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Haemogregarine of Genus Dactylosoma (Adeleorina: Dactylosomatidae) in Species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Brazilian Amazon

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Abstract

Purpose

The present study aims to record the occurrence of a haemogregarine of the genus Dactylosoma in anurans in the eastern Brazilian Amazon.

Methods

Specimens of Leptodactylus macrosternum, Rhinella major, and Rhinella marina were collected in the municipality of Santarém, west of the State of Pará, in Brazil. Parasitic forms identified as Dactylosoma sp. were recorded by light microscopy, with magnification of 400 and 1000 X.

Results

Aspects about the morphology and morphometry of Dactylosoma sp. are presented. The mean intensity of infection was 200,000 parasites/mL in R. major and 50,000 parasites/mL in R. marina.

Conclusion

The present study expands the occurrence of parasites of the genus Dactylosoma in Brazil, presenting a new anuran host for this parasite in the Brazilian Amazon region.

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Acknowledgements

Authors thank Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for the studies scholarship granted to Tássio Alves Coêlho and Darlison Chagas de Souza (Process number 88887.598663/2021-00). Evelyn da Costa Oliveira would like to thank the PROPPIT/UFOPA-PROTCC (ICTA) Bid Process 08/2017 for making the PROTCC grant available. The author Lincoln Lima Corrêa is grateful, for this study had guaranteed financial support granted by the CAPES/FAPESPA N. 06/2015-Process number 88881.160660/2017-01. Thanks to Pedro Henrique Salomão Ganança for the photo of the specimen of Leptodactylus macrosternum.

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical (PPGBIO), Laboratório de Estudos Morfofisiológicos e Parasitários, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, 68903-419, Brazil

    Tássio Alves Coêlho & Lúcio André Viana

  2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade (PPGBEES), Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, PA, 68040‑255, Brazil

    Darlison Chagas De Souza & Ricardo Alexandre Kawashita-Ribeiro

  3. Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia das Águas – ICTA, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará - UFOPA, Santarém, PA, 68040‑255, Brazil

    Evelyn da Costa Oliveira & Lincoln Lima Correa

  4. Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais (ICEN), Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis, Rondonópolis, MT, 78736-900, Brazil

    Ricardo Alexandre Kawashita-Ribeiro

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The authors state that TAC, DCS, ECO, and RAKR designed the study, collected research data, analyzed the data, wrote, and revised the article. LAV and LLC analyzed the data and revised the article. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Tássio Alves Coêlho.

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This study was approved by the Animal Use Committee of the Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (authorizations # 102018044 and # 0320180024). The licenses for the collection of anurans used in the present study were granted by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources through authorizations issued by the Biodiversity Information and Authorization System—SISBIO no. 66047-4 and no. 52610-1.

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Coêlho, T.A., De Souza, D.C., da Costa Oliveira, E. et al. Haemogregarine of Genus Dactylosoma (Adeleorina: Dactylosomatidae) in Species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Acta Parasit. 66, 1574–1580 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-021-00399-z

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