Preference of Biomphalaria tenagophila among macrophytes and their periphytons determined through the degree of attractiveness

In presence of extracts of six flowering plants the Biomphalaria tenagophila was more attracted to four them in the following sequence: Nasturtium pumilum > Polygonum acre > Commelina sp. = Echinochloa crusgalli. The periphyton of these flowering plants attracted in the same way the B. tenagop...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Mairy Barbosa Loureiro dos Santos, José Rabelo de Freitas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1988
Subjects:
Biomphalaria tenagophila
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651988000400003
https://doaj.org/article/d92706b0b31d4b8bbbbc0fc7159466f3
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Summary:In presence of extracts of six flowering plants the Biomphalaria tenagophila was more attracted to four them in the following sequence: Nasturtium pumilum > Polygonum acre > Commelina sp. = Echinochloa crusgalli. The periphyton of these flowering plants attracted in the same way the B. tenagophila but without no preference for either of them. Reporting the results that behavior may be evaluated as a co-evolution between snail and plants.

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