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Pugilina morio L., a New Imposex Exhibitor from South American Estuarine Environments: Approach for a Non-Lethal Method to Evaluate Imposex

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This is the first report on imposex occurrence in Pugilina morio. Imposex levels in P. morio from Ceará River Estuary were assessed by a non-lethal method. The obtained imposex parameters were: percentage = 37.1 %, female penis length index (FPLI) = 0.93 mm, relative penis length index (RPLI) = 6.5 %, and vas deferens sequence index (VDSI) = 1.0. Because imposex is induced by tributyltin, and P. morio is widely distributed on the East coast of South America, the species can be used as a tributyltin contamination sentinel in these estuaries. Additionally, a non-lethal method of evaluating imposex minimized the impact on the population of P. morio from sample collection, as all organisms were returned to the environment.

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  1. Laboratório de Zoobentos do Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. da Abolição, 3207, Bairro Meireles, 60165-081, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil

    Deyse de Azevedo & Cristina de Almeida Rocha-Barreira

  2. Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Bloco 909, Campus do Pici, Pici, 60455-760, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil

    Helena Matthews-Cascon

  3. Laboratório de Microcontaminantes Orgânicos e Ecotoxicologia Aquática, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, P.O. BOX 474, 96201-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil

    Ítalo Braga Castro

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de Azevedo, D., de Almeida Rocha-Barreira, C., Matthews-Cascon, H. et al. Pugilina morio L., a New Imposex Exhibitor from South American Estuarine Environments: Approach for a Non-Lethal Method to Evaluate Imposex. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 89, 786–792 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0779-4

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