to comprehensively update and expand the knowledge on the diversity and richness of helminth parasites found in Peruvian amphibians. A systematic search was conducted across primary databases, encompassing both indexed and non-indexed articles, to compile the most recent data. As of the present study, a total of 83 distinct helmint...
The back cusk eel, Genypterus maculatus (Tschudi, 1846), (Ophiidiformes: Ophiididae) is one of the benthic-demersal fish usually consumed in northern Peru. Here, we identified the third stage (L3) Anisakidae sampled from 29 specimens of G. maculatus captured off the south American Pacific coast, Lambayeque Region, Peru. A total of 20 anisakid nemat...
During a research of digeneans (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) infecting leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Kawsay Biological Station in Madre de Dios, southeastern Peru, four new species were described based on light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM): Anenterotrema paramegacetabulum n. sp. from the seba's short-tailed bat Caro...
The monogenean Haliotrematoides mediohamides Kritsky & Mendoza-Franco, 2009 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) is redescribed based on examination of the type specimen (paratypes) and newly collected specimens parasitizing the gills of the Pacific porgy, Calamus brachysomus (Lockington, 1880) (Perciformes: Sparidae) (type host), a neritic fish captured of...
A parasitological survey searching diplectanids (Monogenea: Diplecatnidae) infesting the gills of marine fishes from South America was carried out during the 2019–2020 period. The gills of four sciaenid species, 2 Cheilotrema fasciatum Tschudi, 1 smalleye croaker Nebris microps Cuvier, 2 royal highhat Pareques lanfeari (Barton), and 1 minor stardru...
Cynoscionella n. g. is proposed for
Cynoscionella sanmarci n. sp. and two previously described species of Diplectanum Diesing, 1858 were reassigned into the new genus. The three species are
gill parasites of sciaenid fishes (Perciformes: Sciaenidae). The new genus is closely related with Diplectanum (sensu stricto), but is mainly distinguished by i...
Cynoscionellan. g. is proposed for Cynoscionella sanmarcin. sp. and two previously described species of Diplectanum Diesing, 1858 were reassigned into the new genus. The three species are gill parasites of sciaenid fishes (Perciformes: Sciaenidae). The new genus is closely related with Diplectanum (sensu stricto), but is mainly distinguished by its...
The present paper describes a new species of Dermadena (Digenea) parasitizing Pseudobalistes naufragium in Puerto Pizarro, northern Peru, using light and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM). Additionally, molecular analysis was also performed to determine the phylogenetic affinities of Dermadena within the Lepocreadiidae. The new species is differ...
An annotated checklist of the helminth parasites associated with reptiles from Peru is provided, as the result of a compilation of parasitological papers published between 1963 and January 2022 and records of species deposited in national and international collections. The list provides data on hosts, developmental stage, sites of infection, geogra...
A parasitological survey searching monogeneans infesting marine fish was carried out
during June 2018 and January 2020 from the coastal zone of Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes
(northern Peru) and from the coastal zone of Chorrillos, Lima (central Peru). The
gills, skin, nasal cavities, or branchial gill-cover of seven species were sampled. Ten
monogenean sp...
A new species of Loimopapillosum Hargis, 1955 is described based on specimens collected from the gills of the diamond stingray, Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) captured off Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes Region, northern Peru. Loimopapillosum pascuali n. sp. is distinguished mainly from the type and only species, L...
Bicentenariella n. g. is proposed to accommodate three new species of dactylogyrid monogeneans found on the gills of the threadfin bass Pronotogrammus multifasciatus Gill (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean off Peru: Bicentenariella claudiae n. sp. (type-species), B. sinuosa n. sp. and B. puertopizarroensis n. sp. Bicenten...
Introduction
A new monogenean, Rhamnocercoides lambayequensis n. sp. (Dactylogyridea: Diplectanidae), is described based on the specimens collected from the gills of the Pacific kingcroaker Menticirrhus elongatus (Günther 1864) (Perciformes: Sciaenidae), a demersal fish endemic to Eastern Pacific, captured off the South American Pacific coast, Lamb...
Durante un estudio parasitológico de anfibios semiacuáticos de la zona alto andina del Perú, 83 especímenes del género Telmatobius[T. jelskii (n= 56), T. marmoratus (n=17) y T. peruvianus (n=10)] fueron adquiridos de mercados de la ciudad de Lima, Perú donde se consume licuado de las ranas andinas con propósitos de medicina tradicional, durante los...
Anueva especie de Mexicana (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) se describe, ilustra y se compara con las otras cuatro especies del género (M. anisotremum, M. atlantica, M. bychowskyi y M. littoralis) de un pez de la costa peruana: Mexicana iannaconi n. sp. de la branquia de Haemulon steindachneri (Haemulidae). La nueva especie se distingue fácilmente de...
El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo cuantificar los metazoos parásitos de 31 “caballa” Scomber japonicus provenientes del Puerto de Chicama, La Libertad, Perú durante el 2014. Se registraron 12 especies parásitas. Los ectoparásitos fueron: Clavellisa scombri y Ceratothoa gaudichaudii. Los endoparásitos fueron: Prodistomum orientalis, Koellikeria...
La Chita Anisotremus scapularis Tschudi, 1846 (Haemulidae) es una especie bentopelágica marina y carnívora que se distribuye entre Ecuador y Chile. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue identificar los helmintos que parasitan a A. scapularis en la costa peruana. Se adquirieron 20 especímenes de A. scapularis entre julio y octubre del 2013 procedente...
La corvina Cilus gilberti (Abbott, 1899) (Sciaenidae), es una especie demersal y carnívora que se distribuye desde Bahía Sechura (Perú) a Lote (Chile). Este trabajo representa un análisis cualitativo y cuantitativo de la comunidad parasitaria de C. gilberti en el Perú, con el objetivo de evaluar su comunidad de metazoos parásitos en la zona costera...
La “Merluza peruana” Merluccius gayi peruanus (Ginsburg, 1954), es la especie más abundante y económicamente importante en la pesquería de arrastre de fondo en el Perú. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar los índices parasitológicos de la merluza peruana M. gayi peruanus procedentes del Terminal Pesquero de Ventanilla durante los meses de...
Este estudio tuvo como objetivo registrar Unitubulotestis pelamydis (Taschenburg, 1879)
(Trematoda: Didymozoidae) y Sphyriocephalus tergestinus Pintner, 1913 (Trypanorhyncha:
Sphyriocephalidae) en el bonito del Pacífico Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832) (Scombridae) en Chorrillos, Lima, Perú (12º09'23 "S, 77º01'55" W). Se colectaron cien especímenes...
Se presentan los resultados de un examen helmintológico realizado en un especímen de puercoespín Coendou bicolor (Tschudi, 1844), del departamento de San Martín, Perú. El helminto endoparásito encontrado fue Heligmostrongylus sedecimradiatus (Linstow, 1899) Travassos, 1917. La distribución geográfica de Heligmostrongylus sedecimradiatus fue ampliad...
Un nuevo género y especie de Monogenea, Olivacotyle hemanthiasi n. gen., n. sp., se proponen para acomodar especímenes colectados de las branquias de la cabrilla doncella Hemanthias signifer (Garman, 1899) (Serranidae) en el Perú, Océano Pacífico Sudamericano (45°54'S, 81°05'W). Si bien es un miembro de Diclidophorinae Cerfontaine, 1895 que incluye...
El poderío de contaminación de los efluentes domésticos radica en la cantidad de materia orgánica y microorganismos que contienen. El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar las implicancias de la calidad sanitaria de las playas en la ecología parasitaria del “Muy Muy” Emerita analoga en la costa central del Perú. Se recolectaron 5287 especíme...
Ciento dieciocho especímenes de peces bentopelágicos de la zona costera de la región del Callao, Perú, fueron sometidas a una autopsia de mayo de 2015 a enero de 2016 para estudiar su comunidad de parásitos metazoos: 38 especímenes de Cheilodactylus variegatus Valenciennes, 1833 (Cheilodactylidae), 66 de Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mugilidae) y...
The objective of this work was to determine the parasitic helminth fauna of the phylostomid bats of Junin, Peru, as well as to prepare an updated checklist of records made in Peru. Thirty bats of 6 different species belonging to the family Phyllostomidae were captured in the locality of Chanchamayo, Junin, Peru. Of these species, Artibeus lituratus...
Pronotogrammella n. g. is erected to accommodate Pronotogrammella boegeri n. sp. (type-species), Pr. scholzi n. sp. and Pr. multifasciatus n. sp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae). The new species are gill parasites of the threadfin bass Pronotogrammus multifasciatus Gill (Perciformes: Serranidae), a demersal teleost collected from off the coastal zone o...
IntroductionA new monogenean, Heterocotyle margaritae n. sp. (Monocotylidae: Heterocotylinae), is described based on specimens collected from the gills of the diamond stingray, Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) captured off the South Pacific coast, Lima Region, Peru.Materials and methodsMonogeneans were fixed...
ABSTRACT. During a survey of helminth parasites of the brown ground snake, Atractus major Boulenger, 1894 (Serpentes:
Dipsadidae) from Moyobamba, region of San Martin (northeastern Peru), a new species of Glossidiella Travassos, 1927
(Plagiorchiida: Plagiorchiidae) was found and is described herein based on morphological and ultrastructural data. T...
Keywords: ectoparasites-endoparasites-marine fish-parasite ecology-parasite of fish-South America One hundred and eighteen benthopelagic fish specimens from the coastal zone of the Callao region, Peru, were necropsied from May 2015 to January 2016 to study their metazoan parasite community: 38 specimens of Cheilodactylus variegatus Valenciennes, 18...
Pronotogrammella n. g. is erected to
accommodate Pronotogrammella boegeri n. sp.
(type-species), Pr. scholzi n. sp. and Pr. multifasciatus
n. sp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae). The new species
are gill parasites of the threadfin bass Pronotogrammus
multifasciatus Gill (Perciformes: Serranidae), a
demersal teleost collected from off the coastal zone o...
Introduction
Specimens of Rhinobatonchocotyle pacifica Oliva & Luque, 1995 (Hexabothriidae) were collected from the gill filaments of Pacific guitarfish, Pseudobatos planiceps (Garman, 1880) (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae), from off the coast of Chorrillos, Lima, Peru. Since the original description of R. pacifica was incomplete, we herein redesc...
The power of contamination of domestic effluents lies in the amount of organic matter and microorganisms they contain. The objective of the present study was to determine the implications of effluent impact on the parasitic ecology of the mole sand crab Emerita analoga in the central coast of Peru. A total of 5287 specimens of E. analoga were colle...
Peruanocotyle n. gen. is proposed to accommodate Peruanocotyle chisholmae n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae). The new species is a gill parasite of the diamond stingray, Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan & Gilbert) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), a demersal chondrichthyan collected off the coast of Callao, Peru. Peruanocotyle n. gen. is placed in the Dasyba...
A hematological and blood biochemical evaluation was performed on 10 species of
marine fish in the bay of Callao, Peru, in the four seasons of the year and in four sampling
areas with different degrees of anthropic disturbance. The species of fish were: «lorna»
Sciaena deliciosa (Tschudi, 1846) (Sciaenidae), «lisa» Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758
(Mu...
During a research on gill ectoparasites of Peruvian marine fishes, four dactylogyrid (Monogenea) species, parasitising two teleost species, Bodianus diplotaenia (Gill) (Labridae) and Calamus brachysomus (Lockington) (Sparidae), were found. Euryhaliotrema luisae n. sp. ex C. brachysomus is differentiated from other congeneric species by the morpholo...
A new genus and species of monogenean belonging to Hexabothriidae, Hypanocotyle bullardi n. gen. n. sp., is described based on specimens collected from the gill filaments of the diamond stingray, Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan et Gilbert) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), a demersal chondrichthyan collected off the coast of Callao, Peru. Hypanocotyle n. g...
A new genus and species of Monogenea, Olivacotyle hemanthiasi n. gen., n. sp., are proposed to accommodate diclidophorids collected from the gills of damsel bass Hemanthias signifer (Garman, 1899) (Serranidae) in Peru, South American Pacific Ocean (45°54'S, 81°05'W). While clearly a member of the Diclidophorinae Cerfontaine, 1895 that includes para...
A parasitological survey searching dactylogyrids (Monogenea) infesting the gills of Peruvian marine fish was carried out during the 2015–2016 period. The gills of three teleosts species, 12 Hemanthias peruanus (Steindachner), 16 Hemanthias signifer (Garman) (Serranidae) and 4 Scarus perrico Jordan & Gilbert (Scaridae), were sampled. A new species o...
Between May and November 2015, 8 specimens of Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758 (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) collected in San Martín, Peru were examined for the presence of helminths. A total of 582 helminths representing 11 taxa were identified (2 digeneans and 9 nematodes). Five new host records and 4 species of nematodes [Gongylonemoides ma...
Fifty-seven specimens of Parapsettus panamensis (Ephippidae) were collected from the coastal zone of Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes, Peru (45°54'S, 81°05'W) between December 2014 and January 2015. The specimens were necropsied to study their metazoan parasites. All specimens of P. panamensis were parasitized by at least one parasite species. Eleven species...
A parasitological survey searching dactylogyrids (Monogenea) infesting the gills of Peruvian marine fish was carried out during the 2015–2016 period. The gills of three teleosts species, 12 Hemanthias peruanus (Steindachner), 16 Hemanthias signifer (Garman) (Serranidae) and 4 Scarus perrico Jordan & Gilbert (Scaridae), were sampled. A new species o...
Cynoscionicola veranoi n. sp. (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) is described based on specimens collected from the gills of lorna drum Sciaena deliciosa (Tschudi, 1846) (Sciaenidae) from Peru. The new species can be differentiated from the other con-generic species by the combination of the following characteristics: (1) haptor with two types of clamps,...
Rhamnocercoides menticirrhi Luque and Iannacone, 1991 is redescribed from newly collected material of snakehead kingcroaker Menticirrhus ophicephalus (Jenyns, 1840) from Peru, and as a result of this redescription, the diagnosis of Rham-nocercoides is emended. Rhamnocercus dominguesi n. sp. is described from the Peruvian banded croaker Paralonchuru...
A checklist of all available published accounts of metazoan parasites reported from marine and freshwater fishes in Peru is provided. This list includes records of 612 different species of metazoan parasites (including unidentified parasites) belonging to the following groups: Platyhelminthes (430 total), including Monogenea (175), Cestoda (140), a...
Metazoan parasite community of S. chiliensis of Peruvian shoreline was analyzed. Specimens of S. chiliensis (n=100) were collected from Fishing Terminal of Chorrillos, Lima, Peru between January 2013 and December 2014. Necropsies were conducted to study their metazoan parasite community. Tapeworms dominated species richness and percentage of collec...
A checklist of all available published accounts of metazoan parasites reported from marine and freshwater fishes in Peru is provided. This list includes records of 612 different species of metazoan parasites (including unidentified parasites) belonging to the following groups: Platyhelminthes (430 total), including Monogenea (175), Cestoda (140), a...
Monocotyle luquei n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) was described from gills of diamond stingray Dasyatis dipterura (Jordan and Gilbert, 1880) (Dasyatidae) off Peru. The new species can be differentiated from the other species of the genus by the combination of the following characteristics: (1) accessory sclerites on the dorsal posterior surface o...
Un estudio en Ratus Ratus colectados en la Región San Martín - Perú, se encontraron los siguientes parasitos: Hymenolepis diminuta (Hymenolepididae), Raillietina demerariensis (Davaineidae), Taenia taeniaeformis (Taeniidae), Aspiculuris tetraptera (Oxyuridae), Nippostrongylus brasiliensis (Heligmonellidae) and Moniliformis moniliformis (Moniliformi...
Parasitos de Rinella marina en Tarapoto - San Martín
Studied were: Telmatobius culeus (n = 11), Telmatobius rimac (n = 10), Chelonoidis denticulata (n = 2), Iguana iguana (n = 3), Tarentola sp. (n = 60), Amazona amazonica (n = 1), Ara macao (n = 1), Crotophaga sulcirostris (n = 12), Dasyprocta punctata (n = 1) and Pecari tajacu (n =1)
Se muestreraon 15 ejemplares de palomas Castilla, encontrandose Digeneans were represented by Paratanaisia bragai (Santos, 1934) Freitas, 1959 (Eucotylidae) and Strigeidae gen. sp. Cestodes correspond to Raillietina sp1. And Raillietina sp2. Nematodes were represented by Ascaridia columbae (Gmelin, 1780) (Ascarididae) and Capillaria sp. (Trichinell...
This paper assesses the community of parasites in the Peruvian weakfish Cynoscion analis (Jenyns, 1842) in the Eastern Pacific during 2014. The study was conducted on 40 specimens of C. analis acquired in the Fishing Terminal of Villa Maria del Triunfo, Lima, Peru. A search for metazoan parasites was performed following standard parasitological pro...
El objetivo de la presente investigación fue evaluar la comunidad de los metazoos parásitos del sapo espinoso Rhinella spinulosa de Perú y elucidar si el sexo y la longitud total de los anfibios hospederos están estructurando sus comunidades de parásitos. Se trabajó con 90 especímenes de R. spinulosa adquiridos entre mayo de 2009 y octubre de 2010....
The aim of this study was to evaluate the community of metazoan parasites of thorny toad Rhinella spinulosa of Peru and elucidate whether sex and the total length of the hosts amphibians are structuring their communities of parasites. Ninety specimens of R. spinulosa were acquired during May 2009 to October 2010. The body cavity, gastrointestinal t...
The presence of Parancylodiscoides chaetodipteri Caballero and Bravo-Hollis, 1961 on Parapsettus panamensis (Steindachner), “common Panama spadefish benthic” of the eastern Pacific, from the coast of Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes (Peru) is recorded. The specimens of P. chaetodipteri on the coast of Peru extend the geographic distribution of the species fr...
The results of a helminthological examination performed on one specimen of bicolor-spined porcupine Coendou bicolor (Tschudi) from department of San Martin, Peru were reported. The endoparasite helminth found was Heligmostrongylus sedecimradiatus (Linstow, 1899) Travassos, 1917. The geographic distribution of Heligmostrongylus sedecimradiatus is ex...
This study aims to report Unitubulotestis pelamydis (Taschenburg, 1879) (Trematoda: Didymozoidae) and Sphyriocephalus tergestinus Pintner, 1913 (Trypanorhyncha: Sphyriocephalidae) in Eastern Pacific bonito Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier) (Scombridae) from Chorrillos, Lima, Peru (12º09'23” S, 77º01'55” W). One hundred specimens of S. chiliensis were colle...
Kathetostoma averruncus (Uronoscopidae) is a bentoneritic species buried on sandy and muddy bottoms at depths up to 300 m and distributed from California (USA) to Lobos de Tierra Islands (Peru). According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, K. averruncus is listed as a species of least concern. The aim of th...
Parapsettus panamensis (Ephippidae) is a marine fish species distributed from Mexico to Peru. The aim of this study was to identify the metazoan parasites of P. panamensis on the north coast of Peru. 43 specimens of P. panamensis were acquired in 2014 from Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes, Peru. Parasites were catalogued and evaluated using standard protocol...
El género Kudoa presenta parásitos de peces marinos que producen una intensa histólisis muscular, que consiste en el ablandamiento y licuefacción de los tejidos musculares. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo evaluar la prevalencia de infección de Kudoa peruviana en la musculatura somática de la “Merluza peruana” Merluccius gayi peruanus de la...
Rhinella limensis Werner, 1901 “sapo costero peruano” es un anfibio endémico de la costa del Pacífico peruano. El presente trabajo tuvo como objetivo evaluar la parasitofauna del anfibio Neotropical R. limensis (Anura: Bufonidae) en la costa central del Perú. El estudio se realizó durante los meses de abril del 2007 a septiembre del 2010. Los nemát...
BACKGROUND: Melanoides tuberculata (OF Müller, 1774) (Thiaridae) is a prosobranch gastropod with a cosmopolitan distribution. It is a dioecious, parthenogenetic and ovoviviparous species that, due to its high biotic potential, has great ecological importance as an invader and its impact on the diversity of native snails. The aim of this investigati...