Oliva, M.E., L.A. Nacari, R. Escribano & J.L. Luque. (2024). The Diversity of Metazoan Parasites of South American Stromateidae (Pisces: Teleostei) Is Related to Marine Biogeography. Diversity-Basel. 16(2): Feb 2024.

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10.3390/d16020108 [view]

Oliva, M.E., L.A. Nacari, R. Escribano & J.L. Luque

2024

16(2): Feb 2024

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The diversity of parasite communities is mainly driven by evolutionary history, as well as the ecology of the host species. To test whether the diversity of the parasite community of four related Stromateidae (Pisces: Scombriformes) is related to evolutionary history (the host phylogeny) or the host's geographical distribution, we analyzed the metazoan parasite fauna of four species of fishes of this family, from the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of South America. Studied species were Peprilus snyderi (samples from Callao, Peru, and Antofagasta, Chile), Peprilus medius (Chorrillos, Peru), Peprilus paru (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Stromateus stellatus (Talcahuano, Chile). Our multivariate analysis strongly suggests that the diversity of the parasite fauna of the studied fishes is driven mainly by the host's geographical distribution and not the host phylogeny.

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