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OUP accepted manuscript. Zool J Linn Soc 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Darabi‐Darestani K, Sari A, Khomenko A, Kvist S, Utevsky S. DNA barcoding of Iranian leeches (Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinida). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Kaveh Darabi‐Darestani
- School of Biology Centre of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms College of Science University of Tehran Tehran Iran
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior McMaster University Hamilton ON Canada
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- School of Biology Centre of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms College of Science University of Tehran Tehran Iran
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Kharkiv Ukraine
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- Department of Natural History Royal Ontario Museum Toronto ON Canada
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Kharkiv Ukraine
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First Ukrainian record of the invasive leech Helobdella europaea (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) from an aquarium in Kharkiv: morphological variability and phylogenetic relationships. Biologia (Bratisl) 2021. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-020-00542-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Chiangkul K, Trivalairat P, Purivirojkul W. Batracobdelloides bangkhenensis sp. n. (Hirudinea: Rhynchobdellida), a new leech species parasite on freshwater snails from Thailand. Parasitol Res 2020; 120:93-107. [PMID: 33145647 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06919-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A new snail-eating leech, Batracobdelloides bangkhenensis sp. n., was discovered at Kasetsart University, Bangkhen Campus, Bangkok, Thailand. This species is found free living in the benthic zone of ponds; feeds on freshwater snails, including Bithynia siamensis siamensis, Indoplanorbis exustus, Radix rubiginosa, Physella acuta, and Pomacea canaliculata; and uses a shell as a shelter during the parental care period, with a colony of 7-15 juvenile individuals held on the venter inside the shell of host. Batracobdelloides bangkhenensis displays distinct morphological characters, including a rice-shaped body showing transparency, cephalization, two eye pairs merged on somite III, an anterior sucker twice as large as the cephalic region, a central mouth in the anterior sucker, seven light brown transverse rows in the neck region, absent dorsal papillae, rich green pigments on the dorsum, a male gonopore on XIIa2/XIIa3 (27-28), a female gonopore on XIIIa1/XIIIa2 (29-30), and diffuse aggregations of minute, spherical salivary glands in the neck region. Comparisons of the COI and COI-ND1 genes showed a monophyletic clade for Batracobdelloides, and the phylogenetic tree of the COI gene also indicated that B. bangkhenensis is distinct from other species in the genus, with strong support values.
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- Krittiya Chiangkul
- Animal Systematics and Ecology Speciality Research Unit, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngam Wong Wan Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Systematics and Ecology Speciality Research Unit, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngam Wong Wan Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Systematics and Ecology Speciality Research Unit, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngam Wong Wan Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
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Kaygorodova I, Bolbat N, Bolbat A. Species delimitation through DNA barcoding of freshwater leeches of theGlossiphoniagenus (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) from Eastern Siberia, Russia. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Irina Kaygorodova
- Limnological Institute of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Irkutsk Russia
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- Limnological Institute of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Irkutsk Russia
- Department of Plant Physiology, Cell Biology and Genetics Irkutsk State University Irkutsk Russia
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- Limnological Institute of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Irkutsk Russia
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Hitch me a ride: first report of the alien leech Helobdella octatestisaca in Europe associated with freshwater turtles. Biol Invasions 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02076-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Jiménez-Armenta J, Oceguera-Figueroa A. Leeches from Mexico City, remnants of the ancient lake. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2019; 30:632-642. [PMID: 31072187 DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2019.1606217] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Genetic barcodes (partial sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) were generated for freshwater leeches that inhabit the Mexico Basin, upon which Mexico City and its metropolitan area have developed. Once a continuous lake, the basin has passed through continuous events of artificial desiccation in the last 500 years so that it is currently conformed by a few and highly modified and polluted isolated freshwater bodies. Six species of leeches from three families were collected in five localities. Current sequence databases were able to determine five of the six species collected for this study with the only exception of Haemopis caballeroi, for which no sequence data are available in public repositories. Taxonomic assignment of cocoons was possible via comparison of barcode sequences. We discuss the presence of a population of Erpobdella ochoterenai in Tecocomulco Lake that bares high genetic divergence from its conspecifics, which may indicate it is an undescribed species.
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- J Jiménez-Armenta
- a Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , Mexico City , Mexico.,b Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad, Ciudad Universitaria , Coyoacán , México
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- a Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , Mexico City , Mexico
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Iyer RG, Rogers DV, Levine M, Winchell CJ, Weisblat DA. Reproductive differences among species, and between individuals and cohorts, in the leech genus Helobdella (Lophotrochozoa; Annelida; Clitellata; Hirudinida; Glossiphoniidae), with implications for reproductive resource allocation in hermaphrodites. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0214581. [PMID: 30934006 PMCID: PMC6443171 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Leeches and oligochaetes comprise a monophyletic group of annelids, the Clitellata, whose reproduction is characterized by simultaneous hermaphroditism. While most clitellate species reproduce by cross-fertilization, self-fertilization has been described within the speciose genus Helobdella. Here we document the reproductive life histories and reproductive capacities for three other Helobdella species. Under laboratory conditions, both H. robusta and H. octatestisaca exhibit uniparental reproduction, apparently reflecting self-fertility, and suggesting that this trait is ancestral for the genus. However, the third species, H. austinensis, seems incapable of reproduction by self-fertilization, so we inferred its reproductive life history by analyzing reproduction in breeding cohorts. Comparing the reproductive parameters for H. robusta reproducing in isolation and in cohorts revealed that reproduction in cohorts is dramatically delayed with respect to that of isolated individuals, and that cohorts of leeches coordinate their cocoon deposition in a manner that is not predicted from the reproductive parameters of individuals reproducing in isolation. Finally, our comparisons of reproductive capacity for individuals versus cohorts for H. robusta, and between different sizes of cohorts for H. austinensis, reveal differences in resource allocation between male and female reproductive roles that are consistent with evolutionary theory.
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- Roshni G. Iyer
- Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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Cortelezzi A, Gullo BS, Simoy MV, Cepeda RE, Marinelli CB, Rodrigues Capítulo A, Berkunsky I. Assessing the sensitivity of leeches as indicators of water quality. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 624:1244-1249. [PMID: 29929237 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The objective of this work was assessing the sensitivity of leeches to several water quality attributes in lowlands streams. We used occupancy modelling that account explicitly for detectability, to estimate the influence of four variables (dissolved oxygen, 5-days biochemicals oxygen demand, conductivity, and dissolved inorganic nitrogen) affecting nine species. We described the sensitivity as a change in the occupancy along the range of water quality attributes. We found at least one species of Helobdella in 81% of sites and Helobdella, as genus, was detected along the entire gradient of each attribute. However, differences in the sensitivity were observed between species. For example, if we analyse the sensitivity of the genus Helobdella to dissolved oxygen, we can say that it is very tolerant. However, if we analyse the response to dissolved oxygen of each one of the species of Helobdella, we will realize that H. michaelseni, and H. simplex showed a high occupancy at high levels of dissolved oxygen; while H. hyalina and H. triserialis lineata showed high occupancy at low levels. Describe the sensitivity of the species in terms of occupancy, offers a new methodology to understand how the species behave along a stressor gradient.
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- Agustina Cortelezzi
- Instituto Multidisciplinario sobre Ecosistemas y Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Campus Universitario, Paraje Arroyo Seco s/n, Tandil (7000) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Cátedra Zoología Invertebrados I. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Edificio Anexo Laboratorios del Museo, 122 y 60 (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario sobre Ecosistemas y Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Campus Universitario, Paraje Arroyo Seco s/n, Tandil (7000) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario sobre Ecosistemas y Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Campus Universitario, Paraje Arroyo Seco s/n, Tandil (7000) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario sobre Ecosistemas y Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Campus Universitario, Paraje Arroyo Seco s/n, Tandil (7000) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario sobre Ecosistemas y Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Campus Universitario, Paraje Arroyo Seco s/n, Tandil (7000) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Langer SV, Vezsenyi KA, de Carle D, Beresford DV, Kvist S. Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) from the far north of Ontario: distribution, diversity, and diagnostics. CAN J ZOOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Leeches have a worldwide distribution, yet numerous geographical regions remain to be adequately surveyed. Here, we present leech species records for one of these regions: the far north of Ontario, Canada. This region is primarily wetland habitat and includes two of Ontario’s three ecozones. Morphological examinations, as well as a single instance of successful DNA amplification with subsequent molecular identification, allowed us to identify representatives of 12 species from two predatory families (Erpobdellidae and Haemopidae) and one parasitic family (Glossiphoniidae) among samples of 130 individuals. To provide a more inclusive list of species records for this remote region, our data were also augmented by 25 largely unpublished collection records (for 102 individuals) from the Canadian Museum of Nature, which revealed the presence of an additional species. We comment on finds of particular interest in our sampling with comparison to relevant literature and provide new distribution data for these species.
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- Sarah V. Langer
- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, Canada
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, Canada
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- Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada
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- Biology Department, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, Canada
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- Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada
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Romdhane Y, Ben Ahmed R, Tekaya S. Sexual behavior, insemination and development of the freshwater leech Helobdella stagnalis (Annelida, Hirudinea, Glossiphoniidae). INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2017.1340354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Yasmina Romdhane
- Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, UR 11ES12 Biologie de la Reproduction et du Développement Animal, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, UR 11ES12 Biologie de la Reproduction et du Développement Animal, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, UR 11ES12 Biologie de la Reproduction et du Développement Animal, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisie
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Beresic-Perrins RK, Govedich FR, Banister K, Bonnie A Bain, Rose D, Shuster SM. Helobdella blinni sp. n. (Hirudinida, Glossiphoniidae) a new species inhabiting Montezuma Well, Arizona, USA. Zookeys 2017:137-155. [PMID: 28769606 PMCID: PMC5539370 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.661.9728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A new leech species Helobdellablinnisp. n., is described from Montezuma Well, an isolated travertine spring mound located in central Arizona, USA. In its native habitat, Helobdellablinni had been previously identified as Helobdellastagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758), which was later reclassified to Helobdellamodesta (Verrill, 1872). Similar to the European Helobdellastagnalis and North American Helobdellamodesta, Helobdellablinni has six pairs of testisacs, five pairs of smooth crop caecae, one lobed pair of posteriorly-directed crop caecae, one pair of eyes, a nuchal scute, and diffuse salivary glands. However, the pigmentation of this new species ranges from light to dark brown, unlike Helobdellamodesta which tends to be light grey in color. Also, Helobdellamodesta produces a clutch of 12-–35 pink eggs, whereas Helobdellablinni produces smaller clutches of white eggs (7–14, 0.5 ± 0.15 mm, N = 7) and consequently broods fewer young (1–14, 7 ± 3.3 mm, N = 97). Helobdellablinni are also able to breed year-round due to the constant warm water conditions in Montezuma Well. Their breeding season is not restricted by seasonal temperatures. These species are morphologically similar, however, comparing the COI mtDNA sequences of Helobdellablinni with sequences from nearby populations of Helobdellamodesta and other Helobdella species from GenBank indicate that Helobdellablinni is genetically distinct from these other Helobdella populations.
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- Rebecca K Beresic-Perrins
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 617 S. Beaver St., PO Box 5640 Flagstaff, AZ, 86011-5640
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Utah University, 351 W. University Blvd. Cedar City, UT, 84720
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 617 S. Beaver St., PO Box 5640 Flagstaff, AZ, 86011-5640
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Utah University, 351 W. University Blvd. Cedar City, UT, 84720
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 617 S. Beaver St., PO Box 5640 Flagstaff, AZ, 86011-5640
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 617 S. Beaver St., PO Box 5640 Flagstaff, AZ, 86011-5640
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Richardson DJ, Moser WE, Hammond CI, Lazo-Wasem EA, Barger MA. Host Associations ofHelobdella octatestisaca(Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae) and the First Report of this Leech in the United States. COMP PARASITOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1654/1525-2647-84.1.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Dennis J. Richardson
- School of Biological Sciences, Quinnipiac University, 275 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, Connecticut 06518, U.S.A. (e-mail: ),
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- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Museum Support Center MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746, U.S.A. (e-mail: ),
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- School of Biological Sciences, Quinnipiac University, 275 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, Connecticut 06518, U.S.A. (e-mail: ),
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- Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, U.S.A. (e-mail: ), and
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- Department of Natural Science, Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska 68421, U.S.A. (e-mail: )
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Marrone F, Sacco F, Kehlmaier C, Arizza V, Arculeo M. Some like it cold: the glossiphoniid parasites of the Sicilian endemic pond turtle Emys trinacris
(Testudines, Emydidae), an example of ‘parasite inertia’? J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Federico Marrone
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF); Università di Palermo; Palermo Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF); Università di Palermo; Palermo Italy
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- Senckenberg Dresden; Museum of Zoology (Museum für Tierkunde); Dresden Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF); Università di Palermo; Palermo Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF); Università di Palermo; Palermo Italy
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Kutschera U, Weisblat DA. Leeches of the genus Helobdella as model organisms for Evo-Devo studies. Theory Biosci 2015; 134:93-104. [PMID: 26596996 DOI: 10.1007/s12064-015-0216-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Model organisms are important tools in modern biology and have been used elucidate mechanism underlying processes, such as development, heredity, neuronal signaling, and phototropism, to name but a few. In this context, the use of model organisms is predicated on uncovering evolutionarily conserved features of biological processes in the expectation that the findings will be applicable to organisms that are either inaccessible or intractable for direct experimentation. For the most part, particular species have been adapted as model organisms because they can be easily reared and manipulated in the laboratory. In contrast, a major goal in the field of evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) is to identify and elucidate the differences in developmental processes among species associated with the dramatic range of body plans among organisms, and how these differences have emerged over time in various branches of phylogeny. At first glance then, it would appear that the concept of model organisms for Evo-Devo is oxymoronic. In fact, however, laboratory-compatible, experimentally tractable species are of great use for Evo-Devo, subject to the condition that the ensemble of models investigated should reflect the range of taxonomic diversity, and for this purpose glossiphoniid leeches are useful. Four decades ago (1975), leeches of the species-rich genus Helobdella (Lophotrochozoa; Annelida; Clitellata; Hirudinida; Glossiphoniidae) were collected in Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA (USA). These and other Helobdella species may be taken as Evo-Devo models of leeches, clitellate annelids, and the super-phylum Lophotrochozoa. Here we depict/discuss the biology/taxonomy of these Evo-Devo systems, and the challenges of identifying species within Helobdella. In addition, we document that H. austinensis has been established as a new model organism that can easily be cultivated in the laboratory. Finally, we provide an updated scheme illustrating the unique germ line/soma-differentiation during early development and speculate on the mechanisms of sympatric speciation in this group of aquatic annelids.
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- Ulrich Kutschera
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3200, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3200, USA
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Accurate identification of unknown specimens by means of DNA barcoding is contingent on the presence of a DNA barcoding gap, among other factors, as its absence may result in dubious specimen identifications - false negatives or positives. Whereas the utility of DNA barcoding would be greatly reduced in the absence of a distinct and sufficiently sized barcoding gap, the limits of intraspecific and interspecific distances are seldom thoroughly inspected across comprehensive sampling. The present study aims to illuminate this aspect of barcoding in a comprehensive manner for the animal phylum Annelida. All cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences (cox1 gene; the chosen region for zoological DNA barcoding) present in GenBank for Annelida, as well as for "Polychaeta", "Oligochaeta", and Hirudinea separately, were downloaded and curated for length, coverage and potential contaminations. The final datasets consisted of 9782 (Annelida), 5545 ("Polychaeta"), 3639 ("Oligochaeta"), and 598 (Hirudinea) cox1 sequences and these were either (i) used as is in an automated global barcoding gap detection analysis or (ii) further analyzed for genetic distances, separated into bins containing intraspecific and interspecific comparisons and plotted in a graph to visualize any potential global barcoding gap. Over 70 million pairwise genetic comparisons were made and results suggest that although there is a tendency towards separation, no distinct or sufficiently sized global barcoding gap exists in either of the datasets rendering future barcoding efforts at risk of erroneous specimen identifications (but local barcoding gaps may still exist allowing for the identification of specimens at lower taxonomic ranks). This seems to be especially true for earthworm taxa, which account for fully 35% of the total number of interspecific comparisons that show 0% divergence.
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- Sebastian Kvist
- a Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University , Cambridge , MA , USA
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Nakano T. A new quadrannulate species of Orobdella (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from central Honshu, Japan. Zookeys 2014:57-76. [PMID: 25349507 PMCID: PMC4205740 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.445.7999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A new quadrannulate species of Orobdella, Orobdellamasaakikuroiwai sp. n., from the mountainous region of central Honshu, Japan is described. This is only the second small species known within this genus, with a body length of less than 4 cm for mature individuals. Phylogenetic analyses using nuclear 18S rDNA and histone H3 as well as mitochondrial COI, tRNA(Cys), tRNA(Met), 12S, tRNA(Val), 16S, and ND1 markers showed that Orobdellamasaakikuroiwai sp. n. is the sister species of the quadrannulate Orobdellawhitmani Oka, 1895. Phylogenetic relationships within Orobdellamasaakikuroiwai sp. n. conducted using mitochondrial markers reveled a distinction between eastern and western phylogroups.
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- Takafumi Nakano
- Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Reyes-Prieto M, Oceguera-Figueroa A, Snell S, Negredo A, Barba E, Fernández L, Moya A, Latorre A. DNA barcodes reveal the presence of the introduced freshwater leech Helobdella europaea in Spain. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA 2014; 25:387-93. [PMID: 23885897 DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.809426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Abstract We report the finding of the freshwater leech Helobdella europaea in Spain for the first time. Three leech specimens were found attached to the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis. Helobdella europaea is not a blood feeder and, like all members of the genus, feeds on the hemolymph of aquatic invertebrates including snails and worms. Despite the fact that the original geographical distribution or source population of this species is unknown, the close relationship between H. europaea and leeches of the "triserialis" series (sensu Sawyer, 1986) suggests a New World origin. Given its ability to invade and persist in new environments, this leech has been described as a new species by local taxonomists resulting in some nomenclatural problems. The presence of this introduced organism in Spain may represent serious obstacles to the current efforts to preserve endemic fauna and the potential negative impacts of this species in European environments should be investigated.
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- Mariana Reyes-Prieto
- Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universidad de Valencia , Paterna, Valencia , Spain
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Cho SJ, Vallès Y, Weisblat DA. Differential expression of conserved germ line markers and delayed segregation of male and female primordial germ cells in a hermaphrodite, the leech helobdella. Mol Biol Evol 2013; 31:341-54. [PMID: 24217283 PMCID: PMC3907050 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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In sexually reproducing animals, primordial germ cells (PGCs) are often set aside early in embryogenesis, a strategy that minimizes the risk of genomic damage associated with replication and mitosis during the cell cycle. Here, we have used germ line markers (piwi, vasa, and nanos) and microinjected cell lineage tracers to show that PGC specification in the leech genus Helobdella follows a different scenario: in this hermaphrodite, the male and female PGCs segregate from somatic lineages only after more than 20 rounds of zygotic mitosis; the male and female PGCs share the same (mesodermal) cell lineage for 19 rounds of zygotic mitosis. Moreover, while all three markers are expressed in both male and female reproductive tissues of the adult, they are expressed differentially between the male and female PGCs of the developing embryo: piwi and vasa are expressed preferentially in female PGCs at a time when nanos is expressed preferentially in male PGCs. A priori, the delayed segregation of male and female PGCs from somatic tissues and from one another increases the probability of mutations affecting both male and female PGCs of a given individual. We speculate that this suite of features, combined with a capacity for self-fertilization, may contribute to the dramatically rearranged genome of Helobdella robusta relative to other animals.
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- Sung-Jin Cho
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, LSA, University of California, Berkeley
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Kutschera U, Langguth H, Kuo DH, Weisblat DA, Shankland M. Description of a new leech species from North America,Helobdella austinensisn. sp. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), with observations on its feeding behaviour. ZOOSYST EVOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/zoos.201300010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Alcántar-Escalera FJ, García-Varela M, Vázquez-Domínguez E, Pérez-Ponce de León G. Using DNA barcoding to link cystacanths and adults of the acanthocephalan Polymorphus brevis in central Mexico. Mol Ecol Resour 2013; 13:1116-24. [PMID: 23480472 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2012] [Revised: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In parasitic organisms, particularly helminths, the usage of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene as the standard DNA barcoding region for species identification and discovery has been very limited. Here, we present an integrated study, based on both DNA barcoding and morphological analyses, for acanthocephalans belonging to the genus Polymorphus, whose larvae (cystacanths) are commonly found in the mesentery of freshwater fishes, while adults are found in the intestine of fish-eating birds. The alpha taxonomy of parasitic helminths is based on adult morphological traits, and because of that larval forms cannot be identified to species level based on morphology alone. DNA barcoding offers an alternative tool for linking larval stages of parasitic organisms to known adults. We sequenced cystacanths collected from freshwater fishes in localities across central Mexico and adults obtained from fish-eating birds, to determine whether they were conspecific. To corroborate the molecular results, we conducted a morphometric analysis with 'Proboscis profiler', which is a software tool developed to detect heterogeneity in morphologically similar acanthocephalans based on the multivariate statistical analysis of proboscis hook dimensions. Both sources of information indicate that cystacanths infecting freshwater fishes in central Mexico belong to a single species, Polymorphus brevis.
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- F J Alcántar-Escalera
- Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Ap. Postal 70-153, México, D.F, C.P. 04510, México; Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ap. Postal 70-275, México, D.F, C.P. 04510, México
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Molecular phylogeny of the New World bloodfeeding leeches of the genus Haementeria and reconsideration of the biannulate genus Oligobdella. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2011; 62:508-14. [PMID: 22100824 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2011] [Revised: 10/15/2011] [Accepted: 10/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The phylogenetic relationships of species of the New World bloodfeeding genus Haementeria were investigated for the first time. The analysis included five molecular markers. The mitochondrial COI, 12S and ND1 as well as the nuclear 28S and ITS. The evolutionary history of the group was investigated through Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian Inference. Both phylogenetic methods resulted in highly congruent hypotheses. The correlation between the phylogeny and morphological traits such as eyespot number, annulation, Lang's organs, salivary glands, bacteriomes and reproductive organs is discussed. Restricted to Haementeria are Lang's organs, spherical bacteriomes and ovaries forming an anterior ring around the ventral nerve cord. In addition, Oligobdella brasilensis was formally transferred to Haementeria, providing additional arguments for the disposal of the genus Oligobdella. Haementeria gracilis is shown to be just a junior synonym of Haementeria depressa as suggested by previous authors. Finally, the geographical distribution of species of Haementeria was compared with that of other non-leech and leech taxa. Multiple events of South-North American interchange were proposed to explain the current geographical distribution of the species of Haementeria.
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