Ocular tentacle malformation in Deroceras reticulatum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Agriolimacidae)

Authors

  • Daniel Eduardo Daglio Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), División Zoología Invertebrados - La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Micaela de Lucía Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), División Zoología Invertebrados - La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • David Gwyn Robinson United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), National Malacological Laboratory, Academy of Natural Sciences - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • Diego Eduardo Gutiérrez Gregoric Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), División Zoología Invertebrados - La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8001-1062

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.32

Keywords:

Anomalies, Nursery gardens, Pesticides, Slugs

Abstract

Malformations in animals have long been known. In gastropod, natural and induced malformations are mentioned in different systems and in ocular tentacles, mainly linked to cases of parasitism and exposure to pollutants (molluscicides and chemicals). In this study we present a new malformation not documented in the ocular tentacles of slug Deroceras reticulatum that could be due to the action of pesticides. This malformation in D. reticulatum is the first malformation to be mentioned for South America in nursery gardens.

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Author Biographies

  • Daniel Eduardo Daglio, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), División Zoología Invertebrados - La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    Paseo del Bosque, 1900, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  • Micaela de Lucía, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), División Zoología Invertebrados - La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    Paseo del Bosque, 1900, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC).

  • David Gwyn Robinson, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), National Malacological Laboratory, Academy of Natural Sciences - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

  • Diego Eduardo Gutiérrez Gregoric, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), División Zoología Invertebrados - La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    Paseo del Bosque, 1900, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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2019-08-15

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Vol. 59 (2019)

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Daglio, D. E., Lucía, M. de, Robinson, D. G., & Gregoric, D. E. G. (2019). Ocular tentacle malformation in Deroceras reticulatum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Agriolimacidae). Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 59, e20195932. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.32

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