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The Diversity of Metazoan Parasites of South American Stromateidae (Pisces: Teleostei) Is Related to Marine Biogeography

by
Marcelo E. Oliva
1,2,*,
Luis A. Ñacari
1,2,
Ruben Escribano
2 and
José L. Luque
3
1
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Alexander von Humbold, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 1240003, Chile
2
Millenium Institute of Oceanography, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030136, Chile
3
Animal Parasitology Department, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Seropedica 17560-015, RJ, Brazil
*
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Diversity 2024, 16(2), 108; https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020108
Submission received: 22 December 2023 / Revised: 29 January 2024 / Accepted: 5 February 2024 / Published: 7 February 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diversity, Taxonomy and Systematics of Fish Parasites)
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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, Perú, and Antofagasta, Chile), Peprilus medius (Chorrillos, Perú), 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.
Keywords: Peprilus; Stromateus; host phylogeny; host distribution; South America; Atlantic Ocean; Pacific Ocean Peprilus; Stromateus; host phylogeny; host distribution; South America; Atlantic Ocean; Pacific Ocean
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Oliva, M.E.; Ñacari, L.A.; Escribano, R.; Luque, J.L. The Diversity of Metazoan Parasites of South American Stromateidae (Pisces: Teleostei) Is Related to Marine Biogeography. Diversity 2024, 16, 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020108

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Oliva ME, Ñacari LA, Escribano R, Luque JL. The Diversity of Metazoan Parasites of South American Stromateidae (Pisces: Teleostei) Is Related to Marine Biogeography. Diversity. 2024; 16(2):108. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020108

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Oliva, Marcelo E., Luis A. Ñacari, Ruben Escribano, and José L. Luque. 2024. "The Diversity of Metazoan Parasites of South American Stromateidae (Pisces: Teleostei) Is Related to Marine Biogeography" Diversity 16, no. 2: 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020108

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Oliva, M. E., Ñacari, L. A., Escribano, R., & Luque, J. L. (2024). The Diversity of Metazoan Parasites of South American Stromateidae (Pisces: Teleostei) Is Related to Marine Biogeography. Diversity, 16(2), 108. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020108

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