Species of Characidotrema Paperna & Thurston, 1968 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from fishes of the Alestidae (Characiformes) in Africa: new species, host-parasite associations and first insights into the phylogeny of the genus

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3580-y" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3580-y</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3580-y" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13071-019-3580-y</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Species of Characidotrema Paperna & Thurston, 1968 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from fishes of the Alestidae (Characiformes) in Africa: new species, host-parasite associations and first insights into the phylogeny of the genus

Original language description

BackgroundAfrican tetras (Alestidae) belonging to Brycinus Valenciennes are known to be parasitized with monogeneans attributed to two genera, Annulotrema Paperna &amp; Thurston, 1969 and Characidotrema Paperna &amp; Thurston, 1968 (Dactylogyridae). During a survey of monogeneans parasitizing alestids, species of Characidotrema were collected in Cameroon, D. R. Congo, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan and Zimbabwe. This paper provides new morphological data and the first molecular analysis broadening our knowledge on the diversity of these parasites.ResultsSeven species (four known and three new) of Characidotrema are reported from two species of Brycinus: C. auritum n. sp. and C. vespertilio n. sp. from B. imberi (Peters); and C. brevipenis Paperna, 1969, C. nursei Ergens, 1973, C. pollex n. sp., C. spinivaginus (Paperna, 1973) and C. zelotes Kritsky, Kulo &amp; Boeger, 1987 from B. nurse (Ruppell). Species identification was based on morphological analysis of the sclerotized structures supported by nuclear ribosomal DNA (partial 18S rDNA, ITS1, and 28S rDNA) sequence data. Morphological analysis confirmed that the most apparent character distinguishing species in the genus is the morphology of the male copulatory organ and vagina. Observations on the haptoral sclerotized elements of these parasites by means of phase contrast microscopy revealed the presence of a sheath-like structure relating to the ventral anchor, a feature that supplements the generic diagnosis of Characidotrema. Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian analyses of the large subunit (28S) rDNA sequences recovered Characidotrema species isolated from the two Brycinus hosts as monophyletic, and indicated a closer relationship of this group to monogeneans parasitizing African cyprinids (Dactylogyrus spp.) and cichlids (species of Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960, Scutogyrus Pariselle &amp; Euzet, 1995, and Onchobdella Paperna, 1968) than to those from catfishes (species of Quadriacanthus Paperna, 1961, Schilbetrema Paperna &amp; Thurston, 1968 and Synodontella Dossou &amp; Euzet, 1993). The overall agreement between the morphological diversification of the MCOs and the molecular tree observed in this study indicates that significant phylogenetic signals for clarifying relationships among species of Characidotrema are present in the characteristics of the MCO.ConclusionsIt seems that intra-host speciation is an important force shaping the present distribution and diversity of Characidotrema but further studies are necessary to confirm this hypothesis and assess questions related to the phylogeny of these parasites. To identify potential co-speciation events, co-phylogenetic analyses of these monogeneans and their alestid hosts are required.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GBP505%2F12%2FG112" target="_blank" >GBP505/12/G112: ECIP - European Centre of Ichtyoparasitology</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

PARASITES &amp; VECTORS

ISSN

1756-3305

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUL

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

1-21

UT code for WoS article

000477592400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85069863884