Helmintos de la ”acúmara” Algansea lacustris en el Lago de Patzcuaro, Michoacán, México

Abstract

IN THIS PAPER, THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL RECORD OF THE ACUMARA ALGAN SEA LACUSTRIS IN PATZCUARO LAKE, MICHOACAN IS ESTABLISHED. WE ANALYZED 390 HOSTS IN WHICH TEN HELMINTH SPECIES WERE RECORDED: ONE MONOGENEAN, ONE TREMATODE, THREE CESTODES, ONE ACANTHOCEPHALAN, THREE NEMATODES AND ONE HIRUDINEAN. THE MONOGENEAN OCTOMACRUM MEXICANUM REACHED THE HIGHEST VALUES OF PREVALENCE AND ABUNDANCE OF INFECTION WITH 62% AND 3.2 WORMS PER HOST, RESPECTIVELY, FOLLOWING IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE INFECTIONS PRODUCED BY THE HIRUDINEAN M. PATZCUARENSIS AND BY THE CESTODE B. ACHEILOGNATHI.