Our research group was created by the Academic Council of the FCEyN, UNMdP (OCA 1650/13) in 2013. Some members participated previously of the Group Parasitología (UNMdP) and, after focusing mainly on fish parasites, new researchers were adding subsequently to develop studies on the ecology and systematics of marine and freshwater fishes, until the present.

The general aim of the research carried out by members of the Group Ictioparasitología is to characterize parasitic communities harboured by fish from the Southwestern Atlantic and pampasic lakes, lagoons and streams, determining geographic patterns at the regional level and identifying the processes that originate them, with emphasis on the association between parasites and biological and hydrographic characteristics of water masses or bodies they inhabit and in their potential use as biological markers for host population discrimination. Our current projects, supported by grants from CONICET, ANPCyT and UNMdP, aim to characterize the parasitic communities of fish inhabiting the coastal region off Buenos Aires Province, the continental shelf (mostly those associated with the Malvinas Current and marine fronts), and those from  Pampasic freshwater environments; to analyze the structure of parasitic populations and communities (at the infracommunity and community levels) and their relationships with main biological characteristics of the parasites and their hosts; to establish the importance of non-specific larval helminths in the structure and predictability of parasitic communities; to find general patterns trough the comparison of the parasitic communities among the species of fish studied; to identify parasites species useful as markers of geographic origin or migrations of different species of marine fish and to discriminate latitudinal patterns in populations of fish using their parasites as biological markers.

Director
Dr. Timi Juan Tomás
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET
Professor

Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Alarcos, A. J., Levy, E., Braicovich, P. E., Marcotegui, P. S., & Timi, J. T. (2024). Parasite assemblages as indicators of stability in stock structure of Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) after a quarter of century of exploitation in a marine warming hotspot. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 34(3), 1149–1166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09864-0
Osuna-Cabanillas, J. M., Marín-Enríquez, E., Martínez-Falcón, A. P., Timi, J. T., & Morales-Serna, F. N. (2024). Low similarity between parasite communities of ten sympatric carangid species. Parasitology International, 101, 102885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2024.102885
Gutiérrez, M. P., Canel, D., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Irigoitia, M. M., Ivanovic, M. L., Prandoni, N. I., Elena, B., & Timi, J. T. (2023). Parasite assemblages in volatile host stocks: inter- and intra-cohort variability restrict their value as biological tags for squid stock assessment. Parasitology, 150(13), 1254–1262. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023001051
Cantatore, D. M. P., Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Levy, E., & Timi, J. T. (2023). Plerocercoids of Adenocephalus pacificus in Argentine hakes: Broad distribution, low zoonotic risk. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 391–393, 110142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2023.110142
Timi, J. T., & Buchmann, K. (2023). A century of parasitology in fisheries and aquaculture. Journal of Helminthology, 97, e4. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X22000797
Giari, L., Castaldelli, G., & Timi, J. T. (2022). Ecology and effects of metazoan parasites of fish in transitional waters. Parasitology, 149(14), 1829–1841. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182022001068
Irigoitia, M. M., Levy, E., Canel, D., & Timi, J. T. (2022). Parasites as tags for stock identification of a highly exploited vulnerable skate Dipturus brevicaudatus (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the south-western Atlantic Ocean, a complementary tool for its conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(10), 1634–1646. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3869
Braicovich, P. E., Irigoitia, M. M., Bovcon, N. D., & Timi, J. T. (2021). Parasites of Percophis brasiliensis (Percophidae) benefited from fishery regulations: Indicators of success for marine protected areas? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(1), 139–152. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3436
Irigoitia, M. M., Palomba, M., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Denuncio, P. E., Gana, J. C. M., Mattiucci, S., & Timi, J. T. (2021). Genetic identification of Anisakis spp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from cetaceans of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: ecological and zoogeographical implications. Parasitology Research, 120, 1699–1711. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07088-w
Levy, E., Rossin, M. A., Braicovich, P. E., & Timi, J. T. (2020). Profilicollis chasmagnathi (Acanthocephala) parasitizing freshwater fishes: paratenicity and an exception to the phylogenetic conservatism of the genus? Parasitology Research, 119(12), 3957–3966. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06825-x
Taglioretti, V., García-Vásquez, A., Rossin, M. A., Pinacho-Pinacho, C. D., Rubio-Godoy, M., & Timi, J. T. (2020). Two new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 parasitizing Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Poeciliidae) from the southern limit of the family in the Neotropical region. Parasitology Research, 119(6), 1713–1728. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06680-w
Lisnerová, M., Fiala, I., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Timi, J. T., Pecková, H., Bartošová-Sojková, P., Sandoval, C. M., Luer, C., Morris, J., & Holzer, A. S. (2020). Mechanisms and drivers for the establishment of life cycle complexity in myxozoan parasites. Biology, 9(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9010010
Irigoitia, M. M., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2020). Dendrapta nasicola n. sp. (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) a parasite from the olfactory sacs of Bathyraja scaphiops (Norman, 1937) in the South Western Atlantic. Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 92(2), e20180933. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202020180933
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Rossin, M. A., Canel, D., Levy, E., Farber, M. D., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Diversity of Empruthotrema Johnston and Tiegs, 1992 parasitizing batoids (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes) from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, with description of three new species. Parasitology Research, 118(11), 3113–3127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06456-x
Canel, D., Levy, E., Alarcos, A. J., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Distribution patterns of two species of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in fishes from Southwestern Atlantic. Parasitology Research, 118(10), 2831–2841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06440-5
Rossin, M. A., De Francesco, C. G., Irigoitia, M. M., Scarabotti, P. A., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Rhinoxenus (Dactylogyridae) parasitizing piranhas (Serrasalmidae) at its southernmost limit of distribution (Paraná River, Argentina), with the description of two new species. Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 91(4), e20190711. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201920190711
Lanfranchi, A. L., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Farber, M. D., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Influence of confluent marine currents in an ecotonal region of the South-West Atlantic on the distribution of larval anisakids (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Parasites & Vectors, 11(1), 583. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3119-7
Taglioretti, V., Rossin, M. A., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Fish-trematode systems as indicators of anthropogenic disturbance: Effects of urbanization on a small stream. Ecological Indicators, 93, 759–770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.039
Soares, I. A., Lanfranchi, A. L., Luque, J. L., Haimovici, M., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Are different parasite guilds of Pagrus pagrus equally suitable sources of information on host zoogeography? Parasitology Research, 117(6), 1865–1875. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5878-7
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Faber, M., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Distribution of anisakid nematodes parasitizing rajiform skates under commercial exploitation in the Southwestern Atlantic. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 267, 20–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.12.009
Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Holzer, A. S., Bartošová-Sojková, P., Pecková, H., Fiala, I., & Timi, J. T. (2018). The description of two new species of Chloromyxum from skates in the Argentine Sea reveals that a limited geographic host distribution causes phylogenetic lineage separation of myxozoans in Chondrichthyes. Parasite, 25, 47. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018051
Irigoitia, M. M., Incorvaia, I. S., & Timi, J. T. (2017). Evaluating the usefulness of natural tags for host population structure in chondrichthyans: Parasite assemblages of Sympterygia bonapartii (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) in the Southwestern Atlantic. Fisheries Research, 195, 80–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2017.07.006
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Farber, M. D., & Timi, J. T. (2017). Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of Pseudanisakis Layman & Borovkova, 1926 (Nematoda: Ascaridida), parasitizing Rajiformes in southern Southwest Atlantic waters. Parasitology Research, 116(7), 1989–1999. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-017-5482-2
Braicovich, P. E., Pantoja, C., Pereira, A. N., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2017). Parasites of the Brazilian flathead Percophis brasiliensis reflect West Atlantic biogeographic regions. Parasitology, 144(2), 169–178.
Rossin, M. A., De Francesco, P. N., & Timi, J. T. (2017). Three-dimensional morphology of rigid structures as a tool for taxonomic studies of Dactylogyridae (Monogenea). Parasitology Research, 116(10), 2813–2819. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-017-5591-y
Mattiucci, S., Paoletti, M., Cipriani, P., Webb, S. C., Timi, J. T., & Nascetti, G. (2017). Inventorying biodiversity of anisakid nematodes from the austral region: a hotspot of genetic diversity? In S. Klimpel, T. Kuhn, & H. Mehlhorn (Eds.), Biodiversity and evolution of parasitic life in the southern ocean (pp. 109–140). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46343-8_7
Irigoitia, M. M., Cantatore, D. M. P., Incorvaia, I. S., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Parasitic copepods infesting the olfactory sacs of skates from the southwestern Atlantic with the description of a new species of Kroeyerina Wilson, 1932. Zootaxa, 4174(1), 137. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27811793
Irigoitia, M. M., Chisholm, L. A., & Timi, J. T. (2016). A new species of Dendromonocotyle Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot)(Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Argentine Sea. Systematic Parasitology, 93(4), 367–374. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11230-016-9624-1
Lanfranchi, A. L., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Alarcos, A. J., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Ecotonal marine regions–ecotonal parasite communities: helminth assemblages in the convergence of masses of water in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. International Journal for Parasitology, 46(12), 809–818.
Braicovich, P. E., Ieno, E. N., Sáez, M., Despos, J., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Assessing the role of host traits as drivers of the abundance of long-lived parasites in fish-stock assessment studies. Journal of Fish Biology, 89(5), 2419–2433. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.13127/full
Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Holzer, A., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Myxozoans as biological tags for stock identification of the Argentine hake, Merluccius hubbsi (Gadiformes: Merlucciidae). Parasitology, 143(06), 732–740.
Alarcos, A. J., Pereira, A. N., Taborda, N. L., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Parasitological evidence of stocks of Paralichthys isosceles (Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae) at small and large geographical scales in South American Atlantic coasts. Fisheries Research, 173, 221–228. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783615300278
Timi, J. T., & MacKenzie, K. (2015). Parasites in fisheries and mariculture. Parasitology, 142(01), 1–4. http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0031182014001188
Vieira, F. M., Pereira, Felipe. B., Pantoja, C., Soares, I. A., Pereira, A. N., Timi, J. T., Scholz, T., & Luque, J. L. (2015). A survey of nematodes of the genus Cucullanus Müller, 1777 (Nematoda, Seuratoidea) parasitic in marine fishes off Brazil, including description of three new species. Zootaxa, 4039(2), 289–311.
Braicovich, P. E., & Timi, J. T. (2015). Homogeneity of parasite assemblages of Dules auriga (Serranidae) in hydrographically heterogeneous sites. Journal of Fish Biology, 86(4), 1363–1376. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.12648/full
Cantatore, D. M. P., & Timi, J. T. (2015). Marine parasites as biological tags in South American Atlantic waters, current status and perspectives. Parasitology, 142(01), 5–24. http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0031182013002138
Irigoitia, M. M., Cantatore, D. M. P., Delpiani, G. E., Incorvaia, I. S., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2014). Merizocotyle euzeti sp. n. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissue of three deep sea skates (Rajidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Folia Parasitologica, 61(3), 206. http://search.proquest.com/openview/3a6cc602cc61f044976f0a43003b15a9/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=32619
Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Farber, M. D., Marvaldi, A. E., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2014). Genetic and morphological evidence reveals the existence of a new family, genus and species of Echinorhynchida (Acanthocephala). Folia Parasitologica, 61(4), 377.
Pereira, A. N., Pantoja, C., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2014). Parasites of Urophycis brasiliensis (Gadiformes: Phycidae) as indicators of marine ecoregions in coastal areas of the South American Atlantic. Parasitology Research, 113(11), 4281–4292.
Timi, J. T., Paoletti, M., Cimmaruta, R., Lanfranchi, A. L., Alarcos, A. J., Garbin, L., George-Nascimento, M., Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., & Mattiucci, S. (2014). Molecular identification, morphological characterization and new insights into the ecology of larval Pseudoterranova cattani in fishes from the Argentine coast with its differentiation from the Antarctic species, P. decipiens sp. E (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Veterinary Parasitology, 199(1), 59–72. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401713005578
Timi, J. T., & Lanfranchi, A. L. (2013). Ontogenetic changes in heterogeneity of parasite communities of fish: disentangling the relative role of compositional versus abundance variability. Parasitology, 140(03), 309–317. http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0031182012001606
Alarcos, A. J., & Timi, J. T. (2013). Stocks and seasonal migrations of the flounder Xystreurys rasile as indicated by its parasites. Journal of Fish Biology, 83(3), 531–541. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.12190/full
Pereira, F. B., Pereira, A. de N., Timi, J. T., & Luque, J. L. (2013). Pseudascarophis brasiliensis sp. nov.(Nematoda: Cystidicolidae). Memórias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 108(4), 476–480.
Rossin, M. A., Incorvaia, I. S., & Timi, J. T. (2012). A new species of Neoascarophis (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) parasitic in Macrourus carinatus (Macrouridae) from Argentinean waters. Journal of Parasitology, 98(3), 643–647.
Hernandez-Orts, J. S., Timi, J. T., Raga, J. A., García-Varela, M., Crespo, E. A., & Aznar, F. J. (2012). Patterns of trunk spine growth in two congeneric species of acanthocephalan: investment in attachment may differ between sexes and species. Parasitology, 139(07), 945–955. http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0031182012000078
Braicovich, P. E., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2012). Geographical patterns of parasite infracommunities in the rough scad, Trachurus lathami Nichols, in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Parasitology, 98(4), 768–777. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1645/GE-2950.1
Cantatore, D. M. P., Braicovich, P. E., Alarcos, A. J., Lanfranchi, A. L., Rossin, M. A., Vales, G., & Timi, J. T. (2012). New records of parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) from marine fishes in the Argentinean Sea. Acta Parasitologica, 57(1), 83–89. https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ap.2012.57.issue-1/s11686-012-0003-z/s11686-012-0003-z.xml
Pereira, A. N., Timi, J. T., Vieira, F. M., & Luque, J. L. (2012). A new species of Neoascarophis (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) parasitic in Mullus argentinae (Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Atlantic coast of South America. Folia Parasitologica, 59(1), 64.
Researchers
Dra. Alarcos Ana Julia
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET

Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Alarcos, A. J., Levy, E., Braicovich, P. E., Marcotegui, P. S., & Timi, J. T. (2024). Parasite assemblages as indicators of stability in stock structure of Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) after a quarter of century of exploitation in a marine warming hotspot. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 34(3), 1149–1166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09864-0
Alarcos, A. J., & Braicovich, P. E. (2022). Parasite assemblages of whitemouth croaker, Micropogonias furnieri: comparison between marine and brackish waters from the Argentine Sea. Parasitology Research, 121(2), 591–600. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07413-3
Canel, D., Levy, E., Alarcos, A. J., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Distribution patterns of two species of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in fishes from Southwestern Atlantic. Parasitology Research, 118(10), 2831–2841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06440-5
Lanfranchi, A. L., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Alarcos, A. J., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Ecotonal marine regions–ecotonal parasite communities: helminth assemblages in the convergence of masses of water in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. International Journal for Parasitology, 46(12), 809–818.
Alarcos, A. J., Pereira, A. N., Taborda, N. L., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Parasitological evidence of stocks of Paralichthys isosceles (Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae) at small and large geographical scales in South American Atlantic coasts. Fisheries Research, 173, 221–228. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783615300278
Timi, J. T., Paoletti, M., Cimmaruta, R., Lanfranchi, A. L., Alarcos, A. J., Garbin, L., George-Nascimento, M., Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., & Mattiucci, S. (2014). Molecular identification, morphological characterization and new insights into the ecology of larval Pseudoterranova cattani in fishes from the Argentine coast with its differentiation from the Antarctic species, P. decipiens sp. E (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Veterinary Parasitology, 199(1), 59–72. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401713005578
Alarcos, A. J., & Timi, J. T. (2013). Stocks and seasonal migrations of the flounder Xystreurys rasile as indicated by its parasites. Journal of Fish Biology, 83(3), 531–541. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.12190/full
Cantatore, D. M. P., Braicovich, P. E., Alarcos, A. J., Lanfranchi, A. L., Rossin, M. A., Vales, G., & Timi, J. T. (2012). New records of parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) from marine fishes in the Argentinean Sea. Acta Parasitologica, 57(1), 83–89. https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ap.2012.57.issue-1/s11686-012-0003-z/s11686-012-0003-z.xml
Alarcos, A. J., & Timi, J. T. (2012). Parasite communities in three sympatric flounder species (Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae). Parasitology Research, 110(6), 2155–2166.
Dra. Braicovich Paola Elizabeth
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET

Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Alarcos, A. J., Levy, E., Braicovich, P. E., Marcotegui, P. S., & Timi, J. T. (2024). Parasite assemblages as indicators of stability in stock structure of Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) after a quarter of century of exploitation in a marine warming hotspot. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 34(3), 1149–1166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09864-0
Gutiérrez, M. P., Canel, D., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Irigoitia, M. M., Ivanovic, M. L., Prandoni, N. I., Elena, B., & Timi, J. T. (2023). Parasite assemblages in volatile host stocks: inter- and intra-cohort variability restrict their value as biological tags for squid stock assessment. Parasitology, 150(13), 1254–1262. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023001051
Alarcos, A. J., & Braicovich, P. E. (2022). Parasite assemblages of whitemouth croaker, Micropogonias furnieri: comparison between marine and brackish waters from the Argentine Sea. Parasitology Research, 121(2), 591–600. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07413-3
Braicovich, P. E., Irigoitia, M. M., Bovcon, N. D., & Timi, J. T. (2021). Parasites of Percophis brasiliensis (Percophidae) benefited from fishery regulations: Indicators of success for marine protected areas? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(1), 139–152. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3436
Irigoitia, M. M., Palomba, M., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Denuncio, P. E., Gana, J. C. M., Mattiucci, S., & Timi, J. T. (2021). Genetic identification of Anisakis spp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from cetaceans of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: ecological and zoogeographical implications. Parasitology Research, 120, 1699–1711. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07088-w
Levy, E., Rossin, M. A., Braicovich, P. E., & Timi, J. T. (2020). Profilicollis chasmagnathi (Acanthocephala) parasitizing freshwater fishes: paratenicity and an exception to the phylogenetic conservatism of the genus? Parasitology Research, 119(12), 3957–3966. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06825-x
Braicovich, P. E., McMaster, M., Glozier, N. E., & Marcogliese, D. J. (2020). Distribution of parasites of slimy sculpin Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836 (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae) in the Athabasca drainage, Alberta, Canada, and their relation to water quality. Parasitology Research, 119(10), 3243–3254. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06819-9
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Rossin, M. A., Canel, D., Levy, E., Farber, M. D., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Diversity of Empruthotrema Johnston and Tiegs, 1992 parasitizing batoids (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes) from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, with description of three new species. Parasitology Research, 118(11), 3113–3127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06456-x
Canel, D., Levy, E., Alarcos, A. J., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Distribution patterns of two species of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in fishes from Southwestern Atlantic. Parasitology Research, 118(10), 2831–2841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06440-5
Lanfranchi, A. L., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Farber, M. D., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Influence of confluent marine currents in an ecotonal region of the South-West Atlantic on the distribution of larval anisakids (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Parasites & Vectors, 11(1), 583. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3119-7
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Faber, M., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Distribution of anisakid nematodes parasitizing rajiform skates under commercial exploitation in the Southwestern Atlantic. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 267, 20–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.12.009
Hua, C. J., Zhang, D., Zou, H., Wu, S. G., Wang, G. T., Braicovich, P. E., & Li, W. X. (2017). Effects of the parasitic isopod Ichthyoxenus japonensis Richardson, 1913 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) on the growth and gonad development of the goldfish Carassius auratus Linnaeus, 1758. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 37(3), 356–358. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux026
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Farber, M. D., & Timi, J. T. (2017). Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of Pseudanisakis Layman & Borovkova, 1926 (Nematoda: Ascaridida), parasitizing Rajiformes in southern Southwest Atlantic waters. Parasitology Research, 116(7), 1989–1999. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-017-5482-2
Braicovich, P. E., Pantoja, C., Pereira, A. N., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2017). Parasites of the Brazilian flathead Percophis brasiliensis reflect West Atlantic biogeographic regions. Parasitology, 144(2), 169–178.
Lanfranchi, A. L., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Alarcos, A. J., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Ecotonal marine regions–ecotonal parasite communities: helminth assemblages in the convergence of masses of water in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. International Journal for Parasitology, 46(12), 809–818.
Braicovich, P. E., Ieno, E. N., Sáez, M., Despos, J., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Assessing the role of host traits as drivers of the abundance of long-lived parasites in fish-stock assessment studies. Journal of Fish Biology, 89(5), 2419–2433. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.13127/full
Braicovich, P. E., Kuhn, J. A., Amundsen, P.-A., & Marcogliese, D. J. (2016). Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus, as a possible paratenic host for salmonid nematodes in a subarctic lake. Parasitology Research, 115(3), 1335–1338.
Li, W., Arnott, S. A., Jones, K. M., Braicovich, P. E., de Buron, I., Wang, G. T., & Marcogliese, D. J. (2015). First record of paratenic hosts of the swimbladder nematode Anguillicola crassus in North America. Journal of Parasitology, 101(5), 529–535.
Braicovich, P. E., & Timi, J. T. (2015). Homogeneity of parasite assemblages of Dules auriga (Serranidae) in hydrographically heterogeneous sites. Journal of Fish Biology, 86(4), 1363–1376. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.12648/full
Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Farber, M. D., Marvaldi, A. E., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2014). Genetic and morphological evidence reveals the existence of a new family, genus and species of Echinorhynchida (Acanthocephala). Folia Parasitologica, 61(4), 377.
Braicovich, P. E., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2012). Geographical patterns of parasite infracommunities in the rough scad, Trachurus lathami Nichols, in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Parasitology, 98(4), 768–777. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1645/GE-2950.1
Cantatore, D. M. P., Braicovich, P. E., Alarcos, A. J., Lanfranchi, A. L., Rossin, M. A., Vales, G., & Timi, J. T. (2012). New records of parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) from marine fishes in the Argentinean Sea. Acta Parasitologica, 57(1), 83–89. https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ap.2012.57.issue-1/s11686-012-0003-z/s11686-012-0003-z.xml
Dra. Cantatore Delfina Maria Paula
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET
Teaching assistant

Marcotegui, P., Islas-Ortega, A., Cantatore, D. M. P., Reshaid, Y., Montes, M., Barneche, J., & Martorelli, S. (2024). Two methods for geometric morphometric analysis of trichodinids from killifishes. Parasitology Research, 123(9), 332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-024-08354-3
Rossin, M. A., Cantatore, D. M. P., Lisnerova, M., Taglioretti, V., & Sibylle Holzer, A. (2024). Henneguya (Cnidaria: Myxobolidae) species infecting Oligosarcus jenynsii (Characiformes: Characidae) in a Neotropical shallow lake from Argentina: morphological and molecular characterisation. Folia Parasitologica, 71, 2024.005. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2024.005
Cantatore, D. M. P., Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Levy, E., & Timi, J. T. (2023). Plerocercoids of Adenocephalus pacificus in Argentine hakes: Broad distribution, low zoonotic risk. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 391–393, 110142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2023.110142
Lisnerová, M., Fiala, I., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Timi, J. T., Pecková, H., Bartošová-Sojková, P., Sandoval, C. M., Luer, C., Morris, J., & Holzer, A. S. (2020). Mechanisms and drivers for the establishment of life cycle complexity in myxozoan parasites. Biology, 9(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9010010
Canel, D., Levy, E., Alarcos, A. J., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Distribution patterns of two species of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in fishes from Southwestern Atlantic. Parasitology Research, 118(10), 2831–2841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06440-5
Lanfranchi, A. L., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Farber, M. D., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Influence of confluent marine currents in an ecotonal region of the South-West Atlantic on the distribution of larval anisakids (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Parasites & Vectors, 11(1), 583. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3119-7
Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Holzer, A. S., Bartošová-Sojková, P., Pecková, H., Fiala, I., & Timi, J. T. (2018). The description of two new species of Chloromyxum from skates in the Argentine Sea reveals that a limited geographic host distribution causes phylogenetic lineage separation of myxozoans in Chondrichthyes. Parasite, 25, 47. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018051
Irigoitia, M. M., Cantatore, D. M. P., Incorvaia, I. S., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Parasitic copepods infesting the olfactory sacs of skates from the southwestern Atlantic with the description of a new species of Kroeyerina Wilson, 1932. Zootaxa, 4174(1), 137. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27811793
Lanfranchi, A. L., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Alarcos, A. J., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Ecotonal marine regions–ecotonal parasite communities: helminth assemblages in the convergence of masses of water in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. International Journal for Parasitology, 46(12), 809–818.
Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Holzer, A., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Myxozoans as biological tags for stock identification of the Argentine hake, Merluccius hubbsi (Gadiformes: Merlucciidae). Parasitology, 143(06), 732–740.
Denuncio, P. E., Trassens, M. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Lancia, J. P., & Bastida, R. (2015). Asociaciones de poliquetos bentónicos y su relación con los parámetros sedimentarios en el sur de la Bahía Samborombón (provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Ecología Austral, 25(2), 128–134. http://www.scielo.org.ar/pdf/ecoaus/v25n2/v25n2a08.pdf
Cantatore, D. M. P., & Timi, J. T. (2015). Marine parasites as biological tags in South American Atlantic waters, current status and perspectives. Parasitology, 142(01), 5–24. http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0031182013002138
Irigoitia, M. M., Cantatore, D. M. P., Delpiani, G. E., Incorvaia, I. S., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2014). Merizocotyle euzeti sp. n. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissue of three deep sea skates (Rajidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Folia Parasitologica, 61(3), 206. http://search.proquest.com/openview/3a6cc602cc61f044976f0a43003b15a9/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=32619
Cantatore, D. M. P., Braicovich, P. E., Alarcos, A. J., Lanfranchi, A. L., Rossin, M. A., Vales, G., & Timi, J. T. (2012). New records of parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) from marine fishes in the Argentinean Sea. Acta Parasitologica, 57(1), 83–89. https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ap.2012.57.issue-1/s11686-012-0003-z/s11686-012-0003-z.xml
Cantatore, D. M. P., Lancia, J. P., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2012). A new species of Caudotestis (Digenea: Opecoelidae) parasitizing the horsefish, Congiopodus peruvianus (Scorpaeniformes: Congiopodidae) from the Patagonian Shelf, Argentina. Journal of Parasitology, 98(6), 1144–1147. https://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1645/GE-3065.1
Dr. Irigoitia Manuel Marcial
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET
Teaching assistant

Gutiérrez, M. P., Canel, D., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Irigoitia, M. M., Ivanovic, M. L., Prandoni, N. I., Elena, B., & Timi, J. T. (2023). Parasite assemblages in volatile host stocks: inter- and intra-cohort variability restrict their value as biological tags for squid stock assessment. Parasitology, 150(13), 1254–1262. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023001051
Irigoitia, M. M., Levy, E., Canel, D., & Timi, J. T. (2022). Parasites as tags for stock identification of a highly exploited vulnerable skate Dipturus brevicaudatus (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the south-western Atlantic Ocean, a complementary tool for its conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(10), 1634–1646. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3869
Braicovich, P. E., Irigoitia, M. M., Bovcon, N. D., & Timi, J. T. (2021). Parasites of Percophis brasiliensis (Percophidae) benefited from fishery regulations: Indicators of success for marine protected areas? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(1), 139–152. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3436
Irigoitia, M. M., Palomba, M., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Denuncio, P. E., Gana, J. C. M., Mattiucci, S., & Timi, J. T. (2021). Genetic identification of Anisakis spp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from cetaceans of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: ecological and zoogeographical implications. Parasitology Research, 120, 1699–1711. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07088-w
Lisnerová, M., Fiala, I., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Timi, J. T., Pecková, H., Bartošová-Sojková, P., Sandoval, C. M., Luer, C., Morris, J., & Holzer, A. S. (2020). Mechanisms and drivers for the establishment of life cycle complexity in myxozoan parasites. Biology, 9(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9010010
Irigoitia, M. M., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2020). Dendrapta nasicola n. sp. (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) a parasite from the olfactory sacs of Bathyraja scaphiops (Norman, 1937) in the South Western Atlantic. Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 92(2), e20180933. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202020180933
Mendoza-Palmero, C. A., Rossin, M. A., Irigoitia, M. M., & Scholz, T. (2020). A new species of Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000 (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) from South American freshwater catfishes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Systematic Parasitology, 97, 357–367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-020-09915-7
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Rossin, M. A., Canel, D., Levy, E., Farber, M. D., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Diversity of Empruthotrema Johnston and Tiegs, 1992 parasitizing batoids (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes) from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, with description of three new species. Parasitology Research, 118(11), 3113–3127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06456-x
Canel, D., Levy, E., Alarcos, A. J., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Distribution patterns of two species of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in fishes from Southwestern Atlantic. Parasitology Research, 118(10), 2831–2841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06440-5
Rossin, M. A., De Francesco, C. G., Irigoitia, M. M., Scarabotti, P. A., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Rhinoxenus (Dactylogyridae) parasitizing piranhas (Serrasalmidae) at its southernmost limit of distribution (Paraná River, Argentina), with the description of two new species. Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 91(4), e20190711. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201920190711
Lanfranchi, A. L., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Farber, M. D., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Influence of confluent marine currents in an ecotonal region of the South-West Atlantic on the distribution of larval anisakids (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Parasites & Vectors, 11(1), 583. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3119-7
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Faber, M., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Distribution of anisakid nematodes parasitizing rajiform skates under commercial exploitation in the Southwestern Atlantic. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 267, 20–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.12.009
Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Holzer, A. S., Bartošová-Sojková, P., Pecková, H., Fiala, I., & Timi, J. T. (2018). The description of two new species of Chloromyxum from skates in the Argentine Sea reveals that a limited geographic host distribution causes phylogenetic lineage separation of myxozoans in Chondrichthyes. Parasite, 25, 47. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018051
Irigoitia, M. M., Incorvaia, I. S., & Timi, J. T. (2017). Evaluating the usefulness of natural tags for host population structure in chondrichthyans: Parasite assemblages of Sympterygia bonapartii (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) in the Southwestern Atlantic. Fisheries Research, 195, 80–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2017.07.006
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Farber, M. D., & Timi, J. T. (2017). Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of Pseudanisakis Layman & Borovkova, 1926 (Nematoda: Ascaridida), parasitizing Rajiformes in southern Southwest Atlantic waters. Parasitology Research, 116(7), 1989–1999. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-017-5482-2
Irigoitia, M. M., Cantatore, D. M. P., Incorvaia, I. S., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Parasitic copepods infesting the olfactory sacs of skates from the southwestern Atlantic with the description of a new species of Kroeyerina Wilson, 1932. Zootaxa, 4174(1), 137. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27811793
Irigoitia, M. M., Chisholm, L. A., & Timi, J. T. (2016). A new species of Dendromonocotyle Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot)(Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Argentine Sea. Systematic Parasitology, 93(4), 367–374. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11230-016-9624-1
Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Holzer, A., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Myxozoans as biological tags for stock identification of the Argentine hake, Merluccius hubbsi (Gadiformes: Merlucciidae). Parasitology, 143(06), 732–740.
Irigoitia, M. M., Cantatore, D. M. P., Delpiani, G. E., Incorvaia, I. S., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2014). Merizocotyle euzeti sp. n. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissue of three deep sea skates (Rajidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Folia Parasitologica, 61(3), 206. http://search.proquest.com/openview/3a6cc602cc61f044976f0a43003b15a9/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=32619
Dra. Lanfranchi Ana Laura
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET
Teaching assistant

Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Alarcos, A. J., Levy, E., Braicovich, P. E., Marcotegui, P. S., & Timi, J. T. (2024). Parasite assemblages as indicators of stability in stock structure of Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) after a quarter of century of exploitation in a marine warming hotspot. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 34(3), 1149–1166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09864-0
Gutiérrez, M. P., Canel, D., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Irigoitia, M. M., Ivanovic, M. L., Prandoni, N. I., Elena, B., & Timi, J. T. (2023). Parasite assemblages in volatile host stocks: inter- and intra-cohort variability restrict their value as biological tags for squid stock assessment. Parasitology, 150(13), 1254–1262. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023001051
Cantatore, D. M. P., Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Levy, E., & Timi, J. T. (2023). Plerocercoids of Adenocephalus pacificus in Argentine hakes: Broad distribution, low zoonotic risk. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 391–393, 110142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2023.110142
Irigoitia, M. M., Palomba, M., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Denuncio, P. E., Gana, J. C. M., Mattiucci, S., & Timi, J. T. (2021). Genetic identification of Anisakis spp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from cetaceans of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: ecological and zoogeographical implications. Parasitology Research, 120, 1699–1711. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07088-w
Canel, D., Levy, E., Alarcos, A. J., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Distribution patterns of two species of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in fishes from Southwestern Atlantic. Parasitology Research, 118(10), 2831–2841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06440-5
Lanfranchi, A. L., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Farber, M. D., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Influence of confluent marine currents in an ecotonal region of the South-West Atlantic on the distribution of larval anisakids (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Parasites & Vectors, 11(1), 583. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3119-7
Soares, I. A., Lanfranchi, A. L., Luque, J. L., Haimovici, M., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Are different parasite guilds of Pagrus pagrus equally suitable sources of information on host zoogeography? Parasitology Research, 117(6), 1865–1875. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5878-7
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Faber, M., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Distribution of anisakid nematodes parasitizing rajiform skates under commercial exploitation in the Southwestern Atlantic. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 267, 20–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.12.009
Lanfranchi, A. L., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Alarcos, A. J., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2016). Ecotonal marine regions–ecotonal parasite communities: helminth assemblages in the convergence of masses of water in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. International Journal for Parasitology, 46(12), 809–818.
Irigoitia, M. M., Cantatore, D. M. P., Delpiani, G. E., Incorvaia, I. S., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2014). Merizocotyle euzeti sp. n. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissue of three deep sea skates (Rajidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Folia Parasitologica, 61(3), 206. http://search.proquest.com/openview/3a6cc602cc61f044976f0a43003b15a9/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=32619
Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Farber, M. D., Marvaldi, A. E., Luque, J. L., & Timi, J. T. (2014). Genetic and morphological evidence reveals the existence of a new family, genus and species of Echinorhynchida (Acanthocephala). Folia Parasitologica, 61(4), 377.
Timi, J. T., Paoletti, M., Cimmaruta, R., Lanfranchi, A. L., Alarcos, A. J., Garbin, L., George-Nascimento, M., Rodríguez, D. H., Giardino, G. V., & Mattiucci, S. (2014). Molecular identification, morphological characterization and new insights into the ecology of larval Pseudoterranova cattani in fishes from the Argentine coast with its differentiation from the Antarctic species, P. decipiens sp. E (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Veterinary Parasitology, 199(1), 59–72. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401713005578
Timi, J. T., & Lanfranchi, A. L. (2013). Ontogenetic changes in heterogeneity of parasite communities of fish: disentangling the relative role of compositional versus abundance variability. Parasitology, 140(03), 309–317. http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0031182012001606
Cantatore, D. M. P., Braicovich, P. E., Alarcos, A. J., Lanfranchi, A. L., Rossin, M. A., Vales, G., & Timi, J. T. (2012). New records of parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) from marine fishes in the Argentinean Sea. Acta Parasitologica, 57(1), 83–89. https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ap.2012.57.issue-1/s11686-012-0003-z/s11686-012-0003-z.xml
Cantatore, D. M. P., Lancia, J. P., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2012). A new species of Caudotestis (Digenea: Opecoelidae) parasitizing the horsefish, Congiopodus peruvianus (Scorpaeniformes: Congiopodidae) from the Patagonian Shelf, Argentina. Journal of Parasitology, 98(6), 1144–1147. https://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1645/GE-3065.1
Dra. Marcotegui Paula
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET
Teaching assistant

Marcotegui, P., Islas-Ortega, A., Cantatore, D. M. P., Reshaid, Y., Montes, M., Barneche, J., & Martorelli, S. (2024). Two methods for geometric morphometric analysis of trichodinids from killifishes. Parasitology Research, 123(9), 332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-024-08354-3
Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Alarcos, A. J., Levy, E., Braicovich, P. E., Marcotegui, P. S., & Timi, J. T. (2024). Parasite assemblages as indicators of stability in stock structure of Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) after a quarter of century of exploitation in a marine warming hotspot. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 34(3), 1149–1166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09864-0
Islas-Ortega, A. G., Marcotegui, P. S., Basson, L., de Jager, G. P., & Aguilar-Aguilar, R. (2022). Comparative exploration of the morphological plasticity of Trichodina centrostrigeata (Peritrichia: Mobilida), ectoparasite from the gills of two tilapia species (Oreochromis niloticus and O. mossambicus) in a global context. Folia Parasitologica. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2022.022
Dr. Merlo Matías Javier
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 Researcher CONICET

Merlo, M. J. (2024). Análisis de estimadores no paramétricos en la diversidad de digeneos larvales en Heleobia parchappii (d’Orbigny, 1835). Revista Argentina de Parasitología, 13(1), 13–22.
Bazterrica, M. C., Hidalgo, F. J., Rumbold, C. E., Méndez Casariego, M. A., Jaubet, M. L., Merlo, M. J., César, I. I., Provenzal, M., Addino, M. del S., Barón, P. J., & Obenat, S. M. (2022). Macrofaunal assemblages structure three decades after the first report of the invasive Crassostrea gigas reefs in a soft-intertidal of Argentina. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 270, 107832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107832
Merlo, J. L., Cutrera, A. P., Kittlein, M. J., & Zenuto, R. R. (2018). Individual condition and inflammatory response to PHA in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (Talas tuco-tuco): A multivariate approach. Mammalian Biology, 90, 47–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2018.02.007
Brachetta, V., Schleich, C. E., Cutrera, A. P., Merlo, J. L., Kittlein, M. J., & Zenuto, R. R. (2018). Prenatal predatory stress in a wild species of subterranean rodent: Do ecological stressors always have a negative effect on the offspring? Developmental Psychobiology, 60(5), 567–581. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21635
Parietti, M., Merlo, M. J., & Etchegoin, J. A. (2014). Population dynamic of two digenean species parasitizing the grass shrimp Palaemonetes argentinus Nobili 1901 (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in a lentic environment from Argentina. Acta Parasitologica, 60(1), 124–129.
Cutrera, A. P., Luna, F., Merlo, J. L., Baldo, M. B., & Zenuto, R. R. (2014). Assessing the energetic costs and trade-offs of a PHA-induced inflammation in the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum: Immune response in growing tuco-tucos. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 174, 23–28.
Parietti, M., Merlo, M. J., & Etchegoin, J. A. (2013). Can the studies at a spatial scale of 100s meters detect the spatiotemporal fluctuations of a parasite assemblage? Acta Parasitologica, 58(4), 577–584.
Etchegoin, J. A., Merlo, M. J., Gilardoni, C. M., & Cremonte, F. (2013). Digeneos larvales que parasitan a moluscos de ambientes marinos y estuariales de Argentina: relevamiento y perspectivas de estudio. Revista Argentina de Parasitología, 1(3), 9–27. http://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/1268
Etchegoin, J. A., Merlo, M. J., & Parietti, M. (2012). The role of the invasive polychaete Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923)(Serpulidae) as facilitator of parasite transmission in Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Parasitology, 139(11), 1506–1512. http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0031182012000820
Dra. Rossin Alejandra
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET

Rossin, M. A., Cantatore, D. M. P., Lisnerova, M., Taglioretti, V., & Sibylle Holzer, A. (2024). Henneguya (Cnidaria: Myxobolidae) species infecting Oligosarcus jenynsii (Characiformes: Characidae) in a Neotropical shallow lake from Argentina: morphological and molecular characterisation. Folia Parasitologica, 71, 2024.005. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2024.005
Bertora, A., Rossin, M. A., Grosman, F., Sanzano, P., & Rosso, J. J. (2021). Ensambles parasitarios de Corydoras paleatus en un arroyo pampeano con condiciones contrastantes de calidad de agua y hábitat. Biología Acuática, 37, 025. https://doi.org/10.24215/16684869e025
Levy, E., Rossin, M. A., Braicovich, P. E., & Timi, J. T. (2020). Profilicollis chasmagnathi (Acanthocephala) parasitizing freshwater fishes: paratenicity and an exception to the phylogenetic conservatism of the genus? Parasitology Research, 119(12), 3957–3966. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06825-x
Taglioretti, V., García-Vásquez, A., Rossin, M. A., Pinacho-Pinacho, C. D., Rubio-Godoy, M., & Timi, J. T. (2020). Two new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 parasitizing Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Poeciliidae) from the southern limit of the family in the Neotropical region. Parasitology Research, 119(6), 1713–1728. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06680-w
Mendoza-Palmero, C. A., Rossin, M. A., Irigoitia, M. M., & Scholz, T. (2020). A new species of Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000 (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) from South American freshwater catfishes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Systematic Parasitology, 97, 357–367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-020-09915-7
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Rossin, M. A., Canel, D., Levy, E., Farber, M. D., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Diversity of Empruthotrema Johnston and Tiegs, 1992 parasitizing batoids (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes) from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, with description of three new species. Parasitology Research, 118(11), 3113–3127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06456-x
Rossin, M. A., De Francesco, C. G., Irigoitia, M. M., Scarabotti, P. A., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Rhinoxenus (Dactylogyridae) parasitizing piranhas (Serrasalmidae) at its southernmost limit of distribution (Paraná River, Argentina), with the description of two new species. Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 91(4), e20190711. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201920190711
Taglioretti, V., Rossin, M. A., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Fish-trematode systems as indicators of anthropogenic disturbance: Effects of urbanization on a small stream. Ecological Indicators, 93, 759–770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.039
Rossin, M. A., De Francesco, P. N., & Timi, J. T. (2017). Three-dimensional morphology of rigid structures as a tool for taxonomic studies of Dactylogyridae (Monogenea). Parasitology Research, 116(10), 2813–2819. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-017-5591-y
Rossin, M. A., Incorvaia, I. S., & Timi, J. T. (2012). A new species of Neoascarophis (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) parasitic in Macrourus carinatus (Macrouridae) from Argentinean waters. Journal of Parasitology, 98(3), 643–647.
Cantatore, D. M. P., Braicovich, P. E., Alarcos, A. J., Lanfranchi, A. L., Rossin, M. A., Vales, G., & Timi, J. T. (2012). New records of parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) from marine fishes in the Argentinean Sea. Acta Parasitologica, 57(1), 83–89. https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ap.2012.57.issue-1/s11686-012-0003-z/s11686-012-0003-z.xml
Dra. Taglioretti Verónica
CV-SIGEVA
 Researcher CONICET

Rossin, M. A., Cantatore, D. M. P., Lisnerova, M., Taglioretti, V., & Sibylle Holzer, A. (2024). Henneguya (Cnidaria: Myxobolidae) species infecting Oligosarcus jenynsii (Characiformes: Characidae) in a Neotropical shallow lake from Argentina: morphological and molecular characterisation. Folia Parasitologica, 71, 2024.005. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2024.005
Taglioretti, V., García-Vásquez, A., Rossin, M. A., Pinacho-Pinacho, C. D., Rubio-Godoy, M., & Timi, J. T. (2020). Two new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 parasitizing Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Poeciliidae) from the southern limit of the family in the Neotropical region. Parasitology Research, 119(6), 1713–1728. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06680-w
Irigoitia, M. M., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2020). Dendrapta nasicola n. sp. (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) a parasite from the olfactory sacs of Bathyraja scaphiops (Norman, 1937) in the South Western Atlantic. Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 92(2), e20180933. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202020180933
Rossin, M. A., De Francesco, C. G., Irigoitia, M. M., Scarabotti, P. A., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Rhinoxenus (Dactylogyridae) parasitizing piranhas (Serrasalmidae) at its southernmost limit of distribution (Paraná River, Argentina), with the description of two new species. Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 91(4), e20190711. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201920190711
Lanfranchi, A. L., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Farber, M. D., Taglioretti, V., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Influence of confluent marine currents in an ecotonal region of the South-West Atlantic on the distribution of larval anisakids (Nematoda: Anisakidae). Parasites & Vectors, 11(1), 583. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3119-7
Taglioretti, V., Rossin, M. A., & Timi, J. T. (2018). Fish-trematode systems as indicators of anthropogenic disturbance: Effects of urbanization on a small stream. Ecological Indicators, 93, 759–770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.039
Zurita, A. E., Taglioretti, M., De los Reyes, M., Cuadrelli, F., & Poire, D. (2016). Regarding the real diversity of Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) in the late Pliocene (Chapadmalalan Age/Stage) of Argentina. Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 88(2), 809–827.
Zurita, A. E., Taglioretti, M., de los Reyes, M., Oliva, C., & Scaglia, F. (2016). First Neogene skulls of Doedicurinae (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae): morphology and phylogenetic implications. Historical Biology, 28(3), 423–432. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2014.969254
Graduate Students
Dra. Canel Delfina
CV-SIGEVA
 Graduate fellowship
Teaching assistant

Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Alarcos, A. J., Levy, E., Braicovich, P. E., Marcotegui, P. S., & Timi, J. T. (2024). Parasite assemblages as indicators of stability in stock structure of Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) after a quarter of century of exploitation in a marine warming hotspot. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 34(3), 1149–1166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09864-0
Gutiérrez, M. P., Canel, D., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Irigoitia, M. M., Ivanovic, M. L., Prandoni, N. I., Elena, B., & Timi, J. T. (2023). Parasite assemblages in volatile host stocks: inter- and intra-cohort variability restrict their value as biological tags for squid stock assessment. Parasitology, 150(13), 1254–1262. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023001051
Cantatore, D. M. P., Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Levy, E., & Timi, J. T. (2023). Plerocercoids of Adenocephalus pacificus in Argentine hakes: Broad distribution, low zoonotic risk. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 391–393, 110142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2023.110142
Irigoitia, M. M., Levy, E., Canel, D., & Timi, J. T. (2022). Parasites as tags for stock identification of a highly exploited vulnerable skate Dipturus brevicaudatus (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the south-western Atlantic Ocean, a complementary tool for its conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(10), 1634–1646. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3869
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Rossin, M. A., Canel, D., Levy, E., Farber, M. D., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Diversity of Empruthotrema Johnston and Tiegs, 1992 parasitizing batoids (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes) from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, with description of three new species. Parasitology Research, 118(11), 3113–3127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06456-x
Canel, D., Levy, E., Alarcos, A. J., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Distribution patterns of two species of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in fishes from Southwestern Atlantic. Parasitology Research, 118(10), 2831–2841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06440-5
Gutiérrez María Paz
 Graduate fellowship

Gutiérrez, M. P., Canel, D., Braicovich, P. E., Lanfranchi, A. L., Irigoitia, M. M., Ivanovic, M. L., Prandoni, N. I., Elena, B., & Timi, J. T. (2023). Parasite assemblages in volatile host stocks: inter- and intra-cohort variability restrict their value as biological tags for squid stock assessment. Parasitology, 150(13), 1254–1262. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023001051
Dra. Levy Eugenia
CV-SIGEVA
 Graduate fellowship

Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Alarcos, A. J., Levy, E., Braicovich, P. E., Marcotegui, P. S., & Timi, J. T. (2024). Parasite assemblages as indicators of stability in stock structure of Cynoscion guatucupa (Sciaenidae) after a quarter of century of exploitation in a marine warming hotspot. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 34(3), 1149–1166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09864-0
Cantatore, D. M. P., Lanfranchi, A. L., Canel, D., Levy, E., & Timi, J. T. (2023). Plerocercoids of Adenocephalus pacificus in Argentine hakes: Broad distribution, low zoonotic risk. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 391–393, 110142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2023.110142
Irigoitia, M. M., Levy, E., Canel, D., & Timi, J. T. (2022). Parasites as tags for stock identification of a highly exploited vulnerable skate Dipturus brevicaudatus (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) in the south-western Atlantic Ocean, a complementary tool for its conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(10), 1634–1646. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3869
Kot, C. Y., Åkesson, S., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Amorocho Llanos, D. F., Antonopoulou, M., Balazs, G. H., Baverstock, W. R., Blumenthal, J. M., Broderick, A. C., Bruno, I., Canbolat, A. F., Casale, P., Cejudo, D., Coyne, M. S., Curtice, C., DeLand, S., DiMatteo, A., Dodge, K., Dunn, D. C., … Halpin, P. N. (2022). Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: A tool for conservation prioritization. Diversity and Distributions, 28(4), 810–829. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13485
Levy, E., Rossin, M. A., Braicovich, P. E., & Timi, J. T. (2020). Profilicollis chasmagnathi (Acanthocephala) parasitizing freshwater fishes: paratenicity and an exception to the phylogenetic conservatism of the genus? Parasitology Research, 119(12), 3957–3966. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06825-x
Irigoitia, M. M., Braicovich, P. E., Rossin, M. A., Canel, D., Levy, E., Farber, M. D., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Diversity of Empruthotrema Johnston and Tiegs, 1992 parasitizing batoids (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes) from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, with description of three new species. Parasitology Research, 118(11), 3113–3127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06456-x
Canel, D., Levy, E., Alarcos, A. J., Braicovich, P. E., Cantatore, D. M. P., Irigoitia, M. M., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Timi, J. T. (2019). Distribution patterns of two species of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in fishes from Southwestern Atlantic. Parasitology Research, 118(10), 2831–2841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-019-06440-5