Adult yellowfin snook (Centropomus robalito) were collected between January and May 2008 (dry season), to assess the consistency (repeatability) of the species composition and richness of their helminth communities in 4 coastal lagoons from Guerrero, Mexico. Fifteen species of helminth were identified: 4 Monogenea, 6 Digenea, 1 Acanthocephala, and 4 Nematoda. The helminth communities in the 4 lagoons consisted mainly of marine autogenic species, were poor in richness and diversity, and exhibited low qualitative similarity at the component level (29.5% to 62.1%) and the infracommunity level (0.48 ± 0.30 to 0.69 ± 0.19), indicating that species composition and richness of the helminth communities of C. robalito are not predictable at a spatial scale. Significant nestedness occurred in the infracommunities of all lagoons, as well as among 2 sampling periods in Tres Palos Lagoon, suggesting a certain degree of structure in species composition in infracommunities in space and time.
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1 January 2011
Richness and Species Composition of Helminth Communities in Yellowfin Snook (Centropomus robalito) (Centropomidae) from Coastal Lagoons in Guerrero, Mexico
Juan Violante-González,
Scott Monks,
Agustín Rojas-Herrera,
Salvador Gil Guerrero
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Comparative Parasitology
Vol. 78 • No. 1
January 2011
Vol. 78 • No. 1
January 2011
Centropomus robalito
Coastal lagoon
Guerrero
helminth community
Mexico