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1 October 2011 Morphological and Molecular Differentiation of Clinostomum complanatum and Clinostomum marginatum (Digenea: Clinostomidae) Metacercariae and Adults
Monica Caffara, Sean A. Locke, Andrea Gustinelli, David J. Marcogliese, Maria L. Fioravanti
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Abstract

The separation of Clinostomum complanatum Rudolphi, 1814 and Clinostomum marginatum Rudolphi, 1819 has long been unclear. Recent data confirm the validity of the junior species, C. marginatum, by ∼1% differences in its 18S rDNA sequences. We collected adults and metacercariae of C. complanatum and C. marginatum and found reliable morphological differences in the genital complex at both developmental stages. In addition, we identified basic morphometrics (distance between suckers, body width) in metacercariae that may be useful for discriminating the species. The morphological differences were supported by the comparison of sequences of internal transcribed spacers of ribosomal DNA and of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) from 39 specimens. In 36 specimens, the average divergence between the species was 7.3% in ITS and 19.4% in COI sequences. Two specimens from North America and 1 from Europe had sequences that did not allow them to be clearly allied with either species.

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Monica Caffara, Sean A. Locke, Andrea Gustinelli, David J. Marcogliese, and Maria L. Fioravanti "Morphological and Molecular Differentiation of Clinostomum complanatum and Clinostomum marginatum (Digenea: Clinostomidae) Metacercariae and Adults," Journal of Parasitology 97(5), 884-891, (1 October 2011). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2781.1
Received: 11 February 2011; Accepted: 1 June 2011; Published: 1 October 2011
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