Copépodes parasitos de Oligoplites spp. (Osteichthyes, Carangidae) da costa brasileira, com a redescrição de Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson, 1908 (Siphonostomatoida, Tuxophoridae)

Ricardo Massato Takemoto; José Luis Luque; José Luis Luque

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v24i0.2378

Parasitic copepods on Oligoplites spp. (Osteichthyes, Carangidae) from the Brazilian coastal zone, with the redescription of Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson, 1908 (Siphonostomatoida, Tuxophoridae)

Ricardo Massato Takemoto Universidade Estadual de Matingá
José Luis Luque UFRRJ
José Luis Luque UFRRJ

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v24i0.2378

Abstract

Four species of caligid copepods, parasites of Oligoplites palometa (Cuvier, 1833), O. saurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) and O. saliens (Bloch, 1793) (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) from the Sepetiba Bay, coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are presented. New geographical and host records for Caligus robustus Bassett-Smith, 1898, C. rufimaculatus Wilson, 1905, C. bonito Wilson, 1905 and Metacaligus rufus (Wilson, 1908) are given. Caligus oligoplitisi Carvalho, 1954 is considered a new junior synonym of C. robustus. Fishes of the genus Oligoplites are new host records for this species of copepod. Redescription and illustration of Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson, 1908, collected on the body surface of Oligoplites saliens, O. palometa and O. saurus, are provided.

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Ricardo Massato Takemoto, Universidade Estadual de Matingá

Graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (1989), mestrado em Ciências Veterinárias pela Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (1993) e doutorado em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (1999). Atualmente é biólogo - pesquisador do Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aqüicultura da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Tem experiência na área de Ictioarasitologia, com ênfase em Helmintologia de Parasitos, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: rio paraná, parasitas, peixes, ecologia e reservatórios. http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.jsp?id=K4727559E7

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2008-05-13

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Takemoto, R. M., Luque, J. L., & Luque, J. L. (2008). Parasitic copepods on Oligoplites spp. (Osteichthyes, Carangidae) from the Brazilian coastal zone, with the redescription of Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson, 1908 (Siphonostomatoida, Tuxophoridae). Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 24, 481-487. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v24i0.2378

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Vol 24 (2002)

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Biology Sciences

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