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Lopes AS, López-Hernández D, Pinto HA. Morphological and molecular data confirm the occurrence of Paramphistomum leydeni (Trematoda: Paramphistomidae) in ruminants from Southern Brazil. Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 2024; 52:101050. [PMID: 38880579 DOI: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2024.101050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 05/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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Species belonging to the family Paramphistomidae Fischoeder, 1901, commonly known as "rumen flukes", are a group of parasites frequently related to Brazilian livestock production. They inhabit the digestive tract of ruminants and have recognized pathogenicity during the early stages of infection, which can be responsible for economic losses. These trematodes are often associated with Southern Brazil, a region heavily focused on animal farming, which also makes it ideal for the life cycle of paramphistomes. Despite their aforementioned importance, studies regarding their distribution, molecular taxonomy and biology are still scarce in the country. In the present study, rumen flukes collected from cattle (n = 22) and sheep (n = 3) from 9 batches of ruminants from the cities of Jaguarão, Pelotas and Rio Grande, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, between May and July 2022, were subjected to morphological and molecular study. The microscopic analysis of histological and manual cuts revealed diagnostical traits compatible with Paramphistomum leydeni Näsmark, 1937, including the presence of tegumental papillae, pharynx of the liorchis type and acetabulum of the leydeni type. Molecular data corroborated the morphological identification, with ITS-2 and cox-1 sequences here obtained presenting 100% and 96.8-99.8% similarity, respectively, to P. leydeni samples previously characterized in different countries from Asia, Europe, and South America. Intensity of infection ranged from 5 to 458 and 1 to3 specimens of P. leydeni in sampled cattle and sheep, respectively. The present study contributes to a better understanding of the taxonomy of the flukes involved in cattle and sheep paramphistomosis in Brazil, suggesting that P. leydeni could be the main paramphistome species found in ruminants in the studied region.
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- André S Lopes
- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, 30123-970 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, 30123-970 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, 30123-970 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Fernández MV, Beltramino AA, Vogler RE, Hamann MI. Morphological and molecular characterization of brown-banded broodsacs and metacercariae of Leucochloridium (Trematoda: Leucochloridiidae) parasitizing the semi-slug Omalonyx unguis (Succineidae) in Argentina. J Invertebr Pathol 2024; 204:108112. [PMID: 38631556 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Trematodes of the genus Leucochloridium exhibit an unusual transmission strategy among mollusks (intermediate host). The fully developed sporocyst, housing encysted metacercariae, displays vivid coloration and rhythmic activity in the snail's tentacle, mimicking insect larvae. These strategies attract insectivorous birds, their final hosts, thereby increasing the chances of completing their life cycle. In South America, the reports of adults and larval stages of Leucochloridium are scarce. Brown-banded broodsac of Leucochloridium sp. were obtained from Omalonyx unguis collected in a shallow lake from Corrientes Province, Argentina. Here, we morphologically characterized the larval stages (broodsac and metacercaria), identified the parasite through DNA sequences from nuclear 28S-rRNA (28S) and the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) genes, and explored its evolutionary affinities with the Leucochloridium species available in GenBank. The present broodsac displays brown bands, with a yellowish background in the first two-thirds and yellowish-white in the last third. Based on morphological comparisons, the broodsac and metacercaria described in this study could not be conclusively categorized under any known South American species of Leucochloridium. In relation to the phylogenetic reconstructions, Leucochloridium sp. consistently clustered with L. perturbatum, and species delimitation analyses resulted in recognized Leucochloridium sp. from Argentina as a distinct species. The DNA sequences obtained in this study constitute the first genetic data generated for sporocyst broodsacs in South America. Future studies, incorporating morphology, genetic, and biological data, will be essential for both species identification and the elucidation of leucochloridiid diversity in the region.
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- María V Fernández
- Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, W 3400, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Biología Subtropical, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas, N3300LDX, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Subtropical, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas, N3300LDX, Argentina
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- Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, W 3400, Argentina
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Waki T, Hoso M, Nitta M, Seo H, Urabe M. A new species of the genus Paradistomum (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) from Iwasaki's snail-eating snake Pareas iwasakii, with a note on morphological variations of Paradistomum megareceptaculum (Tamura, 1941). Syst Parasitol 2024; 101:41. [PMID: 38740609 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-024-10164-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Dicrocoeliid trematodes were detected from Iwasaki's snail-eating snake Pareas iwasakii in Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and described as a new species Paradistomum dextra n. sp. in the present study. This new species can be distinguished from the type series of the other members of the genus based on size of eggs and morphological characteristics of body, oral and ventral suckers, and reproductive organs. However, the new species was hard to distinguish from Paradistomum megareceptaculum infecting snakes in Japan, including Iriomote Island where is the type locality of the new species, because it is closely similar to some part of the broad range of morphological variations in P. megareceptaculum. On the other hand, a partial sequence of 28S ribosomal DNA clearly distinguished these two species. Moreover, the new species' host snake Pareas iwasakii is reported to exclusively feed on land snails while host snakes of P. megareceptaculum feed on small vertebrates, indicating that the new species is also ecologically different from P. megareceptaculum. We also redescribed P. megareceptaculum based on adults sampled in this study and past studies to record the morphological variations of this species.
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- Tsukasa Waki
- Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1, Miyama Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan.
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0056, Japan
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- Present Address: Pathology Division, Nansei Field Station, Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 422-1, Nakatsuhamaura, Minami-Ise, Watarai, Mie, 516-0193, Japan
- JSPS Research Fellow, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1, Miyama Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, 2500 Hassaka-cho, Hikone, Shiga, 522-8533, Japan
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Bedin LC, Alves PV, da Silva RJ. Evolutionary affinities and morphological characterization of the enigmatic Zonocotyle bicaecata (Trematoda: Paramphistomoidea: Zonocotylidae) from the Upper Paraná River basin. Syst Parasitol 2024; 101:30. [PMID: 38635136 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-024-10158-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Neotropical fish amphistomes represent a highly diverse group within the Paramphistomoidea, with wide distribution across major South American hydrological drainages. However, the limited molecular characterization of these taxa has impeded a comprehensive assessment of their evolutionary relationships and the systematic relevance of morphological features in classification schemes. Our study, based on the critical evaluation of the type material of both nominal species of Zonocotyle (type genus of the monotypic Zonocotylidae), and newly collected specimens of Zonocotyle bicaecata from Steindachnerina insculpta (Curimatidae) in the Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil, presents a morphological reappraisal of Z. bicaecata and provides molecular data (28S rDNA, ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region, and COI mtDNA) to assess its phylogenetic relationships. Our phylogenetic analyses confirm this species belongs to the Paramphistomoidea. The most comprehensive analyses (based on 28S and COI) further indicate a close relationship with other fish amphistomes from the Neotropical region. Additionally, we emphasized the necessity for a new classification within Paramphistomoidea and briefly discussed the host range of Zonocotyle among curimatid fish hosts.
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- Letícia C Bedin
- Instituto de Biociências, Setor de Parasitologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP), Rua Prof. Dr. Antônio Celso Wagner Zanin, s/n, Botucatu, São Paulo, 18616-689, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Setor de Parasitologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP), Rua Prof. Dr. Antônio Celso Wagner Zanin, s/n, Botucatu, São Paulo, 18616-689, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Biociências, Setor de Parasitologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP), Rua Prof. Dr. Antônio Celso Wagner Zanin, s/n, Botucatu, São Paulo, 18616-689, Brazil
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Buchmann K, Kania PW. Transversotrema hafniensis n. sp. infection in Poecilia reticulata by cercariae released from Melanoides tuberculata in Denmark. Acta Vet Scand 2024; 66:15. [PMID: 38566122 PMCID: PMC10988963 DOI: 10.1186/s13028-024-00736-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Exotic and ornamental fish are highly popular companion animals resulting in a significant transcontinental trade of fish, invertebrates and aquatic plants. A major issue is the diseases associated with these organisms, as they have a major impact on health of the fish in both public and private household aquaria. A secondary issue is the trade with these products, which potentially may expand the distribution area and spread a range of diseases to new habitats. RESULTS We here describe how Poecilia reticulata (guppy), produced in a private household aquarium, were invaded by cercariae of an exotic trematode released by imported Melanoides tuberculata snails. The fish presented with severe clinical signs (tremor, flashing, scraping of body against objects). A standard parasitological examination and morphometric identification showed scale pocket infections with a digenean trematode species within the genus Transversotrema. Molecular identification by PCR, sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of a 2646 bp sequence encoding ribosomal RNA (partial 18 S, ITS1, 5.8 S, ITS2, partial 28 S) was performed. The 1107 bp sequence of mitochondrial DNA (cox1) showed that the parasite differed from previously described Transversotrema species in M. tuberculata. Morphometrics of adult and larval specimens of this isolate also differed from previously described freshwater species within the genus. The new species was described and is named after Copenhagen, for its geographic origin. CONCLUSIONS The genus Transversotrema comprises a range of species, adapted to a microhabitat in scalepockets of teleosts. A combination of morphological and molecular characterization techniques has been shown to provide a good differentiation between species. The fish were not purchased from a pet shop but produced in the home aquarium. This indicated that an infection pressure existed in the aquarium, where the source of infection was found to be exotic intermediate host snails M. tuberculata, which originally were imported and purchased from a pet shop. The potential spread of fish diseases associated with trade of fish and snails to new geographic regions, where climate conditions are favourable, is discussed.
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- Kurt Buchmann
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Section of Parasitology and Aquatic Pathobiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Stigbøjlen 7, DK-1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Section of Parasitology and Aquatic Pathobiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Stigbøjlen 7, DK-1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Scholz T, Kuchta R, Barčák D, Cech G, Oros M. Small intestinal flukes of the genus Metagonimus (Digenea: Heterophyidae) in Europe and the Middle East: A review of parasites with zoonotic potential. Parasite 2024; 31:20. [PMID: 38551578 PMCID: PMC10979786 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2024016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
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The heterophyid trematode Metagonimus romanicus (Ciurea, 1915) (Digenea) is redescribed on the basis of type material from domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) in Romania, vouchers from experimentally infected cats (Felis catus) and adults recovered from golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) infected with metacercariae from scales of chub (Squalius cephalus) and common nase (Chondrostoma nasus) (Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae) in Hungary. This trematode, endemic to Europe and neighbouring regions (northwestern Türkiye), was previously misidentified as M. yokogawai (Katsurada, 1912), a zoonotic parasite of humans in East Asia. However, the two species differ considerably both genetically and morphologically, e.g., in the position of the ventral sucker, the presence of the prepharynx, the anterior extent of the vitelline follicles and the posterior extent of the uterus. Metagonimus ciureanus (Witenberg, 1929) (syn. Dexiogonimus ciureanus Witenberg, 1929), described from domestic cats and dogs in Israel, is a valid species distributed in the Middle East and Transcaucasia, which is also confirmed by molecular data. It differs from all Metagonimus species, including M. romanicus, in having symmetrical testes instead of the oblique testes of the other congeners. The zoonotic significance of M. romanicus and M. ciureanus is unclear, but appears to be low in Europe, mainly because raw or undercooked, whole fish with scales are generally not consumed. Accidental infection of fishermen by metacercariae in the scales when cleaning fish is more likely, but has never been reported. Remains of cyprinoids with scales infected with metacercariae of Metagonimus spp. can be an important natural source of infection for dogs, cats, and other carnivores, which can serve as a reservoir for these parasites.
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- Tomáš Scholz
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences Branišovská 31 370 05 České Budějovice Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, 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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- HUN-REN Veterinary Medical Research Institute Hungária krt. 21 1143 Budapest Hungary
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- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences Hlinkova 3 040 01 Košice Slovakia
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Hernández DL, Somma AT, Steuernagel A, Vieira TSWJ, Moore B, Reifur L, Montiani-Ferreira F, Pinto HA. A Molecular Phylogenetic Study of the Eye Fluke Philophthalmus lacrymosus (Trematoda: Philophthalmidae) Found in Larus dominicanus (Aves: Laridae) from Brazil. Acta Parasitol 2024; 69:1027-1034. [PMID: 37989828 DOI: 10.1007/s11686-023-00738-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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PURPOSE Species of the genus Philophthalmus are eye flukes with a complex taxonomy, which began to be improved with the help of molecular data only recently. However, most described species have never been placed into a phylogenetic context. In this study, eye flukes previously found on kelp gulls, Larus dominicanus, from Brazil and identified as Philophthalmus lacrymosus were subjected to molecular analysis. METHODS For the molecular analyses, we analyzed parasites found in six infected gulls (one worm per bird) collected from different municipalities of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. We carried out the amplification and sequencing of the partial region of the 28S and cox1 genes and the data obtained were compared with sequences available to philophthalmid species and subjected to phylogenetic analysis. RESULTS The isolates of P. lacrymosus from Brazil grouped in well-supported clades with five other species of Philophthalmus with sequences available for comparison. Interspecific divergences of 0.1-1.6% in 28S and 8.2-14.9% in cox1 were found in relation to other isolates of Philophthalmus spp. Two cox1 haplotypes differing in one nucleotide (0.1%) were found between the six eye flukes isolates in gulls from different localities. The Brazilian isolates grouped in a subclade with parasites identified as P. lacrymosus in Portugal; however, the molecular divergences found in cox1 (8.2-8.5%) strongly suggest that these isolates belong to different species. The phylogenetic trees obtained and the intergeneric divergences to species of the genera Cloacitrema and Parorchis did not support the validity of the genus Natterophthalmus, for which P. lacrymosus was proposed as the type species in the past. CONCLUSION As P. lacrymosus was described from Brazil, we recommend that this name be applied to the South American isolates and that the Portuguese isolates be provisionally considered as Philophthalmus sp., a probable cryptic species. Moreover, data obtained supports the previous morphology-based synonymizing between Natterophthalmus and Philophthalmus. Considering our results and most of previous reports of P. lacrymosus in South America, we suggest this species presents a marine life cycle.
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- Danimar López Hernández
- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Unidade de Estabilização de Animais Marinhos de Penha, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Praia de Armação do Itapocorói, Penha, Brazil
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Departament of Basic Pathology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
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Furusawa H, Waki T. A description of a new species of the genus Brachydistomum (Trematode, Dicrocoeliidae) from the Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes) in Japan, with a report on the first intermediate host. Syst Parasitol 2024; 101:22. [PMID: 38374415 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-024-10148-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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The trematode Brachydistomum suzume n. sp. (Dicrocoeliidae) was detected in the Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus, and described as a new species in Japan. This new species can be distinguished from the other members of the genus on the basis of morphological characters of suckers and reproductive organs. A partial sequence of adult mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) was used as a DNA barcode, and dicrocoeliid sporocysts and cercariae detected from four camaenid land snail species, Bradybaena pellucida, Brad. similaris, Acusta sieboldiana and Euhadra brandtii, were molecularly identified as the new species. Phylogenetic trees of nuclear 28S ribosomal DNA and COI also showed the new species to be distinct from the other trematode species, including Brachydistomum spp.
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- Haruki Furusawa
- Faculty of Science, Toho University, Miyama 2-2-1, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Toho University, Miyama 2-2-1, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan.
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Hidaka M, Uraguchi K, Matsuyama H, Kouguchi H. The first record of Brachylaima ezohelicis (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae) in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki). Parasitol Int 2024; 98:102826. [PMID: 37984790 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2023.102826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Brachylaima spp. are trematodes that have a unique life cycle as they exclusively use land snails as the intermediate host. Although their intermediate host has been well studied, very little information is available about their definitive host, partly as isolation of its adult stage from wild animals is rare. We found three trematodes in the small intestine of a red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki) in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. The trematodes were identified as Brachylaima ezohelicis based on morphological features and genetic analysis, which is believed to have a definitive avian host. The morphological features of the isolated trematodes were consistent with B. ezohelicis samples grown in the definitive host except for body length. Our study suggests that B. ezohelicis uses mammals as definitive hosts as well as birds.
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- Masahito Hidaka
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Kita 19, Nishi 12, Kitaku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0819, Japan.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Kita 19, Nishi 12, Kitaku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0819, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Kita 19, Nishi 12, Kitaku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0819, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Kita 19, Nishi 12, Kitaku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0819, Japan
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Gosho M, Itsukushima S, Collins MH, Dalton IT, Rosen RB, Urabe M. Molecular phylogenetic position and the life cycle of Phyllodistomum cyprini Feng et Wang, 1995 in Japan, with a note of a larval Phyllodistomum sp. from unionid mussels in North America. Parasitol Int 2024; 98:102807. [PMID: 37689239 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2023.102807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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A gorgoderid species, Phyllodistomum cyprini Feng et Wang, 1995 obtained from ureters of common carp, Cyprinus carpio in Japan is described both morphologically and molecularly. Its larval stage is a macrocercous cercaria found in a unionid mussel, Nodularia nipponensis first described by Urabe et al. (2015). A molecular phylogenetic study revealed that P. cyprini is not closely related to rhopalocercous cercariae from unionid mussels both in Europe and North America. This result indicates that there are several distinct clades in Phyllodistomum species that use unionid mussels as a first intermediate host, and suggests that the cercarial morphology may be a more accurate indicator of the phylogeny of Phyllodistomum than molluscan host identity.
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- Moe Gosho
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Shiga 522-8533, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Shiga 522-8533, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Berea College, 101 Chestnut St., Berea, KY 40404, USA
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- Department of Biology, Berea College, 101 Chestnut St., Berea, KY 40404, USA
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- Department of Biology, Berea College, 101 Chestnut St., Berea, KY 40404, USA
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- Department of Ecosystem Studies, Faculty of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Shiga 522-8533, Japan.
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Tsuchida K, Urabe M, Nishikawa K, Hoso M, Wu S. Addressing the taxonomic confusion of Mesocoelium Odhner, 1910 (Trematoda: Plagiorchioidea: Mesocoeliidae) in Japanese urodelan and anuran amphibians. Syst Parasitol 2024; 101:11. [PMID: 38193933 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-023-10126-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Trematodes of the genus Mesocoelium Odhner, 1910 (Digenea: Plagiorchioidea: Mesocoeliidae) are globally distributed and parasitize amphibians, reptiles, or occasionally fishes. This genus is one of the most confusing taxa in trematodes because of its poor morphological features. In this study, we examined species of Mesocoelium collected from Japanese amphibians and found that they can be morphologically assigned to two species of Mesocoelium. Mesocoelium brevicaecum Ochi in Goto and Ozaki, 1929 parasitizes various both urodelan and anuran amphibians and occurred widely in Japan, while M. japonicum Goto and Ozaki, 1930 parasitizes a few hynobiid species in a limited part of Japan. We proposed ceca length as a valid key characteristic for species identification in this genus. M. elongatum Goto and Ozaki, 1929, M. lanceatum Goto and Ozaki, 1929, M. minutum Park, 1939, M. ovatum Goto and Ozaki, 1930, and M. pearsei Goto and Ozaki, 1930 are junior synonyms of M. brevicaecum, while M. japonicum can be distinguishable from them by morphologically and molecularly. Our molecular study supported the validity of both species and showed intraspecific divergence associated with geographic distance. Molecular identification suggests that the land snail Euhadra quaesita can serve as the first intermediate host for M. japonicum in Japan. This study also indicates the extremely low specificity of this genus for vertebrate hosts. Finally, we conclude that at least three species of Mesocoelium (M. brevicaecum, M. japonicum, and Mesocoelium sp. 1) are distributed in Japan. Further studies in other regions are undoubtedly required for a better understanding of the taxonomy and ecology of the genus Mesocoelium.
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- Karin Tsuchida
- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga, Japan
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- Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Life Sciences, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
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Lazár J, Šmigová J, Šmiga Ľ, Lazár P, Čurlík J, Papajová I. Morphological and molecular identification of adult Stichorchis subtriquetrus in beaver in Slovakia. Vet Res Commun 2023; 47:2161-2164. [PMID: 36749533 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-023-10074-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The European beaver (Castor fiber) was a fully eradicated species in Slovakia. Thanks to year-round protection and several different reintroduction programs the population is now increasing. However, there are limited reports about their health status.A 2-year-old female European beaver, was found dead by road near town Hanušovce nad Topľou in eastern Slovakia in 2021. Necropsy was carried out at the Department of Breeding and Diseases of the Game, Fish and Bees, Ecology and Cynology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice. Necropsy revealed a total of 13 trematodes, collected from the caecum and colon. Based on morphological and molecular analysis digenean trematode Stichorchis subtriquetrus (Rudolphi, 1814) was identified. This is the first record of adult helminth Stichorchis subtriquetrus in beaver in Slovakia.
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- Jozef Lazár
- Department of Breeding and Diseases of Game, Fish and Bees, Ecology and Cynology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01, Košice, Slovak Republic.
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- Department of Breeding and Diseases of Game, Fish and Bees, Ecology and Cynology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Breeding and Diseases of Game, Fish and Bees, Ecology and Cynology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Breeding and Diseases of Game, Fish and Bees, Ecology and Cynology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01, Košice, Slovak Republic
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Nakamura S, Shioneri M, Hakozaki J, Nakayama K, Kusakisako K, Hashimoto O, Kakino W, Ikadai H. Detection and molecular analysis of Philopinna higai (Digenea: Didymozoidae) from domestically introduced Sarcocheilichthys fishes in the Tohoku region, Japan. Parasitol Int 2023; 97:102793. [PMID: 37562581 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2023.102793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Philopinna higai is a species of Didymozoidae (Digenea: Hemiuroidea). The definitive hosts of this parasite only belong to the fish genus Sarcocheilichthys. Sarcocheilichthys fishes are endemic to Lake Biwa and southwestern Japan and were introduced into the northeastern (Tohoku) region. However, P. higai parasitism has not been investigated in the Tohoku region. In this study, we surveyed the distribution of P. higai in the Tohoku region and sequenced 28S rDNA (994 bp) and cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene (721 bp) of P. higai. We also sequenced mitochondrial cytochrome b (581 bp) of Sarcocheilichthys fishes from the Tohoku region and Lake Biwa. Our findings confirmed the distribution of P. higai in all seven surveyed river systems in the four prefectures of the Tohoku region. The 28S rDNA sequence of P. higai did not differ among regions, whereas 10 haplotypes of CO1 were identified and clustered into two major clades. The haplotypes of Sarcocheilichthys fishes introduced in the Tohoku region were identical to the dominant haplotypes in Lake Biwa. Thus, P. higai from Lake Biwa and the Tohoku region were genetically the same species, although genetically differentiated populations formed in the Tohoku region.
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- Sakure Nakamura
- Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan.
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- Civil Engineering & Eco-Technology Consultants Tohoku branch office, Sendai, Miyagi 983-0852, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Toxicology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan.
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- Department of Bioenvironmental Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan.
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López-Hernández D, Leibowitz MP, Pinto HA, Leal CAG. First report of Crassiphiala sp. (Trematoda: Diplostomidae) as an etiological agent of black spot disease in commercial ornamental fish from Brazil. Parasitol Res 2023; 122:1037-1042. [PMID: 36797441 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-023-07794-7] [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: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Ornamental fish are becoming increasingly popular, but the lack of knowledge regarding their various diseases is a major challenge. Skin diseases commonly found in freshwater fish include black spot disease (BSD), which is characterized by melanin deposits around the metacercariae of some trematode species. Since BSD remains poorly understood, this study describes an outbreak of BSD in Etroplus maculatus raised in outdoor ponds at a Brazilian fish farm. Metacercariae samples were collected, examined, and subjected to molecular phylogenetic analysis. The parasites were conspecific to an unnamed species, Crassiphiala lineage 5, recently found in Brazilian birds (Megaceryle torquata). Sequences obtained for longifurcate cercariae of the planorbid snail Biomphalaria straminea from the same region were identical to our metacercariae of Crassiphiala sp. These results suggest that Biompahalaria snails are likely an intermediate host of this parasite on farms where E. maculatus was found to be infected. We provide the first molecular evidence that Crassiphiala are the causative agents of BSD in fish from Brazil. Combatting snails and preventing access of fish-eating birds to outdoor ponds are strategies to control this disease in ornamental fish farms.
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- Danimar López-Hernández
- Department of Parasitology - Biology of Trematodes Laboratory, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine - Aquatic Animal Diseases Laboratory, Veterinary School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 6627, São Luiz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.,Dead Sea & Arava Science Center, Central Arava Branch, Moshav Hatzeva, Israel
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- Department of Parasitology - Biology of Trematodes Laboratory, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine - Aquatic Animal Diseases Laboratory, Veterinary School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 6627, São Luiz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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Assis JCA, Pinto HA. Biomphalaria straminea as an Intermediate Host of a Renal Trematode Species of the Genus Tanaisia (Trematoda: Eucotylidae) in Brazil. Acta Parasitol 2023; 68:282-287. [PMID: 36705769 DOI: 10.1007/s11686-023-00660-7] [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: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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PURPOSE Eucotylid trematodes are parasites of the urinary system of birds with a cosmopolitan distribution. Despite the importance of these flukes, fundamental aspects of their biology, such as intermediate hosts and larval morphology, are poorly known. Herein, the potential involvement of aquatic mollusks in the transmission of a species of Tanaisia is reported for the first time. METHODS During the search of non-emergent larval stages of trematodes in mollusks collected from an urban waterbody from Brazil in February of 2021, 1 out of 18 specimens (5.5%) of Biomphalaria straminea was found harboring sporocysts, cercariae and encysted metacercariae morphologically compatible with those described for eucotylid species. Sequences generated for 28S, ITS-2, and cox1 molecular markers were compared with sequences available in GenBank and subjected to phylogenetic analyses. RESULTS Molecular analyses revealed parasite affiliation with members of the genus Tanaisia, given it groped in a strongly supported clade with species of this genus included in the 28S phylogenetic tree. The larvae tentatively identified as Tanaisia sp. can be conspecific with an unpublished isolate of Tanaisia valida found in birds in South Brazil (100% similarity in 28S and ITS-2). CONCLUSION Biomphalaria straminea is reported as a natural host of a species of Tanaisia for the first time. This finding highlights the possibility, so far unknown, of transmission of species of the family Eucotylidae in aquatic environments.
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- Jordana C A Assis
- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Postal Box 486, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Postal Box 486, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
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Valadão MC, Alves PV, López-Hernández D, Assis JCA, Coelho PRS, Geiger SM, Pinto HA. A new cryptic species of Echinostoma (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) closely related to Echinostoma paraensei found in Brazil. Parasitology 2023; 150:1-11. [PMID: 36632020 PMCID: PMC10090611 DOI: 10.1017/s003118202300001x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Echinostoma paraensei, described in Brazil at the end of the 1960s and used as a biological model for a range of studies, belongs to the ‘revolutum’ complex of Echinostoma comprising species with 37 collar spines. However, molecular data are available only for a few isolates maintained under laboratory conditions, with molecular prospecting based on specimens originating from naturally infected hosts virtually lacking. The present study describes Echinostoma maldonadoi Valadão, Alves & Pinto n. sp., a species cryptically related to E. paraensei found in Brazil. Larval stages (cercariae, metacercariae and rediae) of the new species were found in the physid snail Stenophysa marmorata in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, the same geographical area where E. paraensei was originally described. Adult parasites obtained experimentally in Meriones unguiculatus were used for morphological (optical microscopy) and molecular [28S, internal transcribed spacer (ITS), nad1 and cox1] characterization. The morphology of larval and adult parasites (most notable the small-sized dorsal spines in the head collar), associated with low (0–0.1%) molecular divergence for 28S gene or ITS region, and only moderate divergence for the mitochondrial cox1 gene (3.83%), might suggest that the newly collected specimens should be assigned to E. paraensei. However, higher genetic divergence (6.16–6.39%) was found in the mitochondrial nad1, revealing that it is a genetically distinct, cryptic lineage. In the most informative phylogenetic reconstruction, based on nad1, E. maldonadoi n. sp. exhibited a strongly supported sister relationship with E. paraensei, which may indicate a very recent speciation event giving rise to these 2 species.
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- Marisa C. Valadão
- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Section of Parasitology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), 18618-689, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Svinin AO, Chikhlyaev IV, Bashinskiy IW, Osipov VV, Neymark LA, Ivanov AY, Stoyko TG, Chernigova PI, Ibrogimova PK, Litvinchuk SN, Ermakov OA. Diversity of trematodes from the amphibian anomaly P hotspot: Role of planorbid snails. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0281740. [PMID: 36989233 PMCID: PMC10057761 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Trematode infection of the second intermediate hosts can lead to changes in their fitness and, as a result, a change in the invasion rate of animal communities. It is especially pronounced during the invasion of parasite species that reduce activity due to the manipulation of hosts through the changes of their morphology and physiology. One of these cases is an anomaly P syndrome hotspot found in some populations of water frogs and toads in Europe caused by the trematode Strigea robusta metacercariae. The occurrence of pathogen and their participation in ecosystems are intrigues questions in the anomaly P phenomenon, as well as the role of planorbid snails that serve as the first intermediate hosts for many trematode species. Herein, we focused on trematodes spectra from planorbid snails and amphibians from the anomaly P hosts with the aim to undetected interactions between the pathways of parasites. Emerging cercariae of 6802 planorbid snails of dominant species (Planorbarius corneus, Planorbis planorbis, and Anisus spp.) were detected by both morphological and molecular methods in seven waterbodies in Privolzhskaya Lesostep Nature Reserve (Russia). A total of 95 sequences of 18 species were received, and 48 sequences were unique and did not present in any genetic databases. The 18 species of trematodes from snails and 14 species of trematodes from amphibian hosts (Pelophylax ridibundus; Ranidae; Anura) were detected. Three species (Echinostoma nasincovae, Tylodelphys circibuteonis and Australapatemon burti) was new for the trematode fauna of the Middle Volga River region and Russia as a whole. Eleven species of parasitic flatworms have amphibians in their life cycles and nine species used amphibians as metacercariae hosts: Echinostoma nasincovae, E. miyagawai, Echinoparyphium recurvatum, Tylodelphys circibuteonis, Neodiplostomum spathula, Paralepoderma cloacicola, Macrodera longicollis, Strigea robusta, and Strigea strigis. The occurrence of trematode species from planorbid mollusks and frogs were compared.
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- Anton O Svinin
- Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia
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- Institute of Ecology of Volga River Basin, Samara Federal Research Scientific Center RAS, Togliatti, Russia
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- Laboratory of Ecology of Aquatic Communities and Invasions, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Privolzhskaya Lesosteppe State Nature Reserve, Penza, Russia
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- Institute of Ecology of Volga River Basin, Samara Federal Research Scientific Center RAS, Togliatti, Russia
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- Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, Penza, Russia
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- Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia
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- Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia
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- Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, Penza, Russia
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Hayashi M, Sano Y, Ishikawa T, Hagiwara T, Sasaki M, Nakao M, Urabe M, Waki T. Invasion of fish parasite Prosorhynchoides ozakii (Trematoda: Bucephalidae) into Lake Kasumigaura and surrounding rivers of eastern Japan. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 2022; 152:47-60. [PMID: 36394140 DOI: 10.3354/dao03698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In 2019 to 2021, the golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei and several freshwater fishes were sampled from 22 sites of the Tone River system including Lake Kasumigaura, Honshu, Japan, to examine the invasion of bucephalid trematodes. The parasite species identification was performed by morphological observation and DNA barcoding based on the sequences of nuclear 28S rDNA and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1). A total of 1719 mussels were collected from 10 sites, and trematode-infected mussels were detected from 8 sites with prevalences between 0.3 and 42.9%. The sporocysts and cercariae were identified as Prosorhynchoides ozakii, a newly introduced species in the river system. A total of 700 fish individuals belonging to 24 species were collected from 15 sites. Two species of catfishes (Silurus asotus and Ictalurus punctatus) harbored mature or immature adults of Pr. ozakii in the intestine with prevalences between 8.3 and 20% including both host species. The metacercariae of Pr. ozakii were found from the fins and epidermis of 13 fish species from 10 sites (prevalence 4.8-100%). Fishes were heavily infected with metacercariae in fins, which were surrounded by the infiltration of hemocytes and rodlet cells. A population genetic analysis of Pr. ozakii did not show an obvious bottleneck, suggesting the possibility that the parasite was intentionally and repeatedly introduced into the river system.
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- Makito Hayashi
- Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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Passere MD, da Graça RJ, Takemoto RM, de Oliveira AV. Identification and molecular characterization of digenean trematode parasites of Aylacostoma chloroticum (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) from a Neotropical Basin. Parasitol Res 2022; 121:3653-3661. [PMID: 36264507 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-022-07692-4] [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: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Thiarids are pantropical gastropods distributed from South America to Australia and found in lentic and lotic freshwater environments. These gastropods act as intermediate hosts for several species of digeneans. There are difficulties in the correct identification of these digeneans in certain stages of the life cycle as the larvae have a reduced size and few morphological characteristics for diagnosis. Because of this, techniques based on molecular markers have become an extremely useful tool. Our objective was to molecularly characterize the digeneans found in gastropods from the Ivaí River, Paraná, Brazil, using the mitochondrial molecular marker cytochrome c oxidase (COI) and the 28S ribosomal marker. With the molecular marker COI, gastropods showed high genetic similarity with Aylacostoma chloroticum. For the parasites, four different taxa were characterized with both markers. The 28S ribosomal marker proved to be more effective for the identification of Ivaí River parasites, being possible to suggest the identification of two species among the four groups found. Considering that there are no records in the literature of studies involving parasites and gastropods as intermediate hosts in the Ivaí River, this study is the first regarding these relationships.
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- Mayara Destro Passere
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Av. Colombo 5790, Bloco G90, Maringá, Paraná, CEP 87020-900, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Av. Colombo 5790, Bloco G90, Maringá, Paraná, CEP 87020-900, Brazil.,Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura (Nupélia), Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Comparada, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Av. Colombo 5790, Bloco G90, Maringá, Paraná, CEP 87020-900, Brazil.,Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura (Nupélia), Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.,Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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Pantoja C, Telles B, Paschoal F, Luque JL, Kudlai O. Digenean trematodes infecting the frigate tuna Auxis thazard (Scombriformes, Scombridae) off the Rio de Janeiro coast, Brazil, including molecular data. Parasite 2022; 29:44. [PMID: 36205525 PMCID: PMC9541523 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2022044] [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: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Although some parasitological efforts have focused on the frigate tuna Auxis thazard (Lacepède) (Scombriformes, Scombridae) in Brazil, its digenean fauna remains poorly known. Combining morphological and molecular methods, we investigated the diversity of digenean trematodes of A. thazard collected from the coastal waters off the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2021. Six species belonging to four families were recorded: the bucephalid Rhipidocotyle cf. angusticolle Chandler, 1941, the didymozoid Didymocystis sp. 6 sensu Louvard et al. (2022), the fellodistomid Tergestia sp., and three hemiurids, Dinurus euthynni Yamaguti, 1934, Lecithochirium floridense (Manter, 1934), and L. synodi Manter, 1931. The current study brings the total number of digenean trematode species parasitising A. thazard in Brazil up to eight, with hemiuroid trematodes being most diverse. Auxis thazard is a new host record for L. floridense, L. synodi and potentially for R. angusticolle. The geographic distribution of several species found in our study appeared to be wider than previously known. Our study is the first to apply a DNA-based approach to digenean diversity in marine fishes in Brazil and we believe that both morphological descriptions and molecular sequence data provided in our study will aid future research assessing the diversity of digenean trematodes of A. thazard and other marine fishes in Brazil.
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- Camila Pantoja
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Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre Akademijos 2 08412
Vilnius Lithuania
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Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro BR 465 km 7 23890-000
Seropédica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação, Departamento de Oceanografia e Limnologia, Uiversidade Federal do Maranhão Av. dos Portugueses 1966 65080-805
São Luís Maranhão Brazil
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Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro BR 465 km 7 23890-000
Seropédica Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre Akademijos 2 08412
Vilnius Lithuania
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Perales Macedo DMB, Díaz Pernett SC, Díaz González MG, Torres Nieves GM, Santos Flores CJ, Díaz Lameiro AM, Locke SA. Autochthonous transmission of the Indomalayan parasite, Transversotrema patialense, in the Caribbean: Molecular, morphological, and experimental evidence. Exp Parasitol 2022; 242:108368. [PMID: 36044962 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2022.108368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The Asian freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata has been established since the 1960s in the Americas, where it transmits cercariae of a small number of digenetic trematode species from its native range. In 2021-2022, 24 M. tuberculata were discovered shedding transversotrematid cercariae in Puerto Rico, where parasites of this snail have not been previously studied. Adult transversotrematids (in some cases, gravid) were found on field-caught fish and on fish exposed to shedding snails, including on fish species native to Puerto Rico. Adults and cercariae were identified as Transversotrema patialense (Soparkar, 1924), a species native to the Indomalayan region. Morphological identification was supported with 28S rDNA sequences closely matching that from unidentified transversotrematid cercariae in Thailand. The absence of T. patialense in snails collected prior to 2021, increasing prevalence of infection in snails collected thereafter, and lack of variation in parasite DNA sequences (28S, internal transcribed spacer 2, cytochrome c oxidase I) from three isolates are consistent with a recently introduced and possibly expanding parasite population. Transversotrema patialense has been recorded outside its native range before, but most studies (including a prior record in the Americas) reported the parasite from captive hosts from commercial sources such as pet shops. The present results thus provide the first demonstration of natural transmission of T. patialense in the Americas. Phylogenetic analysis of 28S but not of ITS2 show the transversotrematid genus Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 is paraphyletic, with Crusziella Cribb, Bray and Barker1992 nested within it.
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- Diana M B Perales Macedo
- Departamento de Biología, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, 00681-9000, Puerto Rico.
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- Departamento de Biología, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, 00681-9000, Puerto Rico.
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- Departamento de Biología, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, 00681-9000, Puerto Rico.
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- Departamento de Biología, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, 00681-9000, Puerto Rico.
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- Departamento de Biología, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, 00681-9000, Puerto Rico.
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- Departamento de Biología, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, 00681-9000, Puerto Rico.
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- Departamento de Biología, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, 00681-9000, Puerto Rico.
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Schistosomes in the Persian Gulf: novel molecular data, host associations, and life-cycle elucidations. Sci Rep 2022; 12:13461. [PMID: 35931886 PMCID: PMC9356054 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17771-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Avian schistosomes, comprise a diverse and widespread group of trematodes known for their surprising ability to switch into new hosts and habitats. Despite the considerable research attention on avian schistosomes as causatives of the human cercarial dermatitis, less it is known about the diversity, geographical range and host associations of the marine representatives. Our molecular analyses inferred from cox1 and 28S DNA sequence data revealed presence of two schistosome species, Ornithobilharzia canaliculata (Rudolphi, 1819) Odhner, 1912 and a putative new species of Austrobilharzia Johnston, 1917. Molecular elucidation of the life-cycle of O. canaliculata was achieved for the first time via matching novel and published sequence data from adult and larval stages. This is the first record of Ornithobilharzia from the Persian Gulf and globally the first record of this genus in a potamidid snail host. Our study provides: (i) new host and distribution records for major etiological agents of cercarial dermatitis and contributes important information on host-parasite relationships; (ii) highlights the importance of the molecular systematics in the assessment of schistosome diversity; and (iii) calls for further surveys to reach a better understanding of the schistosome diversity and patterns of relationships among them, host associations, transmission strategies and distribution coverage.
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Lozano-Cobo H, Oceguera-Figueroa A, Silva-Segundo CA, Robinson CJ, Gómez-Gutiérrez J. Finding a needle in a haystack: larval stages of Didymozoidae (Trematoda: Digenea) parasitizing marine zooplankton. Parasitol Res 2022; 121:2661-2672. [PMID: 35857092 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-022-07593-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Larval didymozoids (Trematoda: Digenea) were discovered parasitizing the hemocoel of the heteropod Firoloida desmarestia (redia mean intensity = 13) and the chaetognaths Flaccisagitta enflata and Flaccisagitta hexaptera (metacercaria mean intensity = 1) during a 2014-2016 systematic study of parasites of zooplankton collected in the central and southern regions of the Gulf of California, Mexico. Didymozoid infection route during the early life cycle was inferred combining morphological (light microscopy) and molecular (mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene, cox1) evidence. Didymozoid rediae parasitizing F. desmarestia were observed, just after field collection of the host, containing hundredths of completely developed cystophorous cercariae, releasing them though the birth pore at approximately one cercaria every 12 s. Cercariae lost their tails developing into a 'young metacercaria' in 1 d at 22 °C without need of an intermediate host. Molecular analysis of cox1 showed that rediae found in F. desmarestia belong to two distinct didymozoid species (Didymozoidae sp. 1 and sp. 2). Metacercariae parasitizing chaetognaths were morphologically identified as Didymozoidae type Monilicaecum and cox1 sequences showed that metacercariae of chaetognaths matched with these two Didymozoidae sp. 1, and sp. 2 species found parasitizing F. desmarestia, plus a third distinct Didymozoidae sp. 3. These are the first DNA sequences of cox1 gene from didymozoid larvae for any zooplankton taxonomic group in the world. We concluded that F. desmarestia is the first intermediate host of rediae and cercariae, and the chaetognaths are the second intermediate hosts where non-encysted metacercariae were found. The definitive host is still unknown because cox1 sequences of present study did not genetically match with any available cox1 sequence of adult didymozoid. Our results demonstrate a potential overlap in the distribution of two carnivorous zooplankton taxonomic groups that are intermediate hosts of didymozoids in the pelagic habitat. The didymozoid specimens were not identified to species level because any of the cox1 sequences generated here matched with the sequences of adult didymozoids currently available in GenBank and Bold System databases. This study provides baseline information for the future morphological and molecular understanding of the Didymozoidae larvae that has been previously based on the recognition of the 12 known morphotypes.
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- Horacio Lozano-Cobo
- Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Av. Ferrocarril de San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Leyes de Reforma, 09310, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Departamento de Plancton y Ecología Marina, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. IPN s/n, 23096, La Paz, B.C.S, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Helmintología, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer circuito s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento Académico de Ingeniería en Pesquerías, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, km 5.5 Carretera al Sur, 23080, La Paz, B.C.S, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer circuito s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Plancton y Ecología Marina, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. IPN s/n, 23096, La Paz, B.C.S, Mexico.
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Svinin AO, Matushkina KA, Dedukh DV, Bashinskiy IV, Ermakov OA, Litvinchuk SN. Strigea robusta (Digenea: Strigeidae) infection effects on the gonadal structure and limb malformation in toad early development. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY. PART A, ECOLOGICAL AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 337:675-686. [PMID: 35451578 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The anomaly P is a mass morphological anomaly reported in some water frog populations across Europe. It was found that polydactyly is only a mild attenuated form of heavy cases of the anomaly P syndrome, which have strong deformations of the hindlimbs and, partly, forelimbs. It was shown that the anomaly P is caused by the trematode Strigea robusta and this syndrome can be considered as a special case of strigeosis in amphibians. The anomaly P for a long time considered to be specific for water frogs of the genus Pelophylax. Herein, we describe polydactyly and heavy forms of the anomaly P syndrome in toads of the genera Bufo and Bufotes, as a result of exposure to S. robusta cercariae. A total of 150 tadpoles of Bufo bufo, 60 tadpoles of Bufotes viridis, and 60 tadpoles of Bufotes baturae were divided into five experimental and four control groups (30 tadpoles in each group). All anomalies in the toads were similar to those observed in water frogs. The survival of tadpoles in the experimental groups was 76%. The anomaly P was observed in 57.9% of toad tadpoles (51.8% of mild forms and 6.1% of heavy forms). The occurrence of the anomaly P varied among groups from 19% to 78%. Heavy forms of the anomaly P were found in all experimental groups. We described rare asymmetrical cases of the anomaly P. According to severe modification of limb morphology, we supposed changes of gonadal morphology (any modifications of the germ and somatic cells). The gonadal development of infected tadpoles was however the same as in uninfected toad tadpoles, and heterochromatin distribution within gonocytes had no differences as well. It seems like the parasite doesn't have any effect on the gonadal development of the toads. The lack of heavy forms in natural populations of toads, as well as a development of gonads were discussed.
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- Anton O Svinin
- Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), University of Tyumen, Tyumen, Russia
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- Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University Moscow, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
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- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, Penza, Russia
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Nitta M, Kondo Y, Ohtsuka S, Kamarudin AS, Ismail N. Kannaphallus leptosomus n. sp. (Monogenea: Heteraxinidae: Cemocotylinae) parasitizing Scyris indica (Carangiformes: Carangidae) from Malaysia. Syst Parasitol 2022; 99:587-599. [PMID: 35717649 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-022-10048-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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A new monogenean species, Kannaphallus leptosomus n. sp., from the gills of the diamond trevally, Scyris indica Rüppell, caught off Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia is described with molecular data. The new species differs from other species of the genus by the morphology of the largest clamp, the presence of a penis gun-associated needle, the unarmed genital atrium size, and the presence of two independent vaginal tubes. Previous records of Kannaphallus species were compiled, and four nominal species including one species incertae sedis (K. virilis Unnithan, 1957; K. lateriporis Mamaev, 1988; K. leptosomus n. sp.; and K. mochimae Fuentes Zambrano, 1998 incertae sedis) and two undescribed species recorded as invalid names were listed. Cemocotylelloides carangis Ramalingam, 1969 was considered a junior objective synonym of K. univaginalis Ramalingam, 1960; this species was treated as Cemocotylelloides univaginalis n. comb. In addition, Unnithan's materials including type specimens of K. virilis could not be found in specimen repositories in India, and it appears that the specimens were probably not deposited in any institution or have been subsequently lost. Based on the phylogenetic analysis of 28S rDNA sequences, Heteraxinidae was broadly divided into two clades, and Heteraxininae and Cemocotylinae were shown as polyphyletic groups, respectively.
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- Masato Nitta
- Setouchi Parasite Biodiversity Laboratory, 3-2-20-103, Ushita-Honmachi, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, 732-0066, Japan. .,Laboratory of Bioresources, National Institute for Basic Biology, 38, Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan. .,Pathology Division, Nansei Field Station, Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 422-1, Nakatsuhamaura, Minami-Ise, Mie, 516-0193, Japan.
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- Takehara Station, Setouchi Field Science Center, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 5-8-1, Minato-machi, Takehara, Hiroshima, 725-0024, Japan
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- Takehara Station, Setouchi Field Science Center, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 5-8-1, Minato-machi, Takehara, Hiroshima, 725-0024, Japan
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- School of Animal Science, Aquatic Science and Environmental, Faculty of Bioresources and Food Industry, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 22200, Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia
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- School of Animal Science, Aquatic Science and Environmental, Faculty of Bioresources and Food Industry, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 22200, Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia
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Hidden in plain sight: novel molecular data reveal unexpected genetic diversity among paramphistome parasites (Digenea: Paramphistomoidea) of European water frogs. Parasitology 2022; 149:1425-1438. [PMID: 35711137 PMCID: PMC10090778 DOI: 10.1017/s003118202200083x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Parasites might represent a helpful tool in understanding the historical dispersion and phylogeography of their hosts. In order to reveal whether the migration routes and diversification of hosts can be traceable in the genetic structures of their parasites, we investigated the diversity of paramphistomoid trematodes of Pelophylax frogs in 2 geographically distant European regions. Water frogs belonging to the genus Pelophylax represent a striking example of a species with a high variety of ecological adaptations and a rich evolutionary history. The parasites were collected from 2 Balkan endemic species, P. epeiroticus and P. kurtmuelleri, and 2 species in Slovakia, P. esculentus and P. ridibundus. While in Slovakia, Pelophylax frogs harboured 2 species, the diplodiscid Diplodiscus subclavatus and the cladorchiid Opisthodiscus diplodiscoides, only the former was recorded in the south-western Balkans. Remarkably high genetic diversity (16 unique mitochondrial cox1 haplotypes, recognized among 60 novel sequences) was observed in D. subclavatus, and subsequent phylogenetic analyses revealed a strong population-genetic structure associated with geographical distribution. We also evidenced the existence of 2 divergent D. subclavatus cox1 haplogroups in the south-western Balkans, which might be associated with the historical diversification of endemic water frogs in the regional glacial microrefugia.
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Nakao M, Ishikawa T, Hibino Y, Ohari Y, Taniguchi R, Takeyama T, Nakamura S, Kakino W, Ikadai H, Sasaki M. Resolution of cryptic species complexes within the genus Metagonimus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Japan, with descriptions of four new species. Parasitol Int 2022; 90:102605. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sasaki M, Iwaki T, Nakao M. REDISCOVERY OF MICHAJLOVIA TURDI (DIGENEA: BRACHYLAIMOIDEA) FROM JAPAN. J Parasitol 2022; 108:122-126. [PMID: 35267025 DOI: 10.1645/21-93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Michajlovia turdi (Yamaguti, 1939) (Digenea: Brachylaimoidea) has been found from the Japanese thrush, Turdus cardis Temminck, 1831, in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. This is a rediscovery of M. turdi in Japan after approximately 80 years from the original description of the species as Leucochloridium turdiYamaguti, 1939. Here we redescribe the morphology of M. turdi and generate DNA barcodes for the species by sequencing nuclear ribosomal RNA (18S and 28S) and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) genes. Our molecular phylogenetic analysis was not effective at determining the taxonomic rank of Michajlovia in Brachylaimoidea, and consequently the genus remains as incertae sedis.
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- Mizuki Sasaki
- Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan
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- Meguro Parasitological Museum, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0064, Japan
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- Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan
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Pulido-Murillo EA, Tkach VV, Pinto HA. The life cycle of Philophthalmus aylacostoma n. sp. (Trematoda: Philophthalmidae), a new eye fluke species transmitted by Aylacostoma spp. (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in Brazil. Parasitol Res 2022; 121:933-944. [PMID: 35106652 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-022-07447-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Philophthalmus is a cosmopolitan genus of digeneans that includes ocular parasites of birds and mammals. Despite broad distribution and veterinary importance of these digeneans, there are still gaps in knowledge about their diversity and biology, especially in South America. Herein, we conducted morphological, life cycle, and molecular studies of megalurous cercariae found in aquatic gastropod molluscs Aylacostoma chloroticum and A. tuberculatum collected in the São Francisco River, Brazil. Adult parasites reared experimentally in the eyes of chicks are described here as Philophthalmus aylacostoma n. sp. The new species differs from its congeners known in the Americas by a combination of traits, including the sucker width ratio, the oral sucker to pharynx width ratio, egg size, and the type of vitellarium in adult forms. The new species is morphologically closest to Philophthalmus megalurus, from which it differs by the smaller body and larger eggs, as well as by the measurements of cercariae and the family of snails that act as the intermediate host. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on 28S rDNA and comparison of cox1 sequences confirm that P. aylacostoma n. sp. is distinct from four previously sequenced named species of the genus. Moreover, cox1 sequences revealed conspecificity of our specimens with an isolate of Philophthalmus sp. previously reported, also in thiarid snails, in Paraná River, Brazil. The interspecific divergence in cox1 between the new species and other species with sequences available for comparison varied between 12 and 15%.
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- Eduardo A Pulido-Murillo
- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 58202, USA
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- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil.
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Gonchar A, Galaktionov KV. The Pacific Notocotylus atlanticus (Digenea: Notocotylidae). Parasitol Int 2022; 88:102559. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Waki T, Nakao M, Sasaki M, Ikezawa H, Inoue K, Ohari Y, Kameda Y, Asada M, Furusawa H, Miyazaki S. Brachylaima phaedusae n. sp. (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae) from door snails in Japan. Parasitol Int 2022; 86:102469. [PMID: 34534656 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The metacercarial infections of door snails (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae) with unknown species of the genus Brachylaima (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae) have recently been reported in eastern Honshu and Kyushu, Japan. A large scale snail survey was carried out to clarify their taxonomic status. From the period of 2015 to 2020, a total of 1239 land snails (768 door snails and 471 others) were collected from 32 localities in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. The resulting trematode isolates were identified as Brachylaima sp. by mitochondrial DNA barcoding. The sporocysts were found only a few from Megalophaedusa sublunellata (Clausiliidae), Tauphaedusa subaculus (Clausiliidae), and Aegista trochula (Camaenidae), while the metacercariae were frequently detected from 14 species of Clausiliidae and 2 species of other families. Although Brachylaima sp. showed a broad range of intermediate hosts, door snails seem to be very important to drive the life cycle. The gravid adults of Brachylaima sp. was experimentally raised from metacercariae using immunosuppressed mice. Morphological, phylogenetical, and ecological considerations prompted us to propose Brachylaima phaedusae n. sp. for this unknown species. The definitive hosts of the new species are completely unknown. The wide geographic distribution and high genetic diversity of the new species suggest a possibility that the definitive host is ground-foraging birds, which prefer door snails.
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- Tsukasa Waki
- Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1, Miyama, Funabashi-city, Chiba 274-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka-Highashi 2-1, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan
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- Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka-Highashi 2-1, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan
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- Ibaraki Nature Museum, 700 Osaki, Bando, Ibaraki 306-0622, Japan
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan; Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Saga University, 1 Honjo, Saga-city, Saga 840-8502, Japan; Saga Prefectural Meat Sanitary Inspection Station, 4127 Minamitaku, Taku-city, Saga 846-0024, Japan
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0818, Japan
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- Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0005, Japan
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- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 13, Nishi 2 Sen, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1, Miyama, Funabashi-city, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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- Kyushu Mollusc Study Society, 4-21-17 Konan, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 880-0944, Japan
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Helminth fauna of the Eurasian beaver in the Czech Republic with remarks on the genetic diversity of specialist Stichorchis subtriquetrus (Digenea: Cladorchiidae). Parasitol Res 2022; 121:633-644. [PMID: 35076776 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07379-2] [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: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) is a well-established faunal element in the Czech Republic, even though, historically, its populations were almost eradicated in this region. Nowadays, its distribution and population density are well monitored; nonetheless, the beaver's parasites, as potential threats to the environment, are often neglected in wildlife management. Therefore, we investigated the endoparasitic helminth diversity of 15 beaver individuals from three collection sites in the Czech Republic. Three parasite species were collected: Stichorchis subtriquetrus (Digenea), Travassosius rufus, and Calodium hepaticum (Nematoda), of which the two nematode species were reported for the first time from C. fiber in the Czech Republic. The highest prevalence and intensity of infection were observed in S. subtriquetrus (P = 93%, I = 1-138), while the two other species were collected only from one beaver individual. Subsequent analysis of the genetic diversity of the specimens using highly variable genetic markers revealed a weak population structure among the individuals collected from different beaver hosts. There was only a weak association of COI haplotypes with geography, as the haplotypes from the Berounka basin formed homogeneous groups, and individuals from the Dyje basin and Morava partially shared a haplotype. Even though common population genetic markers (i.e., microsatellites) did not reveal any structure in the hosts, our results suggest that the genetic diversity of their parasites may shed more light on population partition and the historical migration routes of Eurasian beavers.
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Morton DN, Lafferty KD. Parasites in kelp‐forest food webs increase food‐chain length, complexity, and specialization, but reduce connectance. ECOL MONOGR 2022; 92:e1506. [PMID: 35865510 PMCID: PMC9286845 DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Dana N. Morton
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology University of California Santa Barbara California USA
- Marine Science Institute University of California Santa Barbara California USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, at Marine Science Institute University of California Santa Barbara California USA
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Sasaki M, Miura O, Nakao M. PHILOPHTHALMUS HECHINGERI N. SP. (DIGENEA: PHILOPHTHALMIDAE), A HUMAN-INFECTING EYE FLUKE FROM THE ASIAN MUD SNAIL, BATILLARIA ATTRAMENTARIA. J Parasitol 2022; 108:44-52. [PMID: 35038324 DOI: 10.1645/21-69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Two cases of human philophthalmosis have been reported in Japan. Gravid flukes removed from the eyes of the patients were broken, but their morphological characteristics suggest that an unknown species of the genus Philophthalmus is involved as a pathogen for humans. The mitochondrial DNA barcode of the human eye fluke enabled us to discover its larval stage from the Japanese mud snail, Batillaria attramentaria. The discovered cercaria had previously been temporarily described as "Philophthalmid sp. I." In this study, we examined the infection status of B. attramentaria with Philophthalmid sp. I found on a muddy seashore of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan, and the resulting metacercariae were experimentally administered to Japanese quails to develop them into the gravid adult stage. The complete specimens of the adult and larval stages allowed us to describe a new species. Based on morphological and molecular analyses, Philophthalmus hechingeri n. sp. is proposed for the human-infecting eye fluke in Japan. The natural definitive hosts of the new species are unknown. However, the habitat of B. attramentaria suggests that shorebirds (seagulls, sandpipers, and plovers) might be the possible candidates.
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- Mizuki Sasaki
- Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University, Nankoku 783-8502, Japan
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- Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan
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Dellagnola FA, Campoy-Diaz AD, Vega IA. First morphological and molecular identification of the cercaria of Stomylotrema vicarium from the endemic apple snail Pomacea americanista. Parasitology 2022; 149:95-104. [PMID: 35184782 PMCID: PMC11010495 DOI: 10.1017/s003118202100158x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The adult fluke Stomylotrema vicarium (Stomylotrematidae, Microphalloidea) was described for the first time in Theristicus caerulescens in 1901, but the complete life cycle has remained unknown to date. Here, we found a stomylotrematid trematode in the digestive gland of the endemic apple snail Pomacea americanista. The digestive gland's tubuloacini were compressed by the trematode larvae placed on connective tissues and haemocoel spaces. Non-virgulate, stylet-bearing cercariae showed three pairs of penetration glands with a body, oral sucker and stylet morphometrically similar to those of stylet-bearing, unencysted young metacercariae of S. vicarium found in the aquatic coleopteran Megadytes glaucus, and at a lesser extent with cercariae of S. gratiosus found in the apple snail Pomacea maculata. The larvae molecular phylogeny was inferred using the markers rRNA 28S and ITS1, being these sequences grouped with the sequences of S. vicarium obtained from adult flukes. Together, these findings indicate that the life cycle of S. vicarium begins in P. americanista, thus supporting the hypothesis that the ampullariid snails act as a first intermediate host.
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- Federico A. Dellagnola
- IHEM, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CONICET, Mendoza City, Mendoza, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza City, Mendoza, Argentina
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza City, Mendoza, Argentina
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- IHEM, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CONICET, Mendoza City, Mendoza, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza City, Mendoza, Argentina
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- IHEM, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CONICET, Mendoza City, Mendoza, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza City, Mendoza, Argentina
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza City, Mendoza, Argentina
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Lozano-Cobo H, Gómez Del Prado-Rosas MDC, Silva-Segundo CA, Oceguera-Figueroa A, Gómez-Gutiérrez J. Molecular Identification of Plerocercoids of Clistobothrium montaukensis (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) Parasitizing the King of Herrings Regalecus glesne. Acta Parasitol 2021; 66:1586-1592. [PMID: 34033067 DOI: 10.1007/s11686-021-00400-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Endo-parasites of the bathypelagic king of herrings Regalecus glesne and oarfish Regalecus russelii are only known from few specimens opportunistically examined. As a consequence, there are few records of parasites from either Regalecus species. We report plerocercoid larvae of phyllobothriidean cestodes parasitizing an adult R. glesne stranded in Bahía de La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. METHODS Sixty-three plerocercoids were obtained from the intestine of R. glesne and characterized using morphological and molecular methods (nuclear 28S rDNA and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene sequences). RESULTS Following the morphological diagnostic criteria of scolex and muscle bands in the strobila, plerocercoids specimens were preliminary assigned to the genus Clistobothrium. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences indicate these plerocercoids correspond to Clistobothrium montaukensis Ruhnke, 1993. CONCLUSION Regalecus glesne is a new host known for C. montaukensis and this report is a new geographical record of C. montaukensis parasitizing species of the genus Regalecus previously known only from California and Florida, USA.
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- Horacio Lozano-Cobo
- Departamento de Plancton y Ecología Marina, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. IPN s/n, 23096, La Paz, B.C.S, Mexico
- Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa. Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Vicentina, 09340, Mexico, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Parasitología, Departamento Académico de Ciencias Marinas y Costeras, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, km 5.5 Carretera al Sur, 23080, La Paz, B.C.S, Mexico
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- Departamento Académico de Ingeniería en Pesquerías, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Km 5.5 Carretera al Sur, 23080, La Paz, B.C.S, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Helmintología, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer circuito s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico, Mexico
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- Departamento de Plancton y Ecología Marina, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. IPN s/n, 23096, La Paz, B.C.S, Mexico.
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Solodovnik DA, Tatonova YV, Urabe M, Besprozvannykh VV, Nakao M, Inoue K. Three species of Exorchis Kobayashi, 1921 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) in the East-Asian region: morphological and molecular data. Parasitology 2021; 148:1578-1587. [PMID: 35060473 PMCID: PMC11010173 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182021001232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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New data have been obtained for three representatives of Exorchis; Exorchis convictus sp. n., Exorchis oviformis and Exorchis sp., from fish in the East-Asian region. For the first time, based on combined sequences of the ITS2 rDNA region and the 28S rRNA gene, Exorchis is confirmed to belong Cryptogonimidae. Based on analysis of a mitochondrial marker (cox1), the ‘Japanese’ and ‘Russian’ haplogroups are identified for E. oviformis isolated from Silurus asotus. One specimen of E. oviformis obtained in Japan is identical to the ‘Russian’ haplotype. Haplotype patterns are also observed for metacercariae of Exorchis sp. from Tanakia lanceolata and Carassius sp. fish in Kyushu Island (Japan).
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- Daria A. Solodovnik
- Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 100-letiya Street, 159, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
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- Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 100-letiya Street, 159, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
- Far Eastern Federal University, School of Biomedicine, Sukhanova Street, 8, Vladivostok, 690091, Russia
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- Department of Ecosystem studies, School of Environmental Science, University of Shiga Prefecture, 2500 Hassaka, Hikone, Shiga522-8533, Japan
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- Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 100-letiya Street, 159, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
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- Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1, Hokkaido078-8510, Japan
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- Saga Prefectural Meat Sanitary Inspection Station, 4127 Minamitaku-cho, Taku City, Saga846-0024, Japan
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Nitta M. Capsalids (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) from marine fishes off Okinawa in Japan with the proposal of two new genera. Parasitol Int 2021; 85:102448. [PMID: 34481081 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102448] [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] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Molecular studies of the Capsalidae suggested that the genus Benedenia is polyphyletic, but a taxonomic organization of the genus that reflects molecular data has not yet been proposed. As a result of molecular analysis (28S rDNA, ITS1-5.8S-ITS2, and cox1 data) including specimens of Benedeniinae newly obtained from Okinawa-jima Island in Japan, two new genera and the revival of Tareenia independent to the genus Benedenia are proposed. Gracilobenedenia n. gen. is distinguished from the other genera of Benedeniinae based on morphological characteristics. This new genus comprises 6 species: G. lutjani n. comb. (type species), G. anticavaginata n. comb., G. rohdei n. comb., G. beverleyburtonae n. comb., G. kuremibai n. gen., n. sp., and G. hichi n. gen., n. sp. Armatobenedenia n. gen. is a monotypic genus for A. armata n. comb. The present molecular phylogenetic analysis showed the independence of Tareenia, and it can be morphologically separated from the other benedeniines. Four species including two new species obtained from Okinawa-jima Island are reported: G. kuremibai n. sp., G. hichi n. sp., G. lutjani n. comb., and Metabenedeniella parva. Furthermore, in the species identification and phylogenetic analysis of capsalids, the usefulness of not only the 28S rDNA but also ITS and the cox1 regions was suggested. These genes were evaluated the efficacy of those regions in DNA barcoding, and the ITS and cox1 regions shown to be useful for DNA barcoding in capsalids compared to the 28S rDNA sequence.
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- Masato Nitta
- Setouchi Parasite Biodiversity Laboratory, 3-2-20-103, Ushita-Honmachi, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima 732-0066, Japan; Laboratory of Bioresources, National Institute for Basic Biology, 38, Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan.
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Assis JCA, López-Hernández D, Favoretto S, Medeiros LB, Melo AL, Martins NRS, Pinto HA. Identification of the avian tracheal trematode Typhlocoelum cucumerinum (Trematoda: Cyclocoelidae) in a host-parasite-environment system: diagnosis, life cycle and molecular phylogeny. Parasitology 2021; 148:1383-1391. [PMID: 34103107 PMCID: PMC11010135 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182021000986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Typhlocoelum cucumerinum is a tracheal parasite of birds widely distributed across the globe. Nevertheless, aspects of the biology of this cyclocoelid are still poorly understood. Herein, we report the finding of T. cucumerinum in definitive and intermediate hosts from an urban waterbody of Brazil. The parasite was initially detected during the necropsy of domestic Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata) found dead in the locality. Coproparasitological tests in live animals revealed that 12/47 (25.53%) Muscovy ducks and 2/8 (25%) mallards (Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos) were infected with T. cucumerinum. Moreover, rediae and metacercariae morphologically similar to T. cucumerinum were found in 3/248 (1.33%) Biomphalaria straminea collected in the same waterbody frequented by the birds. The conspecificity between the adult and the larval stages was confirmed molecularly (100% similarity in Cox-1). Moreover, the phylogenetic position of T. cucumerinum was determined for the first time based on partial fragments of the 28S, Cox-1 and Nad-1 genes. The species grouped with other members of the subfamily Typhlocoelinae with sequences available, but the data obtained do not support the distinctiveness of the genera Typhlocoelum and Tracheophilus. Further studies involving a broader range of species can result in taxonomic rearrangements in Typhlocoelinae.
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- Jordana C. A. Assis
- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Doenças das Aves, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Doenças das Aves, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia de Trematoda, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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A new species of hemiuroidean trematode from Hatcheria macraei (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) and Heleobia hatcheri (Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) in a Patagonian River. Parasitol Res 2021; 120:2523-2532. [PMID: 34164715 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07210-y] [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] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A new hemiuroidean species, Genarchella pichileufuensis n. sp. (Derogenidae: Halipeginae), was found in the stomach of the siluriform freshwater fish, Hatcheria macraei (Girard, 1855), in the Pichileufu River, Patagonia, Argentina. Its rediae with immature cystophorous cercariae were found in the snail Heleobia hatcheri (Pilsbry, 1911) in the same site. The present new species is morphologically featured by having a cyclocoel in the hindbody unlike the other species of the genus. The characteristics of this species allowed us to amend the diagnosis of the genus Genarchella as follows: cyclocoel present or absent; testes symmetrical to tandem; ootype pouch present. In the phylogenetic analysis, G. pichileufuensis forms a well-supported clade with Genarchella spp. recovered from Mexican freshwater fishes. This clade is included in the cluster of representatives of the subfamily Halipeginae. So far, three hemiuroidean species, Thometrema patagonica (Szidat, 1956), Derogenes lacustris Tsuchida, Flores, Viozzi, Rauque et Urabe, 2021 and G. pichileufuensis n. sp., have been reported from freshwater fishes in Argentinean Patagonia.
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Waki T, Ohari Y, Hayashi K, Moribe J, Matsuo K, Takashima Y. The first detection of Dicrocoelium chinensis sporocysts from the land snail Aegista vulgivaga in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. J Vet Med Sci 2021; 83:957-961. [PMID: 33952762 PMCID: PMC8267190 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.21-0012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Trematodes of the genus Dicrocoelium are one of the most common
parasites in ruminant animals; however, their life cycles in Japan are unclear. To find
the sporocysts of D. chinensis in the natural field, we sampled 269 land
snails (14 species) at a location with high level infection of sika deer in Gifu
Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan in autumn between 2017 and 2019. During the sampling
period, we found mother sporocysts in the hepatopancreas of Aegista
vulgivaga and Cyclophorus herklotsi. DNA barcoding based on
the sequences of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 showed that the
sporocysts from A. vulgivaga belonged to D. chinensis,
indicating that this snail has potential as the first intermediate host of D.
chinensis at this location.
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- Tsukasa Waki
- Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi-shi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0818, Japan
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, 1-3 Ikoinooka, Imabari-shi, Ehime 794-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory of Wildlife Resources, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1303, Japan.,School of Social System Management, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1303, Japan
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- Kumamoto Prefectural Aso Public Health Center, 2402 Miyaji, Ichinomiya-machi, Aso-shi, Kumamoto 869-2612, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.,Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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Nakao M, Sasaki M. Trematode diversity in freshwater snails from a stopover point for migratory waterfowls in Hokkaido, Japan: An assessment by molecular phylogenetic and population genetic analyses. Parasitol Int 2021; 83:102329. [PMID: 33753234 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The cryptic diversity of trematodes was evaluated in the Nagayama-Shinkawa River, an artificial canal of the Ishikari River System of Hokkaido, Japan. Numerous migratory waterfowls use the canal as a stopover point in every spring season. The lymnaeid snail, Radix auricularia, and the semisulcospirid snail, Semisulcospira libertina, colonize the static and flowing water areas, respectively. The trematode fauna of the two snails was assessed by molecular phylogenetic and population genetic analyses. Each of distinctive clades in mitochondrial DNA trees was arbitrarily set as a species. In total, 14 species of the families Diplostomidae, Echinostomatidae, Notocotylidae, Plagiorchiidae, and Strigeidae occurred in R. auricularia, wherease S. libertina harbored 10 species of the families Echinochasmidae, Heterophyidae, Notocotylidae, and Lecithodendridae and Cercaria creta, an unclassified species whose adult stage is still unknown. The species diversity of the larval trematodes could be recognized as a "hot spot", suggesting that the seasonal visit of waterfowls is very important to spread trematodes and to keep their diversity. A high intraspecific genetic diversity was observed in the echinostomatid, notocotylid, echinochasmid, and heterophyid species, whose definitive hosts include birds. It seems likely that each of the parasite populations is always disturbed by repeated visits of waterfowls.
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- Minoru Nakao
- Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan
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Notocotylus ikutai n. sp. (Digenea: Notocotylidae) from lymnaeid snails and anatid birds in Hokkaido, Japan. Parasitol Int 2021; 83:102318. [PMID: 33689826 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102318] [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] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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An unknown species of the genus Notocotylus (Digenea: Notocotylidae) was found as the larval stage from the lymnaeid snail, Radix auricularia, in a static water area of the Chubetsu River, Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. A DNA barcoding identification system was applied to detect the adult stage. Through the inspection of anatid game birds in Hokkaido, Anas crecca, Anas platyrhynchos, Anas zonorhyncha, and Mareca penelope were demonstrated to serve as the definitive hosts. The detailed morphological features of the species were characterized using adults raised experimentally in immunosuppressed mice and naturally developed larvae in R. auricularia. Although the species is morphologically similar to Notocotylus attenuatus and Notocotylus magniovatus in both adult and larval stages, its taxonomic independence was confirmed by a comprehensive study based on molecular phylogeny, morphology, and ecology. Here we propose Notocotylus ikutai n. sp. for this species. The migratory behavior of the anatid hosts and the North-Eurasian distribution of R. auricularia suggest that the new species is widely distributed in the northern Far East.
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Tsuchida K, Flores V, Viozzi G, Rauque C, Urabe M. Hemiuroidean trematodes from freshwater Patagonian fishes: description of a new species, distribution and molecular phylogeny. Parasitol Res 2021; 120:1219-1232. [PMID: 33521841 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06939-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new trematode species, Derogenes lacustris Tsuchida, Flores, Viozzi, Rauque et Urabe n. sp. (Derogenidae: Derogeninae), from freshwater fishes is described using morphological and molecular approaches in Argentinean Patagonia. D. lacustris is the most common hemiuroidean species in the Limay River basin and parasitizes almost all the native and introduced Patagonian freshwater fish. This new species could be considered as the unique freshwater species in the genus Derogenes Nicoll, 1910. Another hemiuroidean species, Thometrema patagonica Szidat (Archiev Hydrobiol 51: 542-577, 1956) Lunaschi et Drago 2000 (Derogenidae: Halipeginae), is found from Percichthys trucha (Perciformes) in the Neuquén River basin. Its diagnosis and molecular data are provided by the present study. In the molecular analysis of the Patagonian hemiuroideans, T. patagonica composes a group with halipeginean species in the phylogenetic tree of 28S rDNA sequences, while D. lacustris is not included in the same group. D. lacustris also shows low intraspecific variation in COI sequences regardless of the localities or host species.
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- Karin Tsuchida
- Division of Environmental Dynamics, Graduate School of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, 2500 Hassaka, Hikone, Shiga, 522-8533, Japan.
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- Laboratorio de Parasitología, INIBIOMA (CONICET-Univ. Nac. del Comahue), Quintral 1250, (8400), San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Parasitología, INIBIOMA (CONICET-Univ. Nac. del Comahue), Quintral 1250, (8400), San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Parasitología, INIBIOMA (CONICET-Univ. Nac. del Comahue), Quintral 1250, (8400), San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Department of Ecosystem Studies, School of Environmental Sciences, The University of Shiga Prefecture, 2500 Hassaka, Hikone, Shiga, 522-8533, Japan
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Pyrka E, Kanarek G, Zaleśny G, Hildebrand J. Leeches as the intermediate host for strigeid trematodes: genetic diversity and taxonomy of the genera Australapatemon Sudarikov, 1959 and Cotylurus Szidat, 1928. Parasit Vectors 2021; 14:44. [PMID: 33436032 PMCID: PMC7805170 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04538-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Leeches (Hirudinida) play a significant role as intermediate hosts in the circulation of trematodes in the aquatic environment. However, species richness and the molecular diversity and phylogeny of larval stages of strigeid trematodes (tetracotyle) occurring in this group of aquatic invertebrates remain poorly understood. Here, we report our use of recently obtained sequences of several molecular markers to analyse some aspects of the ecology, taxonomy and phylogeny of the genera Australapatemon and Cotylurus, which utilise leeches as intermediate hosts. Methods From April 2017 to September 2018, 153 leeches were collected from several sampling stations in small rivers with slow-flowing waters and related drainage canals located in three regions of Poland. The distinctive forms of tetracotyle metacercariae collected from leeches supplemented with adult Strigeidae specimens sampled from a wide range of water birds were analysed using the 28S rDNA partial gene, the second internal transcribed spacer region (ITS2) region and the cytochrome c oxidase (COI) fragment. Results Among investigated leeches, metacercariae of the tetracotyle type were detected in the parenchyma and musculature of 62 specimens (prevalence 40.5%) with a mean intensity reaching 19.9 individuals. The taxonomic generic affiliation of metacercariae derived from the leeches revealed the occurrence of two strigeid genera: Australapatemon Sudarikov, 1959 and Cotylurus Szidat, 1928. Phylogenetic reconstructions based on the partial 28S rRNA gene, ITS2 region and partial COI gene confirmed the separation of the Australapatemon and Cotylurus clades. Taking currently available molecular data and our results into consideration, recently sequenced tetracotyle of Australapatemon represents most probably Au. minor; however, unclear phylogenetic relationships between Au. burti and Au. minor reduce the reliability of this conclusion. On the other hand, on the basis of the obtained sequences, supplemented with previously published data, the metacercariae of Cotylurus detected in leeches were identified as two species: C. strigeoides Dubois, 1958 and C. syrius Dubois, 1934. This is the first record of C. syrius from the intermediate host. Conclusions The results of this study suggest the separation of ecological niches and life cycles between C. cornutus (Rudolphi, 1808) and C. strigeoides/C. syrius, with potential serious evolutionary consequences for a wide range of host–parasite relationships. Moreover, phylogenetic analyses corroborated the polyphyletic character of C. syrius, the unclear status of C. cornutus and the separate position of Cotylurus raabei Bezubik, 1958 within Cotylurus. The data demonstrate the inconsistent taxonomic status of the sequenced tetracotyle of Australapatemon, resulting, in our opinion, from the limited availability of fully reliable, comparative sequences of related taxa in GenBank.![]()
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- Ewa Pyrka
- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63, 51-148, Wrocław, Poland
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- Ornithological Station, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Nadwiślańska 108, 80-680, Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Department of Systematic and Ecology of Invertebrates, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5b, 51-631, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63, 51-148, Wrocław, Poland
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Krupenko D, Gonchar A, Kremnev G, Efeykin B, Krapivin V. New type of xiphidiocercariae (Digenea: Microphalloidea) from South Vietnam. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2020; 67. [PMID: 33281123 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2020.033] [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] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We found unusual digenean intramolluscan stages, sporocysts and cercariae, in gastropods Sulcospira dautzenbergiana (Morelet) (Caenogastropoda: Pachychilidae) from Southern Vietnam and named them Cercaria cattieni 1. These cercariae have a stylet and thus belong to the Xiphidiata. However, such combination of characters as extremely large body size and I-shaped excretory bladder has not been found before in any other xiphidiocercariae. We obtained COI, ITS1, 5.8S + ITS2, and 28S rDNA sequences for C. cattieni 1. The latter allowed us to specify the phylogenetic position of the discovered cercariae: C. cattieni 1 falls within the superfamily Microphalloidea and is most closely grouped to Pachypsolus irroratus (Rudolphi, 1819) (Pachypsolidae), the sea turtle parasite. Information on the family Pachypsolidae is limited. Judging from the molecular phylogeny, C. cattieni 1 might be the larva of the Pachypsolidae, documented for the first time.
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- Darya Krupenko
- Saint Petersburg University, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Saint Petersburg University, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Saint Petersburg, Russia.,Zoological Institute, Laboratory of Parasitic Worms and Protists, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Saint Petersburg University, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,The Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Centre, Southern Branch, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.,Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Saint Petersburg University, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Saint Petersburg, Russia.,Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,The Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Centre, Southern Branch, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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Zemmer SA, Detwiler JT, Sokol ER, Da Silva Neto JG, Wyderko J, Potts K, Gajewski ZJ, Sarment LV, Benfield EF, Belden LK. Spatial scale and structure of complex life cycle trematode parasite communities in streams. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0241973. [PMID: 33232346 PMCID: PMC7685432 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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By considering the role of site-level factors and dispersal, metacommunity concepts have advanced our understanding of the processes that structure ecological communities. In dendritic systems, like streams and rivers, these processes may be impacted by network connectivity and unidirectional current. Streams and rivers are central to the dispersal of many pathogens, including parasites with complex, multi-host life cycles. Patterns in parasite distribution and diversity are often driven by host dispersal. We conducted two studies at different spatial scales (within and across stream networks) to investigate the importance of local and regional processes that structure trematode (parasitic flatworms) communities in streams. First, we examined trematode communities in first-intermediate host snails (Elimia proxima) in a survey of Appalachian headwater streams within the Upper New River Basin to assess regional turnover in community structure. We analyzed trematode communities based on both morphotype (visual identification) and haplotype (molecular identification), as cryptic diversity in larval trematodes could mask important community-level variation. Second, we examined communities at multiple sites (headwaters and main stem) within a stream network to assess potential roles of network position and downstream drift. Across stream networks, we found a broad scale spatial pattern in morphotype- and haplotype-defined communities due to regional turnover in the dominant parasite type. This pattern was correlated with elevation, but not with any other environmental factors. Additionally, we found evidence of multiple species within morphotypes, and greater genetic diversity in parasites with hosts limited to in-stream dispersal. Within network parasite prevalence, for at least some parasite taxa, was related to several site-level factors (elevation, snail density and stream depth), and total prevalence decreased from headwaters to main stem. Variation in the distribution and diversity of parasites at the regional scale may reflect differences in the abilities of hosts to disperse across the landscape. Within a stream network, species-environment relationships may counter the effects of downstream dispersal on community structure.
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- Sally A. Zemmer
- Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Molecular evidence of new freshwater turtle blood flukes (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) in the intermediate snail host Biomphalaria occidentalis Paraense, 1981 in an urban aquatic ecosystem in Brazil. Parasitol Res 2020; 120:133-143. [PMID: 33164155 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06945-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In this study, two potentially new species of turtle blood flukes (TBFs) (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) have been recorded from South Brazil. The spirorchiid parasites infect the vascular system of turtles, thereby compromising their health. The life cycle of these parasites is not well studied. The larval stage of cercaria is found in intermediate gastropod hosts, with some species presenting similar morphological characteristics, which can result in misinterpretations when using only morphological taxonomy for species identification. In this study, we recorded a single morphotype belonging to the family Spirorchiidae in Biomphalaria occidentalis in an urban aquatic ecosystem in Brazil. However, molecular data (28S rDNA and cytochrome oxidase subunit I) confirmed the presence of two species of Spirorchiidae in the sampled environment; both phylogenetically close to genera previously studied in freshwater turtles from the Peruvian Amazon. In this study, species characterization was possible because of molecular tools. We recommend using more than one molecular marker in future studies focusing on TBFs, which need attention about their evolutionary history and ecology to understand their distribution in South America.
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Haplorchis pumilio (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) as a new fish-borne zoonotic agent transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) in Brazil: A morphological and molecular study. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2020; 85:104495. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Nitta M. Two species of Dioncopseudobenedenia Yamaguti, 1965 (Monogenea: Capsalidae) from Naso unicornis (Forsskål) (Acanthuridae) and Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus (Coryphaenidae) in western Japan, with a description of D. elongata n. sp. from N. unicornis. Syst Parasitol 2020; 97:681-690. [PMID: 33000347 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-020-09941-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Three species of Dioncopseudobenedenia Yamaguti, 1965 (Monogenea: Capsalidae: Benedeniinae) have been described, all found parasitising Naso spp. (Acanthuridae) and Siganus lineatus (Siganidae), in Hawaii, the Great Barrier Reef, and New Caledonia in the Pacific. In this paper, D. elongata n. sp. is described, found parasitising the gills of N. unicornis (Forsskål) caught off Okinawa-jima Island. Dioncopseudobenedenia kala Yamaguti, 1965 is also reported, found parasitising the gills of N. unicornis, and those of a new host, the common dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus (Coryphaenidae), off Okinawa and Kochi prefectures, Japan. The new species differed from known species in both nuclear (28S rDNA and ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) and mitochondrial DNA (cox1) sequences. Morphologically, the new species differed from other species of Dioncopseudobenedenia in possessing a longer accessory sclerite and a thick, short penis. No species of Dioncopseudobenedenia have been detected during past examinations of C. hippurus; this instance was probably an accidental infection. A key for identification of the species of Dioncopseudobenedenia is also provided herein.
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- Masato Nitta
- Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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