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Castrating effects of trematode larvae on the reproductive success of a highly parasitized population of Crepipatella dilatata (Caenogastropoda) in Argentina

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Crepipatella dilatata (Calyptraeidae) is a common intertidal or shallow subtidal protandric hermaphroditic gastropod. Intertidal snails from Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina (42°46′37″S, 64°54′51″ W), showed a high prevalence, up to 46 %, of a castrating larval microphallid trematode. Reproductive success was studied during a 2-year period from September 2007 to August 2009, and the results were compared to those from an unparasitized subtidal sample. Brooding females and males were never found infected. The proportion of brooding females was higher in months with a higher prevalence of infection. The number of brooding females in the intertidal sample was higher than in the subtidal sample. Generalized linear models were utilized to determine the effects of parasitism on the reproductive success of the host population. Anticipated reproduction in smaller females in the intertidal sample, increased reproductive success in months with higher prevalence, and unparasitized males are interpreted as fitness responses to ensure host population survival when the prevalence of trematode infection is high.

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The authors thank J. Lancelotti, J. Klaich and S. Venitez-Vieyra for their help with the statistical analyses. This study was funded by ANPCyT (PICT 1374) and CONICET (PIP 1640 and PIP 11420090100176). The authors are members of CONICET.

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    Carmen Gilardoni & Florencia Cremonte

  2. División Zoología Invertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Cristián Ituarte

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Gilardoni, C., Ituarte, C. & Cremonte, F. Castrating effects of trematode larvae on the reproductive success of a highly parasitized population of Crepipatella dilatata (Caenogastropoda) in Argentina. Mar Biol 159, 2259–2267 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-2011-9

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