Diversity of Plagiorchis (Trematoda: Digenea) in high latitudes: Species composition and snail host spectrum revealed by integrative taxonomy

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzs.12469" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzs.12469</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12469" target="_blank" >10.1111/jzs.12469</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Diversity of Plagiorchis (Trematoda: Digenea) in high latitudes: Species composition and snail host spectrum revealed by integrative taxonomy

Original language description

Parasites are important components of ecosystems, thus identifying patterns of their diversity is crucial for studies investigating ecosystem functioning, food web structure, trophic interactions and epidemiological parameters. Via an integrative taxonomic approach, we studied the diversity and distribution of trematodes of the genus Plagiorchis Luhe, 1899 in snails in the sub-Arctic freshwater ecosystems of Iceland and for comparative purposes in West and North Europe (Ireland and Finland, respectively), supplemented by data from Alaska, USA, all regions with remarkably few data on trematode diversity. Molecular genetic and morphological analyses of 68 samples of cercarial isolates of Plagiorchis collected from 3,069 snails belonging to six species revealed a total of 16 species/species-level lineages of Plagiorchis with five found in Iceland, six in Finland, nine in Ireland and five in Alaska. Two species-level lineages found in Iceland, Finland and Ireland were reported for the first time, for all species/species-level lineages identified by DNA sequences we provide the first morphological characterization. Our analysis of the diversity of Plagiorchis and their snail host spectrum in Europe provides evidence for Radix balthica and Lymnaea stagnalis as primary first intermediate hosts. By comparing DNA sequence data for Plagiorchis spp. from this and previous studies, we demonstrate no overlapping spatial distribution for members of the genus in our material between the continents of Europe and North America. We infer that the spatial distribution of Plagiorchis spp. is constrained mainly by migratory birds' ranges. Finally, in Europe, further research is needed to evaluate whether the diversity of Plagiorchis spp. in R. balthica is unique to high latitude ecosystems.

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

10618 - Ecology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA18-18597S" target="_blank" >GA18-18597S: Trematodes in sub-Arctic lake food webs: development of quantitative diversity baselines and a framework for community ecology research in the Arctic</a><br>

Continuities

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

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

ISSN

0947-5745

e-ISSN

1439-0469

Volume of the periodical

59

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

26

Pages from-to

937-962

UT code for WoS article

000639398100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85104129003