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1 February 2016 Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Clinostomum detruncatum (Trematoda: Clinostomidae) Metacercariae Infecting Synbranchus marmoratus
Aline Angelina Acosta, Monica Caffara, Maria Letizia Fioravanti, Ricardo Utsunomia, Aline Cristina Zago, Lidiane Franceschini, Reinaldo José da Silva
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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).

Aline Angelina Acosta, Monica Caffara, Maria Letizia Fioravanti, Ricardo Utsunomia, Aline Cristina Zago, Lidiane Franceschini, and Reinaldo José da Silva "Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Clinostomum detruncatum (Trematoda: Clinostomidae) Metacercariae Infecting Synbranchus marmoratus," Journal of Parasitology 102(1), 151-156, (1 February 2016). https://doi.org/10.1645/15-773
Published: 1 February 2016
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