Rotifers from inland water bodies of continental Ecuador and Galápagos Islands: An updated checklist.

We present an updated checklist of the rotifer fauna from inland aquatic habitats in continental Ecuador and the Galápagos islands based on published rotifer records found in the literature. The checklist summarizes the status of the current taxonomic and faunistic knowledge on rotifers in Ecuador, updates the nomenclature, and reports the regions where each species has been found in the country. A total of 287 valid species (269 monogononts and 18 bdelloids was found.

Ectoparasitic copepod infestation on a wild population of Neotropical catfish Bloch, 1794: Histological evidences of lesions on host.

We analyzed the infestation of the attached copepod species sp on a wild population of . The infestation and occurrence of attached copepods were related to body size, maturity and sex of host and the presence of lesions on fish skin were described. In 61 fish specimens (37 males and 24 females), total of 218 ectoparasitic copepods, including 204 mature and 14 immature stages were found.