title: Parasites of the mutton snapper Lutjanus analis (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) in Alagoas, Brazil.
abstract: A parasitological survey was carried out on a sample of sixty mutton snappers (Lutjanus analis) that were caught on the coast of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. The parasite diversity and infection levels were low. The ectoparasite Rocinela signata Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (Isopoda: Aegidae), and larvae of two endoparasites, Trypanorhyncha gen. sp. and Hysterothylacium sp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae), were detected. The significance of these parasites is discussed in the context of their transmission pathways and potential impact.
authors: Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências ? FC, Universidade do Porto ? UP, Porto, Portugal.
authors: Margarida
authors: M
authors: Hermida
authors: Projeto de Cooperação Técnica FAO/MPA ?Por um Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Aquicultura?, Ministério da Pesca e Aquicultura ? MPA, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors: Bruno Ferreira Lyra
authors: BF
authors: Carvalho
authors: Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências ? FC, Universidade do Porto ? UP, Porto, Portugal.
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Cruz
authors: Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências ? FC, Universidade do Porto ? UP, Porto, Portugal.
authors: Aurélia
authors: A
authors: Saraiva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D010271:Parasites; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*; D010473:Perciformes / Q000469:parasitology*