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- Title
Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Clinostomum detruncatum (Trematoda: Clinostomidae) Metacercariae Infecting Synbranchus marmoratus.
- Authors
Acosta, Aline Angelina; Caffara, Monica; Fioravanti, Maria Letizia; Utsunomia, Ricardo; Zago, Aline Cristina; Franceschini, Lidiane; da Silva, Reinaldo Jos
- Abstract
A complete morphological description, supported by molecular data, of Clinostomum detruncatum metacercariae is reported in this study. The metacercariae were found infecting Synbranchus marmoratus from the Paraná River, municipality of Guaíra, Paraná State, Brazil. The taenioidean uterus is the main morphological characteristic of this species. Both neighbor-joining (NJ) and maximum likelihood (ML) trees showed 2 clear separate clusters grouping together the species from the Palearctic region ( Clinostomum complanatum, Clinostomum cutaneum, Clinostomum phalacrocoracis, Clinostomum philippinense) and those from the Nearctic/Neotropical regions ( Clinostomum marginatum, Clinostomum tataxumui, C. detruncatum, Clinostomum sp. 7). The latter clade is divided into 2 subclades grouping species from North America and Mexico ( C. marginatum and C. tataxumui), and those from Brazil ( C. detruncatum and Clinostomum sp. 7).
- Subjects
SYNBRANCHUS marmoratus; MAMMALS; AUTOPSY; DATA analysis; BIOLOGICAL classification
- Publication
Journal of Parasitology, 2016, Vol 102, Issue 1, p151
- ISSN
0022-3395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1645/15-773