Abstract

CUPUL-MAGANA, FABIO GERMÁN  and  CORTES-LARA, MARÍA DEL CARMÉN. First record of epibionts in Crocodylus acutus juvenile individuals in the wild. Caldasia [online]. 2005, vol.27, n.1, pp.147-149. ISSN 0366-5232.

The presence of four diatom genera (Amphora, Cymbella, Navicula, and Nitzschia), a blue-green algae from the genus Trichodesmium, and colonies of the ciliated protozoan genus Epistylis, were recorded for the first time as epibionts for juvenile American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus). Such epibionts were found on the venters of young crocodiles, shorter than 75 cm in length, captured from the estuary of Boca Negra, Jalisco, Mexico .

Keywords : Crocodylus; Diatoms; Epibionts; Protozoans.

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