Adult Endohelminth Parasites of Goodeinae (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae) from México with Biogeographical Considerations

Mejía-Madrid, Hugo H.; Domínguez‐Domínguez, Omar; León, Gerardo Pérez‐Ponce de

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“…More specifically, Margotrema spp. are restricted to several species of goodeids in the Mesa Central and Pacific river basins of Mexico (Mejía-Madrid et al, 2005), while Crepidostomum has the widest distribution of the three taxa; its species infect fishes ranging from Canada to Central Mexico (Hoffman, 1999;Pérez-Ponce de León & Choudhury, 2005). Our results clearly indicate that Margotrema bravoae is more closely related to allocreadiids distributed in the Nearctic realm than to those infecting Neotropical cyprinodontiforms, corroborating the Nearctic connection previously proposed and discussed by Pérez-Ponce de León (2003) …”

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The systematic position of Wallinia spp. and Margotrema spp. (Digenea), parasites of Middle-American and Neotropical freshwater fishes, based on the 28S ribosomal RNA gene

León¹,

Choudhury

Rosas-Valdez³

et al. 2007

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The systematic relationships of aspinose allocreadiid-like digeneans from Middle-American and Neotropical freshwater fishes, such as Wallinia Pearse, 1920, Margotrema Lamothe-Argumedo, 1970, Magnivitellinum Kloss, 1966 and other related genera, remain enigmatic. Wallinia (2 spp.) and Margotrema (2 spp.) have been placed in the subfamily Walliniinae, within the Macroderoididae. Recent descriptions of species in these genera have followed this classification but have raised questions about their affinities with macroderoidids. Partial sequences of the 28S rRNA gene of Wallinia chavarriae Choudhury, Hartvigsen & Brooks, 2002 and Margotrema bravoae Lamothe Argumedo, 1970, as representatives of their genera, were used in a phylogenetic analysis along with the available sequences of macroderoidids and allocreadiids. Results from Maximum Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Analyses were identical in placing both genera into one clade along with allocreadiids rather than the macroderoidids. Margotrema was the sister group of Crepidostomum Braun, 1900, and Wallinia was the sister group of both Margotrema and Crepidostomum combined. Bootstrap and Bremer values, as well as posterior probabilities derived from Bayesian analysis strongly supported these relationships in three analyses.

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The systematic position of Wallinia spp. and Margotrema spp. (Digenea), parasites of Middle-American and Neotropical freshwater fishes, based on the 28S ribosomal RNA gene

León¹,

Choudhury

Rosas-Valdez³

et al. 2007

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“…In this study, the specialist acanthocephalan A. duranguensis seems to be the only dominant species at both, infracommunity and component community levels. Except for some cases as the goodeid Characodon lateralis, where the poorest helminth communities have been recorded (Mejía-Madrid et al, 2005;Martínez-Aquino et al, 2007), the data suggest that the helminth composition, and the process involved in the structure of helminth communities are common in those fishes occurring in water bodies of Central and Northern Mexico. This work confirms the depauperate and dominated nature of the helminth assemblages of fishes inhabiting in epicontinental waters in the Nearctic part of Mexico (Espinosa-Huerta et al, 1996;Rojas et al, 1997;Choudhury and Dick, 2000; Pérez-Ponce de León et al, 2000;Martínez-Aquino et al, 2004, 2007Sánchez-Nava et al, 2004), and also suggest that host feeding habits, along with its role as intermediate host for allogenic helminth species, seem to be the main factors determining the helminth community structure.…”

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Helminth parasites of the pupfish Cyprinodon meeki (Pisces: Cyprinodontiformes), an endemic freshwater fish from North-Central Mexico

Martínez-Aquino

Aguilar-Aguilar

2008

Helminthologia

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A total of 21 pupfish Cyprindon meeki was collected from the spring Abraham González, Durango, Mexico. Seven helminth taxa were recovered: Salsuginus angularis, Posthodiplostomum minimum, Clinostomum complanatum, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, Cyclustera cf. ralli, Atactorhynchus duranguensis and Spiroxys sp. Among them, B. acheilognathi and A. duranguensis were the most frequent and abundant species. The remaining species were rare and found at low mean abundance. The observed species richness, individual parasite abundance, and diversity were low at component community and infracommunity levels. These features are in accordance with those recorded for other freshwater fish species in the Nearctic part of Mexico. Host feeding habits, along with its role as intermediate host, are suggested as the main factors in determining the helminth community structure in this fish species.

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“…Mejía‐Madrid et al . () studied 35 species of goodeines. Of the species examined, 18 were infected with Margotrema spp., ten were infected with M. bravoae , and eight were infected with M. guillerminae ; only M. bravoae was found in Zacapu Lake.…”

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“…The diversification of this fish group is the result of complex geological events that have been taking place since the Miocene in central Mexico, as a result of hydro‐geomorphological changes that influenced the orography of this area. Goodeinae represents one of the freshwater fish groups that have been studied intensively from the parasitological point of view (Peresbarbosa‐Rojas, Pérez‐Ponce de Léon & García‐Prieto, ; Pérez‐Ponce de León et al ., ; Martínez‐Aquino et al ., , , , , ; Sánchez‐Nava et al ., ; Mejía‐Madrid, Domínguez‐Domínguez & Pérez‐Ponce de León, ). Their helminth parasite faunas consist of 40 species (Pérez‐Ponce de León & Choudhury, ; Martínez‐Aquino et al ., , ).…”

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Molecular phylogeny of the genusMargotrema(Digenea: Allocreadiidae), parasitic flatworms of goodeid freshwater fishes across central Mexico: species boundaries, host-specificity, and geographical congruence

Martínez-Aquino

Ceccarelli

León³

2013

Zool J Linn Soc

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We explored the genetic variation at the intraspecific level of two putative species of Margotrema, M. bravoae and M. guillerminae, to establish the species boundaries. Sequences of a mitochondrial (COI) and nuclear (ITS1) gene were obtained for 125 specimens distributed in 15 localities from seven hydrological systems. An alignment of 750 and 831 bp including gaps of COI and ITS1, respectively, was assembled. We analysed the gene fragments separately as well as together by using Bayesian inference for phylogenetic reconstruction. Based on the phylogenetic analyses, an ultrametric tree was built for each gene, and a general mixed Yule-coalescent model for species delimitation was carried out. A multispecies coalescent analysis was performed in *BEAST using both molecular markers. The results show four independent evolutionary lineages that we interpret as two valid species of Margotrema; the first is represented by an independent lineage, and the second is composed of three lineages. Because the species M. bravoae and M. guillerminae nested together within these three lineages, the validity of M. guillerminae as an independent species is questioned, and it is proposed to represent a junior synonym of M. bravoae. Each lineage shows a congruent geographical pattern with respect to the hydrological system where they occur. Additionally, each lineage shows congruence with respect to the hosts they parasitize, either at the species or at higher taxonomical levels (tribe). The parasite evolutionary history is congruent with the evolutionary and biogeographical history of their hosts.

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Adult Endohelminth Parasites of Goodeinae (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae) from México with Biogeographical Considerations

Cited by 20 publications

References 19 publications

The systematic position of Wallinia spp. and Margotrema spp. (Digenea), parasites of Middle-American and Neotropical freshwater fishes, based on the 28S ribosomal RNA gene

The systematic position of Wallinia spp. and Margotrema spp. (Digenea), parasites of Middle-American and Neotropical freshwater fishes, based on the 28S ribosomal RNA gene

Helminth parasites of the pupfish Cyprinodon meeki (Pisces: Cyprinodontiformes), an endemic freshwater fish from North-Central Mexico

Molecular phylogeny of the genusMargotrema(Digenea: Allocreadiidae), parasitic flatworms of goodeid freshwater fishes across central Mexico: species boundaries, host-specificity, and geographical congruence

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