Protozoan ciliate epibionts on the freshwater apple snail Pomacea figulina (Spix, 1827) (Gastropoda, Ampullariidae) in an urban stream of south-east Brazil

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 19-20, 2008, Pages 1409-1420

  Pedroso Dias, Roberto Júnio ^a   D'ávila, Sthefane ^a   Wieloch, Alfredo Hannemann ^b   D'Agosto, Marta ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Mollusc; Peritrichs; Prosobranchian snails; Suctorian

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EPIBIONT; ORCHARD; SHELL; SNAIL; STREAM;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPULLARIIDAE; CILIOPHORA; GASTROPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MOLLUSCA; MYXOZOA; PERITRICHIA (CILIATES); POMACEA; PROSOBRANCHIA; PROTOZOA; SUCTORIA;

EID: 46949101193     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930802007831     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Aladro-Lubel MA, Martínez-Murillo ME. 1999. Epibiotic Protozoa (Ciliophora) on a community of Thalassia testudinum banks ex König in a coral reef in Veracruz, Mexico. Aquat Bot. 65:239-254.
2. Aladro-Lubel MA, Mayén-Estrada R, Santos MR. 2006. Listados faunísticos de México. XI. Registro actualizado de ciliados. Coyoacan (Mexico): Instituto de Biología, UNAM. 97 p.
3. Antipa GA. 1977. Use of commensal protozoa as biological indicators of water quality and pollution. Trans Am Microsc Soc. 96:482-489.
4. Baldock BM. 1986. Peritrich ciliates on larvae of Brachycentrus subnubilus (Trichoptera): importance in relation to the total protozoan population in streams. Hydrobiologia. 132:125-131.
5. Bush AO, Holmes JC. 1986. Intestinal helminths of lesser scaup ducks: patterns of association. Can J Zoolog. 64:132-141.
6. Bush AO, Lafferty KD, Lotz JM, Shostak AW. 1997. Parasitology meets ecology on its own terms: Margolis et al. revisited. J Parasitol. 83:575-583.
7. Coler RA, Coler RR, Felizardo EKG, Watanabe T. 2005. Applying weight grain in Pomacea lineata (Spix, 1827) (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) as a measure of herbicide toxicity. Braz J Biol. 65:617-623.
8. Cook JA, Chubb JC, Veltkamp J. 1998. Epibionts of Asellus aquaticus (L.) (Crustacea, Isopoda): an SEM study. Freshwater Biol. 39:423-438.
9. Czapik A. 1982. The effect of waste water on ciliate communities in the Biata Przemsza River. Acta Hydrobiol. 24:29-37.
10. Dias RJP, D'avila S, D'agosto M. 2006. First record of peritrichs and suctorians (Protozoa, Ciliophora) on Pomacea lineata (Spix, 1827). Braz Arch Biol Techn. 49:807-812.
11. Fernandez-Leborans G, Gabilondo R. 2006. Inter-annual variability of the epibiotic community on Pagurus bernhardus Scotland. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci. 66:35-54.
12. Fernandez-Leborans G, Tato-Porto ML. 2002. Distribution of the protozoan epibiont Ophryodendron mysidacii (Ciliophora, Suctoria) on the mysid Schistomysis parkeri (Crustacea). J Nat Hist. 36:505-513.
13. Fernandez-Leborans G, Cordoba MJH, Arco PG. 1997. Distribution of ciliate epibionts on the portunid crab Liocarcinus depurator (Decapoda, Brachyura). Invertebr Biol. 116:171-177.
14. Fenchel T. 1987. Ecology of Protozoa. The biology of free-living phagotrophic protists. Berlin (Germany) and Tokyo (Japan): Springer.
15. Foissner W, Berger H. 1996. A user-friendly guide to ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) commonly used by hydrobiologists as bioindicators in rivers, lakes, and waste waters, with notes on their ecology. Freshwater Biol. 35:375-498.
16. Foissner W, Berger H, Kohmann F. 1992. Taxonomische und ökologische revision der ciliaten des saprobiensystems-Band II: Peritrichia, Heterotrichida, Odontostomatida. Munich (Germany) Informationsberichte des Bayer Landesamtes für Wasserwirtschaft.
17. Foissner W, Berger H, Schaumburg J. 1999. Identification and ecology of limnetic plankton ciliates. Bavarian State Office for Water Management Munich Reports.
18. Goodrich JP, Jahn TL. 1943. Epizoic Suctoria (Protozoa) from turtles. Trans Am Microsc Soc. 62:245-253.
19. Gracia M, Castellon C, Igual J, Sunyer R. 1989. Ciliated protozoan communities in a fluvial ecosystem. Hydrobiologia 183:11-31.
20. Green J. 1974. Parasites and epibionts of Cladocera. Trans Zoolog Soc Lond. 32:417-515.
21. Guimarães CT. 1981. Algumas observações de laboratório sobre biologia e ecologia de Pomacea haustrum (Reeve, 1856). Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 76:33-46.
22. Hanamura Y. 2000. Seasonality and infestation pattern of epibiosis in the beach mysid Archaemysis articulata. Hydrobiologia 427:121-127.
23. Henebry MS, Ridgeway BT. 1979. Epizoic ciliated protozoa of planktonic copepods and cladocerans and their possible use as indicators of organic water pollution. Trans Am Microsc Soc. 98:495-508.
24. Hul M. 1987. The effect of domestic sewage on the structure of the microbenthic ciliate communities in the Lyna River. Pol Arch Hydrobiol. 34:567-578.
25. Jayasree L, Janakiram P, Madhavi R. 2001. Epibionts and parasites of Macrobrachium rosenbergii and Metapenaeus dobsoni from Gosthani estuary. J Nat Hist. 35:157-167.
26. Kahl A. 1935. Peritrichia und Chonotricha. In: Dahl F, editor. Urtiere Oder Protozoa. Deutschlands. Jena (Germany): G. Fischer. p. 651-805.
27. Kudo RR. 1966. Protozoology. Springfield (IL): Charles Thomas.
28. Kusuoka Y, Watanabe Y. 1987. Growth and survival of peritrich ciliates in an urban stream. Oecologia. 73:16-20.
29. Laird M. 1959. Parasites of Singapore mosquitoes, with particular reference to the significance of larval epibionts as an index of habitat pollution. Ecology. 40:206-221.
30. Latuf M. 2004. Diagnóstico das águas superficiais do córrego São Pedro, Juiz de Fora/MG. Geografia. 13:18-55.
31. Lopez C, Ochoa E, Páez R, Theis S. 1998. Epizoans on a tropical freshwater crustacean assemblage. Mar Freshwater Res. 49:271-276.
32. López-Ochoterena E. 1964. Mexican Ciliated Protozoa III. Hypophrya fasciculata gen. nov., sp. nov. (Ciliata: Suctorida). J Protozool. 11:224-228.
33. Madoni P. 1993. Ciliated protozoa and water quality in the Parma River (Northern Italy): long-term changes in the community structure. Hydrobiologia. 264:129-135.
34. Madoni P. 2005. Ciliated protozoans communities and saprobic evaluation of water quality in the hilly zone of some tributaries of the Po River (northern Italy). Hydrobiologia. 541:55-69.
35. Madoni P, Bassanini N. 1999. Longitudinal changes in the ciliated protozoa communities along a fluvial system polluted by organic matter. Eur J Protistol. 35:391-402.
36. Madoni P, Ghetti PF. 1981. Ciliated Protozoa and water quality in the Torrente Stirone (Northern Italy). Acta Hydrobiol. 23:143-154.
37. Margolis L, Esch GW, Holmes JC, Kuris AM, Schad GA. 1982. The use of ecological terms in parasitology. J Parasitol. 68:131-133.
38. Mayén-Estrada R, Aladro-Lubel MA. 1998. Tres especies de suctores (Protozoa: Ciliophora) ectosimbiontes del acocil Cambarellus patzcuarensis. An Inst Biol, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Serie Zoología 69:1-12.
39. Mayén-Estrada R, Aladro-Lubel MA. 2002. Distribution and prevalence of 15 species of epibiont petrich ciliates on the crayfish Cambarellus patzcuarensis Villalobos, 1943 in Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México. Crustaceana 74:1213-1224.
40. Milward-de-Andrade R, Carvalho OS, Guimarães CT. 1975. Alguns dados bioecológicos de Pomacea haustrum (Reeve, 1856). Predador - competidor de hospedeiros intermediários de Schistosoma mansoni Sambon 1907. Bol Saúde Púb. 12:75-89.
41. Moss AG, Estes AM, Muellner LA, Morgan DD. 2001. Protistan epibionts of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis mccradyi Mayer. Hydrobiologia. 451:295-304.
42. Nenninger U. 1948. Die Peritrichen der umgebung von erlangen mit besonderer berücksichtigung ihrer wirtsspezifität. Zool Jahrb Syst. 77:169-266.
43. Pratt JR, Cairns JJr. 1985. Functional groups in the Protozoa: roles in differing ecosystems. J Protozool. 32:415-422.
44. Primc B. 1988. Trophic relationships of ciliated Protozoa developed under different saprobic conditions in the periphyton of the Sava River. Period Biol. 90:349-353.
45. Primc-Habdija B, Habdija I, Radanovic I. 1998. Seasonal changes in trophic structure of periphytic ciliates in relation to discharge regime. Verh Intl Ver Limnol. 26:1116-1119.
46. Puckett GL, Carman KR. 2002. Ciliate epibiont effects on feeding, energy reserves, and sensitivity to hydrocarbon contaminants in an estuarine harpacticoid copepod. Estuaries 25:372-381.
47. Regali-Seleghim MH, Godinho MJL. 2004. Peritrich epibiont protozoans in the zooplankton of a subtropical shallow aquatic ecosystem (Monjolinho Reservoir, São Carlos, Brazil). J Plankton Res. 26:501-508.
48. Roberts GN, Chubb JC. 1998. The distribution and location of the symbiont Lagenophrys aselli on the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus. Freshwater Biol. 40:671-677.
49. Santos CAZ, Mendes EG. 1981. Oxygen consumption of the amphibious snail Pomacea lineata; influence of weight, sex and environments. Comp Biochem Physiol. 69:595-598.
50. Santos CAZ, Penteado CHS, Mendes EG. 1987. The respiratory responses of an amphibious snail Pomacea lineata (Spix, 1827), to temperature and oxygen tension variations. Comp Biochem Physiol. 86:409-415.
51. Smith ME. 1986. Distribution patterns and seasonal occurrence of Rhabdostyla sp. (Peritricha: Epistylididae) on Dero nivea (Oligochaeta: Naididae). Am Midl Nat. 116:348-355.
52. Sola A, Longás JF, Serrano S, Guinea A. 1996. Influence of environmental characteristics on the distribution of ciliates in the River Henares (Central Spain). Hydrobiologia. 324:237-252.
53. Stössel F. 1987. Effect of the coefficients of discharge on ciliate populations of a running water contaminated by municipal wastewater. Arch Hydrobiol. 108:483-497.
54. Thiengo SC. 1995. Família Pilidae. In: Tópicos em malacologia médica, Barbosa FS, editors. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): Editora Fiocruz. p. 50-69.
55. Utz LRP. 2007. First record of Epistylis plicatilis (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) attached to Pomacea canaliculata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Brazil. Zootaxa 1454:49-57.
56. Utz LRP, Coats DW. 2005. Spatial and temporal patterns in the occurrence of peritrichs ciliates as epibionts on calanoid copepods in the Chesapeake Bay, USA. J Eukar Microbiol. 52:236-244.
57. Xu Z. 1992. The abundance of epizoic ciliate Epistylis daphniae related to their host Moina macrocopa in an urban stream. J Invertebr Pathol. 60:197-200.
58. Xu Z, Burns CW. 1991. Effects of the epizoic ciliate, Epistylis daphniae on growth, reproduction and mortality of Boekella triarticulata (Thomson) (Copepoda: Calanoida). Hydrobiologia. 209:183-189.
59. Wahl M. 1989. Marine epibiosis. I. Fouling and antifouling some basic aspects. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 58:175-189.
60. Warren A. 1986. A revision of the genus Vorticella (Ciliophora: Peritrichia). Bull Brit Mus (Nat Hist). 50:1-57.
61. Warren A. 1991. A scanning electron microscopic study of the morphology of Scyphidia physarum Lachmann, 1856 (Ciliophora: Peritrichia). Scanning Microscopy. 5:281-286.