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      Infracomunidades de parásitos eumetazoos del bagre de mar Aphos porosus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Actinopterygii: Batrachoidiformes) en Chile central Translated title: Eumetazoan parasite infracommunities of the toadfish Aphos porosus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Actinopterygii: Batrachoidiformes) from central Chile

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          En este estudio se describe y cuantifica la comunidad de parásitos eumetazoos del bagre de mar Aphos porosus (Valenciennes, 1837). Con este objeto se recolectaron 30 ejemplares desde las pozas intermareales de El Tabo, Chile central, entre octubre 2006 y enero 2007. Se cuantificaron los descriptores infracomunitarios de parásitos (riqueza, abundancia numérica, abundancia volumétrica, dominancia, diversidad y uniformidad) y se correlacionaron con el peso corporal del hospedador para determinar si había relación entre estas variables. Se indagó sobre el nivel trófico que ocupa el bagre de mar en su comunidad de acuerdo a los ciclos de vida de los parásitos encontrados en este hospedador. El 93% de los bagres de mar estaba parasitado. Se recolectaron 2.104 individuos parásitos, pertenecientes a nueve taxones. Los cestodos de Tetraphyllidea y el nemátodo Pseudoterranova sp. fueron los parásitos más prevalentes y abundantes. A nivel infracomunitario sólo las abundancias (numérica y volumétrica) de parásitos aumentaron significativamente con el tamaño corporal del bagre de mar, lo que podría ser causa de una mayor ingesta de presas infectadas y a una acumulación de parásitos a medida que el hospedador crece, dado que varias especies parásitas se encontraron en estados larvales enquistados en la cavidad celomática y musculatura del pez, mientras que a nivel poblacional, sólo Tetraphyllidea aumentó en abundancia con el tamaño corporal del hospedador. El bagre de mar se ubicaría en un nivel trófico intermedio; depredaría sobre crustáceos, los cuales son hospedadores intermediarios de varias de sus especies parásitas, y a su vez, sería consumido por elasmobranquios y mamíferos marinos, principales hospedadores definitivos de la mayoría de los endoparásitos registrados.

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          This study describes and quantifies the eumetazoan parasite community of the toadfish Aphos porosus (Valenciennes, 1837). To accomplish this purpose, 30 toadfish individuals were collected from intertidal rocky pools at El Tabo, Central Chile between October 2006 and January 2007. The descriptors of the parasite infracommunity (abundance, richness, diversity and eveness) were calculated and correlated with the host body weight to determine if these variables have any relationship. The trophic level in which the toadfish is positioned in its community is also suggested, according to the life cycles of the parasites found in the fish. From the total sample, 93% fish were parasitized and 2,104 parasite individuals, belonging to nine taxa, were collected. The cestodes of Tetraphyllidea and the nematode Pseudoterranova sp. were the most prevalent and abundant parasites. At the infracommunity level, only the abundances (numeric and volumetric) of parasites increased significantly with host body weight which may be a consequence of a major consumption of infected prey and accumulation of parasites because several parasite species were larvae and encysted in the celomatic cavity and muscles of the fish. At the infrapopulation level only Tetraphyllidea showed a significant correlation between abundances and host body size. The toadfish would be in an intermediate trophic level; it preys over crustaceans which are intermediate hosts for several parasite species found in this study. At the same time, toadfish can be preyed by elasmobranchs and marine mammals which usually are definitive hosts of most endoparasite species found.

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                Journal
                revbiolmar
                Revista de biología marina y oceanografía
                Rev. biol. mar. oceanogr.
                Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar (Valparaíso, , Chile )
                0718-1957
                August 2008
                : 43
                : 2
                : 255-263
                Affiliations
                [01] Viña del Mar orgnameUniversidad de Valparaíso orgdiv1Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales Chile y90210ch@ 123456yahoo.com
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                S0718-19572008000200004 S0718-1957(08)04300204
                10.4067/S0718-19572008000200004
                e85907dd-ce0e-4adf-a471-527e9425b0e9

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 07 April 2008
                : 19 December 2007
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 48, Pages: 9
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                parasite transmission,Life cycle,comunidades de parásitos,intertidal zone,zona intermareal,parasite communities,Ciclos de vida,transmisión de parásitos

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