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Trevisan B, Caira JN. Three New Species of Rhinebothrium (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidea) from the Leopard Whipray, Himantura Leoparda, in Australia. J Parasitol 2021; 106:789-801. [PMID: 33351949 DOI: 10.1645/19-192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Examination of 4 specimens of the leopard whipray Himantura leoparda, a dasyatid stingray from northern Australia, led to the discovery of 3 new species of Rhinebothrium. Rhinebothrium leopardensis n. sp., Rhinebothrium nandoi n. sp., and Rhinebothrium ruhnkei n. sp. are described, increasing the diversity of the genus to 51 species globally. All 3 new species differ from their congeners in terms of testis number, proglottid number, loculus number, and size. With respect to one another, R. leopardensis n. sp. has bothridia that are weakly constricted at their centers and has a greater number of proglottids than the other 2 species (93-108 vs. 11-15, and 48-78, respectively). Rhinebothrium nandoi n. sp. is the smallest of the 3 species found in H. leoparda (3.6-5 vs. 10-15 mm and 10.1-15.8 mm in total length [TL], respectively) and bears bothridia that are constricted at their centers. Rhinebothrium ruhnkei n. sp. bears bothridia that are conspicuously constricted at their centers and has more testes than R. leopardensis and fewer than R. nandoi (7-10 vs. fewer than 7 and 21-33, respectively). Before this study, 56% (27 of 48) of Rhinebothrium species had been described from the freshwater river systems of South America and the marine waters surrounding South and North America. In contrast, despite the remarkably diverse nature of its batoid fauna, only 19 species were known from the Indo-Pacific region. Our work increases this number to 22, emphasizing the highly underestimated nature of Rhinebothrium diversity in this region of the globe. The discovery of these 3 new species was not unexpected, given the relatively poor status of our current knowledge of the cestode faunas of dasyatid stingrays in the Indo-Pacific region, and given the fact that it is common for a single batoid species to host 2 or more species of Rhinebothrium. Our results suggest that additional work on the cestode faunas of the batoids, especially dasyatids, from the Indo-Pacific region is likely to be highly productive in terms of contributing to the knowledge of Rhinebothrium diversity.
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- Bruna Trevisan
- Department of Zoology, 101 Matão Street, Tv. 14, University of São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 75 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043
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Santos JV, Marques FPL, Trevisan B. The First Report and Description of a New Species of Rhinebothrium from a Dasyatid Stingray from the Brazilian Northeastern Coast with a Review of the Distribution of the Genus throughout Endemic Marine Ecoregions. J Parasitol 2021; 106:809-817. [PMID: 33351948 DOI: 10.1645/19-194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Here we describe a new species of RhinebothriumLinton, 1890, from Hypanus guttatus (Bloch and Schneider). Rhinebothrium ramosi n. sp. can be differentiated from all 51 valid species of the genus by having 4-5 testes and uterus that extends throughout the entire length of the proglottid. Only 8 of the above species closely resemble R. ramosi in total length (Rhinebothrium bunburyense, Rhinebothrium chollaense, Rhinebothrium corbatai, Rhinebothrium dasyatidis, Rhinebothrium kruppi, Rhinebothrium lintoni, Rhinebothrium margaritense, and Rhinebothrium reydai). Despite the resemblance, R. bunburyense, R. corbatai, R. dasyatidis, R. lintoni, and R. margaritense can be distinguished from the new species by possessing a larger number of proglottids. The remaining 3 species (R. chollaense, R. kruppi, and R. reydai) overlap in total length and number of proglottids with R. ramosi. However, they can be distinguished from the new species by possessing a single posterior-most bothridial loculus instead of arranged as a pair, as found in the new species. This is the first report of the genus from the coastal waters of Brazil and brings to 52 the number of valid species for this genus. Additionally, we use the patterns of infection and distribution for species of Rhinebothrium to make predictions of expected diversity within the genus, especially for unsurveyed hosts in endemic marine ecoregions of the world.
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- Jéssica Vieira Santos
- Laboratório de Helmintologia Evolutiva, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 101, travessa 14, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Helmintologia Evolutiva, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 101, travessa 14, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Helmintologia Evolutiva, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 101, travessa 14, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
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Gallagher KA, Caira JN. A NEW SPECIES OF ACANTHOBOTHRIUM (CESTODA: ONCHOPROTEOCEPHALIDEA) FROM THE SMALLEYE PYGMY SHARK, SQUALIOLUS ALIAE (CHONDRICHTHYES: SQUALIFORMES: DALATIIDAE), FROM TAIWAN. J Parasitol 2021; 106:818-827. [PMID: 33351950 DOI: 10.1645/20-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The cestode fauna of Squaliolus aliae was examined for the first time following the collection of elasmobranch specimens from Taiwan in 2005, 2013, and 2017. This small shark was found to host 2 tapeworm species. These consist of Acanthobothrium katherineae n. sp., which is new to science and is described herein, and a second species, in the genus Scyphophyllidium, which also appears to be new, but which is represented by insufficient material for formal description. Acanthobothrium katherineae is a category 5 species. It can be distinguished from 5 of the 19 other category 5 species in that it is apolytic, retaining proglottids on its strobila until they are gravid. This new species differs from the remaining 14 category 5 species in its combination of the following features: It is a smaller worm, has fewer than 100 proglottids, has a relatively short cephalic peduncle, and differs in bothridial size and loculus ratio. Sequence data for the D1-D3 region of the 28S rDNA gene were generated for one specimen of A. katherineae. This sequence, along with comparable sequence data for adults of 14 described and 2 undescribed species as well as specimens of 6 undescribed larval members of the genus, was included in a maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis. The resulting tree places the shark-hosted A. katherineae within a clade of stingray-hosted species, with Acanthobothrium romanowi as its sister taxon. Acanthobothrium katherineae is 1 of only 19 Acanthobothrium species known to parasitize sharks. The tree resulting from this study, which is preliminary given the relatively poor taxon sampling of the diversity in the genus, included 3 of the shark-parasitizing Acanthobothrium species and suggests that all 3 represent host-switching events. This is the first report of an Acanthobothrium species from the family Dalatiidae and the first report of a Scyphophyllidium species from the order Squaliformes. These findings suggest that other members of the Squaliformes, many of which have not previously been examined for parasites, may host additional novel cestode taxa.
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- K A Gallagher
- Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, 100 Pachena Road, Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada, V0R 1B0.,Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043
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Scholz T, Barčák D, Waeschenbach A, McAllister CT, Choudhury A. Tapeworms (Cestoda) of Ictalurid Catfishes (Siluriformes) in North America: Redescription of Type Species of Two Genera and Proposal of Essexiellinae n. Subfam. J Parasitol 2021; 106:444-463. [PMID: 32294216 DOI: 10.1645/20-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Ictalurid catfishes (Siluriformes) in North America harbor proteocephalid tapeworms of the subfamily Corallobothriinae. Type species of 2 of 3 genera of these tapeworms from ictalurids are redescribed, based on museum and newly collected material. Essexiella fimbriata (Essex, 1928) is typified mainly by a wide, umbrella-shaped scolex with a metascolex formed by numerous folds of tissue, anteriorly directed suckers without sphincters, vitellarium bent inwards posteriorly, "flower-shaped" uterus (with anterior, lateral, and posterior diverticula), and a conspicuously pre-equatorial genital atrium. Verified host records of this cestode are only from 3 species of Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820. Megathylacoides giganteum (Essex, 1928), which seems to be specific to the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), possesses a globular scolex, with a weakly developed metascolex formed by tissue folds posterior to the suckers, anterolaterally directed suckers with large semilunar sphincters, proglottids that are widest at the level of the genital atrium at the anterior third of the proglottid, and uterine diverticula that do not reach the vitelline follicles laterally. A new subfamily, Essexiellinae Scholz and Barčák, is proposed to accommodate species of EssexiellaScholz, de Chambrier, Mariaux and Kuchta, 2011 (type genus), MegathylacoidesJones, Kerley and Sneed, 1956, and CorallotaeniaFreze, 1965 from ictalurid catfishes in the Nearctic Region. These tapeworms possess a metascolex, medullary genital organs, uterus lined with numerous chromophilic cells, pre-equatorial genital atrium, and uterine development of type 2. The new subfamily was monophyletic in all molecular phylogenetic analyses, being most closely related to 3 Neotropical proteocephalids from the redtail catfish, Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801), but distant from all remaining proteocephalid tapeworms from freshwater fishes in North America.
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- Tomáš Scholz
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
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- Division of Science and Mathematics, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, Oklahoma 74745
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- Division of Natural Sciences, St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin 54115
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Mutti LD, Ivanov VA. Ultrastructure of the rhyncheal apparatus and other structures of the scolex of Grillotia (Christianella) carvajalregorum (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha). J Morphol 2020; 282:309-324. [PMID: 33314286 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The scolex ultrastructure was studied in Grillotia (Christianella) carvajalregorum (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) using histochemistry and transmission electron microscopy. We show for the first time the presence of scolex glands arranged in two longitudinal acini at the pars vaginalis parenchyma. These glands, along with those scattered in bothrial parenchyma, produce potentially adhesive glycoprotein secretions that are discharged via ducts to the bothrial grooves and apex. A particular type of sensory receptor was found around frontal gland pores, with a possible function in regulating their secretion activity. The internal structure of microtriches varies according to their morphotype and distribution on the scolex, this study providing the first description of the ultrastructure of serrate lanceolate spinitriches. The projections that form serrate margins are an extension of the medulla, differing from similar projections of other spinitriches. The large caps observed in serrate lanceolate spinitriches may reflect their specialization in attachment to and abrasion of intestinal mucosa, while the short caps and large bases of acicular filitriches may reflect their involvement in nutrient absorption. We also describe the rhyncheal apparatus ultrastructure, showing a similar basic structure of tentacular walls than that of other trypanorhynchs. Some differences among species in the number of fibrous layers, composition of the apical cytoplasm and presence of microvilli-like projections were discussed. Finally, our study describes in detail the internal ultrastructure of hollow hooks, evidencing the presence of cytoplasm, mitochondria and fibrils. The location of these fibrils may increase the area of contact surface of hooks on tentacles, possibly allowing for a higher tensile strength than that of solid hooks. We consider that gland location and shape, composition of tentacular wall layers, and hook internal structure may serve as useful characters for the taxonomy and phylogeny of Trypanorhyncha. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: This is the first description of scolex internal ultrastructure in Grillotia carvajalregorum, showing the presence of glands arranged in two longitudinal acini at the pars vaginalis parenchyma, with potentially adhesive functions. The internal ultrastructure of serrate lanceolate spinitriches and acicular filitriches may reflect their specialization in attachment to the host intestinal mucosa and their involvement in nutrient absorption, respectively. Internally, hollow hooks have cytoplasm with mitochondria and fibrils, which are more widely distributed than in solid hooks, possibly increasing their tensile strength.
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- Leonardo Damian Mutti
- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología de Parásitos de Organismos Acuáticos, Ciudad Universitaria, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA), CONICET- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Laboratorio de Biología de la Reproducción, Crecimiento y Nutrición de Crustáceos Decápodos, Ciudad Universitaria, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología de Parásitos de Organismos Acuáticos, Ciudad Universitaria, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA), CONICET- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Golzarianpour K, Malek M, Golestaninasab M, Sarafrazi A, Kochmann J. Two new enigmatic species of Rhinebothrium (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidae) from the Persian Gulf: notes on generic traits and host specificity. SYST BIODIVERS 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2020.1832606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Kiavash Golzarianpour
- School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Gonbad Kavous University, Golestan, Iran
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- School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Frankfurt/M, Germany
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt/M, Germany
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Alves PV, Chambrier A, Luque JL, Scholz T. Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden cestode diversity in
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catfishes in the Neotropics. ZOOL SCR 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Philippe V. Alves
- Departamento de Parasitologia Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil
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- Department of Invertebrates Natural History Museum Geneva Switzerland
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- Departamento de Parasitologia Animal Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro Seropédica Brazil
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- Institute of Parasitology Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic České Budějovice Czech Republic
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Metacestodes of Elasmobranch Tapeworms in Octopus vulgaris (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) from Central Mediterranean-SEM and Molecular Data. Animals (Basel) 2020; 10:ani10112038. [PMID: 33158281 PMCID: PMC7694287 DOI: 10.3390/ani10112038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Information on the role of cephalopods in the life cycle of elasmobranch tapeworms and other parasites transmitted through the food web is limited. Such knowledge is useful to gain further understanding of the biology and ecology of this group of mollusks and would inform a correct management of wild cephalopod stocks for conservation and fishery purposes. In the present work, we aimed to characterize tapeworms infecting the common octopus Octopus vulgaris, one of the most widely distributed and commercially important cephalopod species, with morphological and molecular methods. Our results suggest a possible important role of O. vulgaris in the transmission of elasmobranch tapeworms and add valuable information on the host-range and distribution of the tapeworms identified. Abstract Cephalopods are intermediate/paratenic hosts in the life cycle of elasmobranch tapeworms, nevertheless most records of infection in this group of mollusks are outdated and fragmentary. The present work aimed to investigate the cestode fauna of the common octopus Octopus vulgaris from the Tyrrhenian Sea (Central Mediterranean). The parasitic stages were characterized by light and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and sequencing of 28S rDNA. Three cestode taxa were identified to the genus level: the onchoproteocephalidean Acanthobothrium sp. (prevalence 28%), the “tetraphyllidean” Anthobothrium sp. (prevalence 13%) and the trypanorhynch Nybelinia sp. (prevalence 3%). The remarkable prevalence observed for gastrointestinal cestodes highlight a possible important role of O. vulgaris in the transmission of elasmobranch tapeworms, particularly Onchoproteocephalideans. Furthermore, the present work provides, for the first time, detailed morphological (SEM) and molecular support to confirm the occurrence of Anthobothrium sp. in cephalopod hosts. In order to gain higher taxonomic resolution for the identified taxa, we stress the need to collect further morphological and molecular data of adult cestodes infecting their elasmobranch definitive hosts.
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Franzese S, Ivanov VA. Two new species of Acanthobothrium Blanchard, 1848 (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from rajiform batoids off Argentina. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2020; 67. [PMID: 32720914 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2020.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Two new species of Acanthobothrium Blanchard, 1848 were collected from rajiform batoids along the coast of Argentina. They are Acanthobothrium carolinae sp. n. from Bathyraja magellanica (Philippi) and Acanthobothrium domingae sp. n. from Dipturus brevicaudatus (Marini). Both belong to category 1 and 2 because their total length is lower than 15 mm, they have fewer than 50 proglottids, fewer than 80 testes and a symmetric or asymmetric ovary. Acanthobothrium carolinae sp. n. differs from all congeners by the following combination of features: proglottid apolysis, hook morphology, microthrix pattern on the cephalic peduncle and distribution of the vitelline follicles. Acanthobothrium domingae sp. n. is unique in the combination of proglottid apolysis, total length, number of proglottids, hook and septal morphology, microthrix pattern on the cephalic peduncle, number and distribution of testes, cirrus sac length, distribution of the vitelline follicles and genital pore position. The discovery of these species increases the number of species of Acanthobothrium parasitising rajiform batoids off Argentina from one to three. All three species have a unique pattern of distribution of the gladiate spinitriches along the length of the cephalic peduncle, i.e., gladiate spinitriches being interrupted in a medial line both dorsally and ventrally.
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- Sebastian Franzese
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; † deceased
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,CONICET - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; † deceased
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A New Onchoproteocephalidean Cestode Species from the Spot-Tail Shark, Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller et Henle), in the Persian Gulf. Acta Parasitol 2020; 65:518-524. [PMID: 32125585 DOI: 10.2478/s11686-020-00187-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Members of the onchoproteocephalidean genus Phoreiobothrium Linton, 1889 infect carcharhinid and sphyrnid sharks. Although the Persian Gulf harbors a rich fauna of sharks, the taxonomic diversity of Phoreiobothrium in this region has been explored little. A new species of Phoreiobothrium is herein described from Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller et Henle) off southern Iran. METHODS Cestodes were isolated from the spiral intestine of Carcharhinus sorrah, fixed in 10% seawater-buffered formalin, and stored in 70% ethanol. For morphological examinations, worms were stained using acetic carmine; a subset was prepared for SEM. RESULTS Phoreiobothrium sorrahcola n. sp. is the first record of the genus from C. sorrah and most closely resembles Phoreiobothrium rozatii Alijanpour Darvishi et Haseli, 2019 recently described from the Gulf of Oman. However, it differs from P. rozatii in its possession of the rectangular, rather than triangular, bothridia, a longer cephalic peduncle (878-1300 vs 466-841), the longer axial prongs of lateral and medial hooks (B 56-80 vs 43-52; B' 66-98 vs 46-62), and a greater maximum width of worm at level of scolex (302-415 vs 215-298). CONCLUSIONS With the description of this new species, three species of Phoreiobothrium have been reported so far from the southern waters of Iran. Phoreiobothrium now includes 17 valid species infecting 16 shark species.
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Scholz T, Tavakol S, Luus-Powell WJ. First adult cyclophyllidean tapeworm (Cestoda) from teleost fishes: host switching beyond tetrapods in Africa. Int J Parasitol 2020; 50:561-568. [PMID: 32422300 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tapeworms (Cestoda) of the order Cyclophyllidea include over 3,000 species of intestinal parasites of tetrapods, especially birds and mammals including humans. However, adults of cyclophyllideans have never been found in bony fishes, even though hundreds of thousands of these hosts have been examined for parasites globally over more than 250 years. In the present paper, we report on a unique example of host switching of a tapeworm from birds to teleost fish in Africa. A new genus, Ichthyolepis (Cyclophyllidea: Dilepididae), is erected to accommodate Ichthyolepis africana n. sp., which is the first cyclophyllidean tapeworm that sexually matures in teleost fishes. The new species parasitises several freshwater elephantfishes (Mormyriformes: Mormyridae) including Marcusenius macrolepidotus (type host) in South Africa, Marcusenius senegalensis in Senegal, Mormyrus caschive, M. niloticus and Pollimyrus isodori in the Sudan, and Mormyrus kannume in Egypt. Ichthyolepis n. gen. is typified by a large musculo-glandular apical apparatus with rostellar pouch and a rostellum armed with robust hooks similar in size, but different in shape, deep, sandglass-shaped genital atrium, vaginal atrium and cirrus armed with tiny spines, thick-walled, subspherical cirrus sac, large, lobulated ovary occupying a large part of the median pre-equatorial field of mature proglottids, numerous testes filling almost entirely the postequatorial median field of proglottids, long and narrow, sleeve-like lateral uterine diverticula, and spindle-shaped eggs. Molecular phylogenetics considers Ichthyolepis as a member of the lineage consisting of dilepidids from swifts (Apodidae) in Africa. All fish hosts of the new tapeworm are bottom feeders, live in muddy biotopes and are insectivorous, which indicates that its intermediate hosts may be insect larvae.
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- Tomáš Scholz
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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- DSI-NRF SARChI Chair (Ecosystem Health), Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
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- DSI-NRF SARChI Chair (Ecosystem Health), Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
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Guyer RR, Jensen K. Morphological variation in the hyperapolytic lecanicephalidean species Anteropora japonica (Yamaguti, 1934) (Eucestoda). Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2020; 67. [PMID: 32350158 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2020.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In November of 2013, a specimen of Japanese sleeper ray, Narke japonica (Temminck et Schlegel), caught off Nanfang-ao, Taiwan was found to be parasitised by the cestode Anteropora japonica (Yamaguti, 1934). Specimens comprised whole worms and free proglottids, both of varying degrees of maturity. This material allowed for the opportunity to examine in detail the developmental progression of this hyperapolytic lecanicephalidean species with regard to overall size, scolex dimensions, and microthrix pattern. Complete immature worms ranged in size from 2.4 mm to 14 mm. The smallest scoleces were half as wide as larger scoleces and exhibited a much smaller ratio of apical organ width to bothridial width. Proglottids more than quadrupled in length during maturation from terminal attached immature to detached proglottids. In addition, a change in microthrix pattern was observed on the anterior region of the proglottids from immature to gravid proglottids; the anterior region of attached immature proglottids is covered with gladiate to coniform spinitriches with capilliform filitriches only rarely visible, whereas this region in detached proglottids is covered with gladiate to coniform spinitriches and conspicuous capilliform filitriches. This is the first report of A. japonica from outside Japan expanding its distribution south to Taiwan. In addition, a preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the genus is presented that suggests congeners from the same host species are not each other's closest relatives, nor is there an apparent phylogenetic signal for apical organ type or reproductive strategy (apolysis). However, reproductive strategy does seem to be correlated with host group such that euapolytic species parasitise dasyatid stingrays while hyperapolytic species parasitise either torpediniform rays or orectolobiform sharks.
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- Rachel R Guyer
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.,Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Jackson, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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Oros M, Uhrovic D, Choudhury A, Mackiewicz JS, Scholz T. Scolex morphology of monozoic tapeworms (Caryophyllidea) from the Nearctic Region: taxonomic and evolutionary implications. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2020; 67. [DOI: 10.14411/fp.2020.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera - at last! J Helminthol 2020; 94:e132. [PMID: 32114987 DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x20000036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Three new cestode species are described from the crocodile shark (Pseudocarcharias kamoharai) in Ecuador. All three were examined with light and scanning electron microscopy. The unique combination of morphological features in one of the new species prompted formal investigation of the non-monophyly of Paraorygmatobothrium relative to the morphologically similar genera Doliobothrium, Guidus, Marsupiobothrium, Nandocestus, Orectolobicestus, Ruhnkecestus and Scyphophyllidium. Sequence data generated for part of the 28S rDNA gene were subjected to maximum likelihood (ML) analysis. The resulting tree led to the synonymization of six of these seven genera with Scyphophyllidium, and transfer of their species to the latter genus. With the new species, the number of described members of Scyphophyllidium is now 45. The diagnosis of Scyphophyllidium is revised to accommodate these species. In addition, to expedite future descriptions, eight categories of Scyphophyllidium species are circumscribed, based largely on bothridial features. Scyphophyllidium timvickiorum n. sp. is a category 1 species. Beyond being the smallest category 1 species, it bears, rather than lacks, apical suckers and lacks, rather than bears, strobilar scutes. The two other new species are members of Clistobothrium. Clistobothrium amyae n. sp. differs from its congeners in bothridial shape, elongate cephalic peduncle and tiny size. Clistobothrium gabywalterorum n. sp. differs from the two of its congeners that also possess foliose bothridia in overall size and testis number. Despite their substantial morphological differences, the ML tree indicates they are sister taxa. Both are unique among their congeners in possessing cephalic peduncle spinitriches. The diagnosis of Clistobothrium is revised accordingly.
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Ruhnke TR, Daniel V, Jensen K. Four New Species of Paraorygmatobothrium (Eucestoda: Phyllobothriidea) from Sharks of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, with Comments on Their Host Specificity. J Parasitol 2020. [DOI: 10.1645/19-129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- T. R. Ruhnke
- Department of Biology, Barron Drive, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia 25112-1000
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- Department of Biology, Barron Drive, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia 25112-1000
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Biodiversity Institute, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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Maleki L, Valinasab T, Palm HW. A new species of Alexandercestus Ruhnke and Workman, 2013 (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) from the sicklefin lemon shark, Negaprion acutidens (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhinidae), in the Gulf of Oman. J Parasit Dis 2019; 44:110-115. [PMID: 32174712 DOI: 10.1007/s12639-019-01168-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A new species, Alexandercestus masoumehae n. sp., is described from the sicklefin lemon shark, Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell), from the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman. The new species is the third in this genus, all parasitizing species of Negaprion Whitley. Based on morphological characters and scanning electron microscopy the new species is different from its congeners of in a combination of characters including total length, terminal proglottid length, cirrus sac length, and genital pore position. Compared to Alexandercestus gibsoni Ruhnke & Workman, 2013 and A. manteri Ruhnke & Workman, 2013 the specimens of the new species are smaller (7.08-8.5 mm), with a smaller terminal proglottid length to width ratio (1:0.7-1.3 vs. 1.4-3.2:1 and 1.2-3.1:1, respectively), and have a more anterior genital pore (70-73% of proglottid length vs. 42-66% and 41-65%, respectively). In addition, A. masoumehae possesses less foliose bothridia compared with A. gibsoni, and more densely packed vitelline follicles in comparison with A. manteri. The SEM examination of the scolex in the new species reveals a specific pattern of microtriches adding new details in our understanding of the surface morphology of members of Alexandercestus. Finally, the new species increases the total number of described tapeworm species from N. acutidens to five and the described tapeworms in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman region to 65.
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- Loghman Maleki
- 1Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
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- 3Aquaculture and Sea-Ranching, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University Rostock, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Morales-Ávila JR, Gómez-Gutiérrez J, Hernandez-Saavedra NY, Robinson CJ, Palm HW. Phylogenetic placement and microthrix pattern of Paranybelinia otobothrioides Dollfus, 1966 (Trypanorhyncha) from krill Nyctiphanes simplex Hansen, 1911. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-PARASITES AND WILDLIFE 2019; 10:138-148. [PMID: 31516825 PMCID: PMC6732713 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Plerocerci of the monotypic Paranybelinia otobothrioides were found parasitizing the subtropical neritic krill Nyctiphanes simplex in the Gulf of California, Mexico. The plerocerci were recovered from two microhabitats of the intermediate host, typically embedded inside the digestive gland (hepatopancreas) or rarely in the hemocoel. The morphology of the simple, single-layered blastocyst surrounding the entire scolex is unique within the Trypanorhyncha by having four large funnel-like pori or openings possibly with feeding and/or excretory function. One of the openings is located anteriorly and three at the posterior end. Scolex surface ultrastructure shows hamulate and lineate spinitriches covering the bothrial surface, capilliform filitriches at the anterior scolex end and on the scolex peduncle, and short papilliform filitriches on the long appendix. This pattern resembles that of species of the Tentaculariidae; but differs in that the hamulate spinitriches, which appear lineate at the bothrial margins, densely cover the entire distal bothrial surface. Tegumental grooves are present on the posterior bothrial margin, lacking spinitriches. Paranybelinia otobothrioides and Pseudonybelinia odontacantha share the following unique combination of characters: two bothria with free lateral and posterior bothrial margins, homeoacanthous homeomorphous armature, tegumental grooves, the distribution of the hamulate spinitriches, and the absence of prebulbar organs. Both genera infect euphausiids as intermediate hosts. Sequence data of the partial ssrDNA gene place Pa. otobothrioides sister to the family Tentaculariidae, and the Kimura two-parameters (K2P) distance between Pa. otobothrioides and species of the family Tentaculariidae ranged from 0.027 to 0.039 (44-62 nucleotide differences). These data suggest both species be recognized in a family, the Paranybeliniidae, distinct from, albeit as sister taxon to, the Tentaculariidae. High prevalence of infection (<14%) and ontogenetic changes of Pa. otobothrioides support N. simplex as a required intermediate host and suggest a zooplanktophagous elasmobranch as final host in the Gulf of California. First description of the microthrix pattern of Paranybelinia otobothrioides Dollfus (1966) larva. The krill Nyctiphanes simplex is the first known host of larvae of P. otobothrioides. Blastocyst morphology surrounding the scolex is unique within the Trypanorhyncha. SsrDNA sequence places P. otobothrioides as sister taxon to the Tentaculariidae. We emmend the superfamily diagnosis in the most recent classification.
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- José Raúl Morales-Ávila
- Ecología y Conservación de La Vida Silvestre A.C. (ECOVIS), Marcelo Rubio, entre Oaxaca y Jalisco 3530, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23060, Mexico.,Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR), Departamento de Plancton y Ecología Marina, Avenida IPN s/n, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23096, Mexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR), Departamento de Plancton y Ecología Marina, Avenida IPN s/n, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23096, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C. (CIBNOR), Mar Bermejo 195, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICMyL), Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, DF, 04500, Mexico
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- University of Rostock, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Aquaculture and Sea-Ranching, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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Barčák D, Yoneva A, Sehadová H, Oros M, Gustinelli A, Kuchta R. Complex insight on microanatomy of larval "human broad tapeworm" Dibothriocephalus latus (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea). Parasit Vectors 2019; 12:408. [PMID: 31434579 PMCID: PMC6702751 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-019-3664-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In Europe, the tapeworm Dibothriocephalus latus (syn. Diphyllobothrium latum) is a well-known etiological agent of human diphyllobothriosis, which spreads by the consumption of raw fish flesh infected by plerocercoids (tapeworm's larval stage). However, the process of parasite establishment in both intermediate and definitive hosts is poorly understood. This study was targeted mainly on the scolex (anterior part) of the plerocercoid of this species, which facilitates penetration of the parasite in intermediate paratenic fish hosts, and subsequently its attachment to the intestine of the definitive host. METHODS Plerocercoids were isolated from the musculature of European perch (Perca fluviatilis) caught in Italian alpine lakes. Parasites were examined using confocal microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Immunofluorescence tagging was held on whole mount larvae. RESULTS The organisation of the central and peripheral nervous system was captured in D. latus plerocercoids, including the ultrastructure of the nerve cells possessing large dense neurosecretory granules. Two types of nerve fibres run from the body surface toward the nerve plexus located in the parenchyma on each side of bothria. One type of these fibres was found to be serotoninergic and possessed large subtegumental nerve cell bodies. A well-developed gland apparatus, found throughout the plerocercoid parenchyma, produced heterogeneous granules with lucent core packed in a dense layer. Three different types of microtriches occurred on the scolex and body surface of plerocercoids of D. latus: (i) uncinate spinitriches; (ii) coniform spinitriches; and (iii) capilliform filitriches. Non-ciliated sensory receptors were observed between the distal cytoplasm of the tegument and the underlying musculature. CONCLUSIONS Confocal laser scanning microscopy and electron microscopy (SEM and TEM) showed the detailed microanatomy of the nervous system in the scolex of plerocercoids, and also several differences in the larval stages compared with adult D. latus. These features, i.e. well-developed glandular system and massive hook-shaped uncinate spinitriches, are thus probably required for plerocercoids inhabiting fish hosts and also for their post-infection attachment in the human intestine.
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- Daniel Barčák
- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovak Republic
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano Emilia, BO Italy
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Two new species of Phoreiobothrium Linton, 1889 (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) off southern Iran, completing the puzzle of Phoreiobothrium faunas in Rhizoprionodon acutus species complex. Parasitol Res 2019; 118:2557-2566. [PMID: 31342151 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06402-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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It has been shown that the milk shark, Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell), is probably a complex of four narrowly distributed cryptic species. To confirm this hypothesis, the oioxenous species of the onchoproteocephalid genus Phoreiobothrium Linton, 1889 was recently used to recognize each shark species of this species complex so that P. nadiae Caira and Jensen, 2015, P. swaki Caira and Jensen, 2015, and P. jahki Caira and Jensen, 2015 were described respectively from Rhizoprionodon cf. acutus 1 off Senegal, R. cf. acutus 2 off northern Australia, and R. cf. acutus 3 off Borneo. Nonetheless, the Phoreiobothrium fauna of R. acutus sensu stricto extending around the Arabian Peninsula remained unknown. In the present study, P. golchini n. sp. is described from the fourth type of this shark species complex, i.e. R. acutus sensu stricto, from the Persian Gulf. Given the oioxeny of the Phoreiobothrium species and the recent phylogeny of the milk shark species complex, if the hypothesis of the allopatric cospeciation of the members of the milk shark species complex and their cestodes is considered, it seems that scolex in Phoreiobothrium can diverge more rapidly in size and morphology than strobila. Furthermore, P. rozatii n. sp. was described from one of the members of the hardnose shark species complex, i.e. Carcharhinus macloti (Müller and Henle), in the Gulf of Oman. This study provides the first data on the occurrence of the species of Phoreiobothrium in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
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Bernot JP, Caira JN. Site specificity and attachment mode of Symcallio and Calliobothrium species (Cestoda: "Tetraphyllidea") in smoothhound sharks of the genus Mustelus (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae). PeerJ 2019; 7:e7264. [PMID: 31338258 PMCID: PMC6628880 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous studies suggest that cestodes (i.e., tapeworms) of the sister genera Symcallio and Calliobothrium attach in different specific regions of the spiral intestine of their triakid shark hosts, with species of Symcallio attaching in the anterior region of the spiral intestine and species of Calliobothrium attaching with a broader distribution centered around the middle of the spiral intestine. In the present study, we tested the generality of this pattern of site specificity in two additional species pairs: Symcallio peteri and Calliobothrium euzeti in Mustelus palumbes and S. leuckarti and C. wightmanorum in M. asterias. Finding that these cestodes also exhibit the aforementioned pattern, we investigated a series of functional explanations that might account for this phylogenetically conserved pattern of site specificity. The mucosal surface of the spiral intestine of both shark species was characterized, as were the attachment mechanisms of all four cestode species. Although anatomical differences in mucosal surface were seen along the length of the spiral intestine in both shark species, these differences do not appear to correspond to the attachment mode of these cestodes. We find that while species of Symcallio, like most cestodes, attach using their scolex, species of Calliobothrium attach with their scolex and, to a much greater extent, also with their strobila. Furthermore, attachment of Calliobothrium species appears to be enhanced by laciniations (flap-like extensions on the posterior margins of the proglottids) that interdigitate with elements of the mucosal surface of the spiral intestine. The role of proglottid laciniations in attachment in species of Calliobothrium helps reconcile a number of morphological features that differ between these two closely related cestode genera.
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- James P. Bernot
- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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Zaragoza-Tapia F, Pulido-Flores G, Violante-González J, Monks S. Two new species of Acanthobothrium Blanchard, 1848 (Onchobothriidae) in Narcineentemedor Jordan & Starks, 1895 (Narcinidae) from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. Zookeys 2019; 852:1-21. [PMID: 31210739 PMCID: PMC6562051 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.852.28964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Two species of Acanthobothrium (Onchoproteocephalidea: Onchobothriidae) are described from the spiral intestine of Narcineentemedor Jordan & Starks, 1895, in Bahía de Acapulco, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. Based on the four criteria used for the identification of species of Acanthobothrium, A.soniae sp. nov. is a Category 2 species (less than 15 mm in total length with less than 50 proglottids, less than 80 testes, and with the ovary asymmetrical in shape). Acanthobothriumvidali sp. nov. is a Category 6 species (more than 15 mm in total length with more than 50 proglottids, fewer than 80 testes, and the ovary is asymmetrical). The new species differ from similar species from the Pacific Ocean by total length, the number of proglottids, diameter of the accessory sucker, the length of the cirrus sac, the number of testes per proglottid and the measurements of hooks. With the recognition of A.soniae sp. nov. and A.vidali sp. nov., 42 species of Acanthobothrium have been reported from the Pacific coast of the Americas. This is the first report of species of Acanthobothrium from a member of Narcine from Mexico and it brings the number of species reported from elasmobranchs from the Pacific Coast of Mexico to 13.
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- Francisco Zaragoza-Tapia
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Apartado Postal 1-10, C.P. 42001, Pachuca, Hidalgo, México Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Pachuca Mexico
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- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Apartado Postal 1-10, C.P. 42001, Pachuca, Hidalgo, México Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Pachuca Mexico
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- Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Unidad Académica de Ecología Marina, Gran Vía Tropical No. 20, Fraccionamiento Las Playas, C.P. 39390, Acapulco, Guerrero, México Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero Acapulco Mexico
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- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Apartado Postal 1-10, C.P. 42001, Pachuca, Hidalgo, México Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Pachuca Mexico
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Orygmatobothrium persiense n. sp. (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) from the Arabian Smooth-Hound Shark Mustelus mosis (Triakidae) in the Persian Gulf. Acta Parasitol 2019; 64:288-294. [PMID: 30820882 DOI: 10.2478/s11686-019-00035-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new species of Orygmatobothrium Diesing, 1863 was discovered from Mustelus mosis Hemprich et Ehrenberg in the north-eastern Persian Gulf. Orygmatobothrium persiense n. sp. is the fourth valid species of its genus and differs from its congeners by the number of the proglottids. In addition, the testes distributed in 3-4 rows deep in cross sections, the length of the cephalic peduncle, and a conspicuous bothridial cleft above the apical sucker distinguish the new species, respectively, from O. juani, O. musteli, and O. schmittii. This is the first time that a species of Orygmatobothrium is described and reported outside the Atlantic Ocean.
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Shafiei S, Haseli M. A new species of Dollfusiella Campbell & Beveridge, 1994 (Cestoda: Eutetrarhynchidae), with remarks on Halysiorhynchus macrocephalus (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) (Cestoda: Mixodigmatidae) from the bowmouth guitarfish Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider (Rhinidae) in the Persian Gulf. Syst Parasitol 2019; 96:369-379. [PMID: 31077061 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-019-09854-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dollfusiella nimai n. sp. (Cestoda: Eutetrarhynchidae) is described from the intestine of Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider in the Persian Gulf. The number of the hooks per half spiral row in the metabasal tentacular armature distinguishes the new species from its congeners, except for D. vooremi (São Clemente & Gomes, 1989) possessing approximately the same number of hooks per half spiral row. While the principle hooks 1(1')-21(21') were homeomorphous in the metabasal armature of D. nimai n. sp., the billhooks on the antibothrial surface and the uncinate hooks on the bothrial surface were the principle hooks 1(1')-16(16') in the metabasal armature of D. vooremi. Dollfusiella nimai n. sp. most closely resembles D. michiae (Southwell, 1929) in the tentacular armature as well as the morphology of the scolex and strobila but differs clearly in the number of the hooks per half spiral row in the metabasal tentacular armature (25-26 vs 16 respectively). A detailed examination of the specimens of Halysiorhynchus macrocephalus (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) (Cestoda: Mixodigmatidae) ex R. ancylostoma from the Persian Gulf revealed intraspecific variability including the number of the principle hooks per half spiral row in the metabasal armature, the number of the hook rows in the basal armature, and the size of the basal hooks.
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- Sharareh Shafiei
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
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Coleman GM, Beveridge I, Campbell RA. New genera, species and records of rhinebothriidean cestodes (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Australian stingrays (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea). Syst Parasitol 2019; 96:347-368. [PMID: 31069595 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-019-09852-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Collections of rhinebothriidean cestodes (Platyhelminthes) from Australian batoid elasmobranchs revealed the presence of a number of new genera and species. Ruptobothrium louiseuzeti n. g., n sp. is described from the reticulate whipray, Himantura australis Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, from off the Northern Territory and Mixobothrium queenslandense n. g., n sp. is described from the green sawfish, Pristis zijsron Bleeker, from off north-eastern Queensland. Two new species of Rhabdotobothrium Euzet, 1953 are described: Rhabdotobothrium meridionale n. sp. from the southern eagle ray Myliobatis tenuicaudatus Hector from off South Australia and Rhabdotobothrium anoxypristidis n. sp. from the narrow sawfish, Anoxypristis cuspidatus (Latham) from off north Western Australia. A new species of Scalithrium Healy & Reyda, 2016, Scalithrium australiense n. sp., is described from the reticulate whipray, Himantura australis Last, Naylor & Manjaji-Matsumoto, from off northern Western Australia. Scalithrium smitii (Shinde, Deshmukh & Jadhav, 1981) n. comb. is reported from Australian waters for the first time in the black spotted stingray Maculabatis toshi (Whitley) from off northern Western Australia. New host and geographical records are provided for Stillabothrium jeanfortiae Forti, Aprill & Reyda, 2016 from the brown whipray Maculobatis toshi (Whitley) and the black-spotted whipray, Maculabatis cf. astra (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Pogonoski) from Moreton Bay in southern Queensland.
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- Garrett M Coleman
- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, 02747, USA.,Aldrich Animal Hospital, 537 Sunrise Highway, West Babylon, NY, 11704, USA
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Veterinary Clinical Centre, University of Melbourne, Werribee, VIC, 3030, Australia.
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, 02747, USA.,, Rockingham, USA
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de Chambrier A, Brabec J, Tran BT, Scholz T. Revision of Acanthotaenia von Linstow, 1903 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), parasites of monitors (Varanus spp.), based on morphological and molecular data. Parasitol Res 2019; 118:1761-1783. [PMID: 31065829 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06326-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A morphological and molecular phylogenetic study of proteocephalid tapeworms of the genus Acanthotaenia von Linstow, 1903, parasites of monitors (Varanidae), was carried out. The type species, A. shipleyi von Linstow, 1903, which was originally described based on an immature specimen from Sri Lanka, is redescribed based on new material from the type host, Varanus salvator, in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Vietnam, and its neotype is designated. In addition, Acanthotaenia susanae n. sp. is described from Varanus nebulosus in Vietnam. The new species differs from congeners by the large size of the scolex, width of the rostellum and the number of testes. New molecular data (sequences of lsrDNA and cox1) revealed Acanthotaenia paraphyletic with the inclusion of Australotaenia bunthangi de Chambrier & Scholz, 2012, a parasite of Enhydris enhydris (Ophidia: Homalopsidae) in Cambodia. Molecular data confirm a wide distribution of A. shipleyi (isolates from Malaysia and Vietnam were almost identical) and indicate a strict host specificity (oioxeny) of individual species of the genus. Type specimens of four species made it possible to supplement their morphological descriptions. A survey of all species of Acanthotaenia recognised as valid is presented and the following taxonomic changes are proposed: Acanthotaenia pythonis Wahid, 1968 described from the green python, Morelia viridis, in a zoo, is transferred to Kapsulotaenia as Kapsulotaenia pythonis (Wahid, 1968) n. comb., because it possesses intrauterine eggs grouped in capsules. Acanthotaenia gracilis (Beddard, 1913) from Varanus varius in Australia is considered to be species inquirenda because its original descriptions did not contain sufficient data for adequate circumscription and differentiation from congeners and type material was not available. Generic diagnosis of Acanthotaenia is amended and a key to its seven species is provided.
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- Alain de Chambrier
- Department of Invertebrates, Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 6434, 1211, Geneva 6, Switzerland
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- Department of Invertebrates, Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 6434, 1211, Geneva 6, Switzerland.,Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, 18 Hoàng Quốc Việt, Caugiay, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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Mutti LD, Ivanov VA. Ultrastructure of the scolex of Orygmatobothrium schmittii
(Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea). J Morphol 2019; 280:494-507. [DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Leonardo Damian Mutti
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Laboratorio de Biología de la Reproducción, Crecimiento y Nutrición de Crustáceos Decápodos; Buenos Aires Argentina
- CONICET- Universidad de Buenos Aires; Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA); Buenos Aires Argentina
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- CONICET- Universidad de Buenos Aires; Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA); Buenos Aires Argentina
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología de Parásitos de Organismos Acuáticos; Buenos Aires Argentina
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Torres P, Aedo E, Silva R, Thibaut J, Torres-Frenzel P. First Case of Zoonotic Tapeworm Adenocephalus cf. pacificus from Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in Chile: Experimental Development Study. COMP PARASITOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1654/1525-2647-86.1.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Patricio Torres
- Instituto de Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Edifício de Ciencias Biomédicas, Campus Isla Teja,
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- Unidad de Estudios Regionales de la Trapananda, Campus Patagonia, Universidad Austral de Chile, Coyh
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- Instituto de Anatomia, Histología y Patología, Facultad de Medicina, Edificio de Ciencias Biomédicas
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- Instituto de Ciencias Clínicas Veterinarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral
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- Instituto de Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Edifício de Ciencias Biomédicas, Campus Isla Teja,
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New species of Rhinebothrium Linton, 1890 (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidea) parasitic in Australian stingrays (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea). Syst Parasitol 2018; 96:23-49. [DOI: 10.1007/s11230-018-9835-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/11/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Callitetrarhynchus gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819) Pintner, 1931 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) parasitizing the musculature of Sardinella brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1879) (Actinopterygii) off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0206377. [PMID: 30427883 PMCID: PMC6235306 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha can frequently be found infecting the muscles of several marine fish species, and lead to a repugnant aspect of the fish and rejection by consumers. The Brazilian sardinella, Sardinella brasiliensis, occurs from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean to northern Uruguay. In southeastern Brazil, fishing for the species is very intensive since it generates significant revenue as one of the most commonly consumed fish and an important element of the canned fish industry. The aims of the present study were to identify and report the occurrence of tiny cestodes (3 mm-6.6 mm) in the musculature of Brazilian sardinella that were purchased in the São Pedro fish market in the municipality of Niterói, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From October 2013 to November 2016, 75 specimens of S. brasiliensis were investigated. The trypanorhynch cestodes encountered were identified as plerocerci of Callitetrarhynchus gracilis using morphological, morphometric and molecular data. Parasitic indices were calculated, and the cestodes infection of the musculature of Brazilian sardinella had the following values: prevalence, 40%; mean intensity, 3.47; mean abundance, 1.39; and range of infection, 1-18, specimens. The presence of this trypanorhynch cestode in the musculature of Brazilian sardinella is an important indicator of fish hygiene.
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A new genus and three new species of Anthocephaliidae (Cestoda, Rhinebothriidea) from the round fantail stingray,Taeniurops grabata(Chondrichthyes, Dasyatidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. J Helminthol 2018; 94:e11. [DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x18001025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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AbstractThe spiral intestines of a total of 16 round fantail stingraysTaeniurops grabatafrom the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia were examined for cestodes. A new genus is erected in the Anthocephaliidae (Rhinebothridea) asAlveobothriumgen. n., withAlveobothrium grabatumsp. n. as its type species; the new genus differs from the other genera in the order in that its members possess bothridia with an apical sucker, marginal loculi and multiple staggered rows of facial loculi.Alveobothrium zarzisensesp. n. is also described. The species differ in the number of marginal loculi and in proglotid anatomy. Another anthocephaliid belonging to the genusAnthocephalumis also described fromT. grabata. Anthocephalum jeancadenatisp. n. is most similar toA. alicaeandA. michaeli, but differs in size of terminal proglottid and number of proglottids. All these new species are also found in formalin-preserved cestodes fromT. grabatacollected at Gorée Island (Senegal) between 1946 and 1954 by the French ichthyologist J. Cadenat and conserved in the personal collection of the late L. Euzet. The presence of the same rhinebothriideans species parasitizingT. grabatain both the Mediterranean (Tunisia) and the eastern Atlantic (Senegal) is discussed.
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Herzog KS, Jensen K. Five New Species of the Tapeworm GenusAnthocephalum(Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae) Parasitizing A Single Species of Indo-Pacific Stingray and A Revised Diagnosis of the Genus. J Parasitol 2018; 104:505-522. [DOI: 10.1645/18-53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Kaylee S. Herzog
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Haworth Hall, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Haworth Hall, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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Dedrick EA, Reyda FB, Iwanyckyj EK, Ruhnke TR. Two new species of Stillabothrium (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidea) from stingrays of the genus Fontitrygon from Senegal. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2018; 65. [DOI: 10.14411/fp.2018.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Schaeffner BC, Ditrich O, Kuchta R. A century of taxonomic uncertainty: re-description of two species of tapeworms (Diphyllobothriidea) from Arctic seals. Polar Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-018-2396-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Schaeffner BC. Hispidorhynchus styracurae n. sp. (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) From the Chupare Stingray, Styracura schmardae (Werner), from the Caribbean Sea, Including New Records of Oncomegas wageneri (Linton, 1890). J Parasitol 2018; 104:685-696. [PMID: 30208286 DOI: 10.1645/17-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Species of the eutetrarhynchid genus Hispidorhynchus Schaeffner and Beveridge, 2012 possess an uncinate macrohook on the bothrial surface of the basal swelling of each tentacle. This unique feature of the oncotaxy is only shared with the closely related genus Oncomegas Dollfus, 1929 . A new species of Hispidorhynchus is described from specimens infecting Styracura schmardae (Werner, 1904) (Potamotrygonidae) from the western Caribbean Sea off the coast of Belize and Panama. Hispidorhynchus styracurae n. sp. differs from its 3 congeners in the possession of smaller and narrower bulbs, fewer principle hooks in the metabasal armature, size of the macrohook, and different scolex proportions. Scanning electron microscopy reveals new information on the microthrix morphology of the genus. A diagnostic key for the differentiation of species of Hispidorhynchus is provided. In addition, new host and locality records are reported for Oncomegas wageneri ( Linton, 1890 ) Dollfus, 1929 , collected from Hypanus guttatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Dasyatidae) off the coast of Maceió, Alagoas (Brazil). This considerably expands the geographical distribution of this species in the western Atlantic Ocean.
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- B C Schaeffner
- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 321, 05508-090 Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; and Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa
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Hyperapolytic species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from batoids off Argentina. Parasitol Int 2018; 67:431-443. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2018.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hernández-Orts JS, Scholz T, Brabec J, Kuzmina T, Kuchta R. Does the number of genital organs matter? Case of the seal tapeworm Diphyllobothrium (syn. Diplogonoporus) tetrapterum (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea). CAN J ZOOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The seal tapeworm Diphyllobothrium tetrapterum (von Siebold, 1848) Baer, 1932 (syn. Diplogonoporus tetrapterus) is exceptional among cestodes because it possesses two types of the strobila, one with a multiple set of genitalia per proglottid and another with a single set of reproductive organs per proglottid. In this study, Diph. tetrapterum is redescribed on the basis of extensive, well-fixed material from the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus (Linnaeus, 1758)) from Alaska, USA. A critical morphological and molecular study of comprehensive material from several hosts throughout the Northern Hemisphere is provided. As a result, Diplogonoporus mutabilis Belopolskaia, 1960 and Diplogonoporus violettae Yurakhno, 1986 become junior synonyms of Diph. tetrapterum. Our study provides evidence of intraspecific and even individual variability of Diph. tetrapterum in the number of genital complexes, thus making this generic feature questionable for circumscription of the diphyllobothriid genera. The seal tapeworm has been found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere and exhibits a wide (euryxenous) specificity at the level of the definitive host, having been found in a number of seals, the sea otter (Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)), and exceptionally, in other terrestrial mammals. Plerocercoids of Diph. tetrapterum are reported from the second (fish) intermediate host for the first time, in this case the pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)) from Alaska.
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- Jesús S. Hernández-Orts
- Centro de Investigación Aplicada y Transferencia Tecnológica en Recursos Marinos Almirante Storni, Güemes 1030, 8520, San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, 15, Bogdana Khmelnytskogo Street, 01030, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Caira JN, Jensen K, Fyler CA. A New Genus of Tapeworm (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from Sawfish (Elasmobranchii: Pristidae). J Parasitol 2018; 104:133-144. [PMID: 29334823 DOI: 10.1645/17-165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Collections from the dwarf sawfish, Pristis clavata, near Darwin, Australia, in 1997 led to the discovery of the new onchoproteocephalidean genus Matticestus n. gen.-a taxon that has been referred to in molecular phylogenetic analyses in which it has been included as "New genus 8." Its type species, Matticestus anneae n. gen., n. sp., and a second species, Matticestus kathleenae n. sp., are described. Placement of this taxon in the Onchoproteocephalidea is supported morphologically in that both species bear a scolex with 4 bothridia each with a pair of bi-pronged hooks and spinitriches that extend throughout the length of the body. Sequence data for the D1-D3 region of the 28S rDNA gene also place the genus solidly among the other elasmobranch-hosted members of the order. The new genus differs from the other elasmobranch-hosted genera in the order in that its members possess a combination of biloculated bothridia with lateral lappets on the posterior margin of the anterior loculus and a pair of bi-pronged hooks with a distinctive configuration of tubercles and internal channels. Its members are also extremely small. In summary, Matticestus n. gen. is an unusually tiny, "spiny," genus of cestode that seems to exclusively parasitize sawfish of the genus Pristis.
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- J N Caira
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043
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Schaeffner BC, Marques FPL. Integrative taxonomy unravels the species diversity of Parachristianella (Cestoda : Trypanorhyncha) from both sides of the Panamanian isthmus. INVERTEBR SYST 2018. [DOI: 10.1071/is17008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The uplift of the Panamanian isthmus in the Pliocene caused the termination of gene flow among members of many ancestral populations of marine lineages leading the diversification of geminate species confined to opposite sides of Central America. This palaeogeographical event has been evoked to explain the diversification of few lineages of batoids with trans-isthmian distribution. As such, there is the expectation that this vicariance event also affected lineages of parasites associated with them. Our study suggests that this event can explain the diversification of Parachristianella Dollfus, 1946 (Trypanorhyncha:Eutetrarhynchidae) in the Caribbean Sea and tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. We provide molecular, morphological and biogeographical evidence to recognise five lineages within this genus inhabiting the coastal waters of Panama, including P. parva Campbell & Beveridge, 2007 and four new species: P. mendozai, sp. nov., P. kuchtai, sp. nov., P. campbelli, sp. nov. and P. soldanovae, sp. nov. These species can be diagnosed by unambiguous sets of molecular characters. The morphological cohesiveness of sister species, which most likely diverged from around 3million years ago through the uplift of the Panamanian isthmus, suggests that the traditional emphasis on the tentacular armature to circumscribe species within trypanorhynchs might underestimate the diversity of recently diverged lineages.
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Cutmore SC, Bennett MB, Miller TL, Cribb TH. Patterns of specificity and diversity in species of Paraorygmatobothrium Ruhnke, 1994 (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidae) in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with the description of four new species. Syst Parasitol 2017; 94:941-970. [DOI: 10.1007/s11230-017-9759-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Oros M, Choudhury A, Scholz T. A Common Eurasian Fish Tapeworm,Caryophyllaeides fennica(Cestoda), in Western North America: Further Evidence of ‘Amphi-Pacific' Vicariance in Freshwater Fish Parasites. J Parasitol 2017; 103:486-496. [DOI: 10.1645/16-80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Mikuláš Oros
- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovak Republic
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Trevisan B, Primon JF, Marques FPL. Systematics and diversification of Anindobothrium Marques, Brooks & Lasso, 2001 (Eucestoda: Rhinebothriidea). PLoS One 2017; 12:e0184632. [PMID: 28953933 PMCID: PMC5617167 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Tapeworms of the genus Anindobothrium Marques, Brooks & Lasso, 2001 are found in both marine and Neotropical freshwater stingrays of the family Potamotrygonidae. The patterns of host association within the genus support the most recent hypothesis about the history of diversification of potamotrygonids, which suggests that the ancestor of freshwater lineages of the Potamotrygonidae colonized South American river systems through marine incursion events. Despite the relevance of the genus Anindobothrium to understand the history of colonization and diversification of potamotrygonids, no additional efforts were done to better investigate the phylogenetic relationship of this taxon with other lineages of cestodes since its erection. This study is a result of recent collecting efforts to sample members of the genus in marine and freshwater potamotrygonids that enabled the most extensive documentation of the fauna of Anindobothrium parasitizing species of Styracura de Carvalho, Loboda & da Silva, Potamotrygon schroederi Fernández-Yépez, P. orbignyi (Castelnau) and P. yepezi Castex & Castello from six different countries, representing the eastern Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and river basins in South America (Rio Negro, Orinoco, and Maracaibo). The newly collected material provided additional specimens for morphological studies and molecular samples for subsequent phylogenetic analyses that allowed us to address the phylogenetic position of Anindobothrium and provide molecular and morphological evidence to recognize two additional species for the genus. The taxonomic actions that followed our analyses included the proposition of a new family, Anindobothriidae fam. n., to accommodate the genus Anindobothrium in the order Rhinebothriidea Healy, Caira, Jensen, Webster & Littlewood, 2009 and the description of two new species-one from the eastern Pacific Ocean, A. carrioni sp. n., and the other from the Caribbean Sea, A. inexpectatum sp. n. In addition, we also present a redescription of the type species of the genus, A. anacolum (Brooks, 1977) Marques, Brooks & Lasso, 2001, and of A. lisae Marques, Brooks & Lasso, 2001. Finally, we discuss the paleogeographical events mostly linked with the diversification of the genus and the protocols adopted to uncover cryptic diversity in Anindobothrium.
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- Bruna Trevisan
- Curso de Pós-graduação/Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Departamento de Zoologia/Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia/Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia/Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Barcak D, Oros M, Hanzelova V, Scholz T. A synoptic review of Caryophyllaeus Gmelin, 1790 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of cyprinid fishes. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2017; 64. [DOI: 10.14411/fp.2017.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Scholz T, Takemoto RM, Kuchta R. First Freshwater Bothriocephalidean (Cestoda) from Tropical South America, Closely Related to African Taxa. J Parasitol 2017; 103:747-755. [PMID: 28727503 DOI: 10.1645/17-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Regobothrium microhamulinum n. gen. and n. sp. (Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae) is proposed to accommodate a new cestode from flatfish Catathyridium jenynsii (Chabanaud, 1922) (Pleuronectiformes: Acharidae; type host) and another 3 freshwater fishes of the orders Characiformes, Cyprinodontiformes, and Siluriformes in the Neotropical Region. The new genus is placed in the Bothriocephalidae because it possesses medioventral uterine and mediodorsal genital pores and a follicular vitellarium. Regobothrium n. gen. is characterized by possessing a tiny, slightly subovate scolex narrower than the strobila, with an apical disc armed with 2 semicircles of 15-17 tiny hooks in each and an acraspedote strobila. Regobothrium n. gen. differs from all bothriocephalid cestodes that have a scolex armed with hooks by their small size (maximum length less than 20 μm) and a triangular shape with the basal part (handle or basal plate) shorter than the distal coniform part (blade). In the other hooked bothriocephalids, hooks have a longer handle than a blade. Regobothrium microhamulinum n. gen. and n. sp. is the third bothriocephalidean cestode described from freshwater teleosts in South America but the first out of Patagonia. Molecular phylogenetics consider Regobothrium as a member of a lineage consisting of (up to now exclusively) freshwater bothriocephalids from the Ethiopian biogeographic region, thus indicating Gondwanan relationship.
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- Tomáš Scholz
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Haseli M, Malekpour Fard Z. A new genus and species of the trypanorhynch family Otobothriidae Dollfus, 1942 from the slender weasel shark Paragaleus randalli Compagno, Krupp & Carpenter (Hemigaleidae) in the Persian Gulf. Syst Parasitol 2017; 94:765-775. [PMID: 28674952 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-017-9738-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A survey on the cestode fauna of Paragaleus randalli Compagno, Krupp & Carpenter in the Persian Gulf resulted in the discovery of a new trypanorhynch species of the family Otobothriidae Dollfus, 1942, the second otobothrioid species hosted by the family Hemigaleidae Hasse. The new species exhibits the closest morphological similarity to Pristiorhynchus palmi Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2013, the type- and only species of its genus. However, the new species differs from P. palmi in the position of the bothrial pits, the morphology and oncotaxy of the basal armature, the commencement of the hook files on the internal surface, a wider scolex peduncle in the pars bulbosa than in the pars vaginalis, a long neck and the presence of a lateral bothrial groove connecting the two bothrial pits to each other. The latter character is a unique trait within the Otobothrioidea Dollfus, 1942. Considering such differences, a new genus, Olgaella n. g., was erected to accommodate O. elenae n. g., n. sp. within the Otobothriidae. The evolutionary relatedness of the bothrial pits of the Otobothrioidea and the bothrial grooves of the Lacistorhynchoidea Guiart, 1927 is discussed.
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- Mohammad Haseli
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
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Arredondo NJ, Alves PV, Gil de Pertierra AA. A new genus of proteocephalid tapeworm (Cestoda) from the marbled swamp eel Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch (Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) in the River Paraná basin, Argentina. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2017; 64. [PMID: 28561740 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2017.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Synbranchiella gen. n. is proposed to accommodate Synbranchiella mabelae sp. n. (Proteocephalidae: Monticelliinae) from the intestine of the marbled swamp eel Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch, in the River Colastiné, a tributary of the middle River Paraná in Argentina. The new genus is placed in the Monticelliinae because of the cortical position of the genital organs. It differs from all known monticelliine genera by the following combination of characters: (i) scolex robust, with a conical apex, without metascolex; (ii) biloculate suckers with a conspicuous septum separating unequally-sized loculi and a robust non-adherent area, lacking free posterior margin; (iii) vitelline follicles in two narrow lateral bands, extended throughout the nearly entire proglottid length; (iv) vagina always anterior to the cirrus-sac, with an inconspicuous vaginal sphincter; (v) a genital pore pre-equatorial. Scanning electron microscopy revealed three types of microtriches on the tegument surface: acicular and capiliform filitriches and gladiate spinitriches. A phylogenetic analysis of the large subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (lsrDNA, D1-D3 domains) confirms that S. mabelae represents an independent lineage within a large clade comprised mainly from Neotropical taxa parasitising catfishes. This is the second proteocephalidean cestode described from a Neotropical synbranchiform fish host.
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- Nathalia J Arredondo
- Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA, CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropedica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Aminjan AR, Masoumeh M. Two new species of Tetragonocephalum (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) from Pastinachus sephen (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Gulf of Oman. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2017; 64. [DOI: 10.14411/fp.2017.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Caira JN, Healy CJ, Marques FP, Jensen K. Three new genera of rhinebothriidean cestodes from stingrays in Southeast Asia. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2017; 64. [DOI: 10.14411/fp.2017.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Menoret A, Mutti L, Ivanov VA. New species of Aberrapex Jensen, 2001 (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) from eagle rays of the genus Myliobatis Cuvier (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from off Argentina. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2017; 64. [PMID: 28402281 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2017.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Three new species of Aberrapex Jensen, 2001 (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) have been collected from species of Myliobatis Cuvier along the coast of Argentina. Aberrapex ludmilae sp. n. parasitises M. goodei Garman in the San Matías Gulf. This species is unique in a combination of features including the shape and extent of the uterus, scolex size, testis distribution, and by lacking an external seminal vesicle and postovarian vitelline follicles. Aberrapex sanmartini sp. n. from M. goodei in San Blas Bay and A. vitalemuttiorum sp. n. from M. ridens Ruocco, Lucifora, Díaz de Astarloa, Mabragaña et Delpiani in coastal waters off Buenos Aires Province, are distinguished from all other congeners by the microthrix pattern on the scolex surface, uterus shape and extension, position of the connection of the uterine duct to the uterus, presence and extension of an external seminal vesicle, and its overall size and number of proglottids. The specimens of M. goodei and M. ridens show locally distinct cestode faunas, which are correlated with well-defined biogeographic regions. Some of these areas correspond with mating and nursery zones for species of Myliobatis.
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- Adriana Menoret
- Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA, CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA, CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA, CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Argentina.,Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Jasrotia D, Kaur H. Molecular analysis of a novel species, Gangesia punjabensis (Family: Proteocephalidae, Subfamily: Gangesiinae) infecting an Indian freshwater cat fish, Wallago attu evidencing species complex. J Parasit Dis 2017; 41:888-898. [PMID: 28848298 DOI: 10.1007/s12639-017-0912-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In the present study, from August 2015 to July 2016, a total of 159 specimens of Wallago attu Bloch and Scheider, 1801 vern. mully were collected from the Ropar wetland, Punjab, India and were examined for the presence of intestinal tapeworms. The infection rate was 12.5%, out of which, two fishes were heavily infected with a proteocephalidean cestode belonging to the genus Gangesia in the month of February. Gangesia punjabensis sp. nov. was identified and described on the basis of morphology and partial amplification of LSUrDNA (28S rDNA). The histopathogenesis caused by these parasites have also been studied in histological sections. About 9-35 number of worms were collected from a single host. The length of worms ranged from 6.0 to 6.2 cm. The strobila consisted of an armed scolex, neck, immature proglottids (approximately 90 in number) and mature proglottids (approximately 7 in number) and gravid proglottids were not detected. Analysis of 28S large subunit (LSU) rDNA sequence of the isolate of G. punjabensis n. sp. demonstrated maximum similarity of 99% with G. bengalensis, 98% with G. vachai, 97% with G. macrones. The phylogenetic tree based on the final edited alignment (822 bp) with Neighbour-Joining showed the highest bootstrap value of 100 and placed G. punjabensis n. sp. with G. bengalensis and G. macrones in the same clade showing them to be a species complex. The intestinal mucosal lining exhibited blister formation, haemorrhagia and inflammation due to the presence of deeply embedded scolices. Histopathology caused was evident due to disruption of villous surface and cellular infiltration. This is the first report of cestodes belonging to the genus Gangesia from Ropar wetland, Punjab, India.
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- Deepika Jasrotia
- Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab 147002 India
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- Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Ash A, Bharitkar YP, Murmu S, Hazra A, Ravichandiran V, Kar PK, Mondal NB. Ultrastructural changes in Raillietina (Platyhelminthes: cestoda), exposed to sulfonoquinovosyldiacylglyceride (SQDG), isolated from Neem (Azadirachta indica). Nat Prod Res 2017; 31:2445-2449. [PMID: 28347172 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2017.1305383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Neem (Azadirachta indica), has been known to be a curative for various ailments and diseases in the traditional Indian medicinal system from times immemorial. A glycolipid sulfonoquinovosyldiacylglyceride (SQDG) isolated from the leaves of neem has been found to be a proactive antibacterial and antiviral agent in previous studies. The current communication pertains to the anthelmintic activity of SQDG in vitro against a model cestode Raillietina spp. The results of efficacy tests showed a paralysis time of 1.0 ± 0.1 and 0.7 ± 0.01 h, whereas death time of 1.6 ± 0.3 and 0.9 ± 0.02 h, following treatments with dosages of 0.5 and 1.0 mg/mL, respectively. The scanning electron microscopic studies showed significant and unique changes in the ultrastructure of the worms with prominent breakages and furrows on the surface.
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- Anirban Ash
- a Department of Chemistry, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research , CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , Jadavpur , India
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- b Department of Natural Products , National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) , Jadavpur , India
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- c Department of Zoology , Jhargram Raj College , Jhargram , India
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- b Department of Natural Products , National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) , Jadavpur , India
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- b Department of Natural Products , National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) , Jadavpur , India
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- c Department of Zoology , Jhargram Raj College , Jhargram , India
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- a Department of Chemistry, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research , CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , Jadavpur , India
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