Annotated checklist of fish cestodes from South America

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F17%3A00474318" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/17:00474318 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.650.10982" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.650.10982</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.650.10982" target="_blank" >10.3897/zookeys.650.10982</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Annotated checklist of fish cestodes from South America

Original language description

Taxonomic problems are discussed based on a critical evaluation of the literature and information on DNA sequences of individual taxa is provided to facilitate future taxonomic and phylogenetic studies. As expected, the current knowledge is quite uneven regarding the number of taxa and host-associations reported from the principal river basins and marine ecoregions. These differences may not only reflect the actual cestode richness but may also be due to the research effort that has been devoted to unravelling the diversity of these endoparasitic helminths in individual countries. A total of 297 valid species, 61 taxa identified to the generic level, in addition to unidentified cestodes, were recorded from 401 species of fish hosts. Among the recognized cestode orders, 13 have been recorded in South America, with the Onchoproteocephalidea displaying the highest species richness, representing c. 50% of all species diversity. The majority of records include teleost fish hosts (79%) that harbour larval and adult stages of cestodes, whereas stingrays (Myliobatiformes) exhibit the highest proportion of records (39%) among the elasmobranch hosts. Fish cestodes are ubiquitous in South America, being mostly recorded from the Warm Temperate Southeastern Pacific (WTSP, 31%) for marine hosts and the Amazon River basin (45%) for freshwater ones. The following problems were detected during the compilation of literary data: (i) unreliability of many records, (ii) poor taxonomic resolution, i.e. identification made only to the genus or even family level, (iii) doubtful host identification, and (iv) the absence of voucher specimens that would enable us to verify identification.

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

2017

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

ZooKeys

ISSN

1313-2989

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

650

Issue of the periodical within the volume

February 1

Country of publishing house

BG - BULGARIA

Number of pages

205

Pages from-to

1-205

UT code for WoS article

000393295800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85011964546