Digenetic and aspidogastrid trematodes from marine fishes of Curacao and Jamaica

Nahhas, F. M.; Cable, R. M.

doi:10.5962/bhl.part.7052

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“…The recent attempts to develop a morphological phylogeny of the enenterids (or enenterines) by Brooks et al (2000) and Cribb (2001, 2002a) found the genus Cadenatella (as recognised here) monophyletic. Nahhas and Cable (1964), Overstreet (1969) and Bray and Cribb (2001) considered Jeancadenatella synonymous with Cadenatella. Brooks et al (2000) retained the genus Jeancadenatia but pointed out that their results supported the synonymy.…”

Section: Cadenatellinae Gibson Et Bray 1982mentioning

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The phylogeny of the Lepocreadioidea (Platyhelminthes, Digenea) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes: Implications for their systematics and evolution

Bray

Waeschenbach

Cribb

et al. 2009

Acta Parasitologica

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The phylogenetic relationships of representative species of the superfamily Lepocreadioidea were assessed using partial lsrDNA and nad1 sequences. Forty-two members of the family Lepocreadiidae, six putative members of the Enenteridae, six gyliauchenid species and one Gorgocephalidae, were studied along with 22 species representing 8 families. The Lepocreadioidea is found to be monophyletic, except for the two species of the putative enenterid genus Cadenatella, which are found to be only distantly related to the lepocreadioids. The Lepocreadioidea is formed of five clades in a polytomy, the Gorgocephalidae, a clade containing the Enenteridae and Gyliauchenidae, a small clade of atypical lepocreadiines and the deep-sea lepidapedine lepocreadiids, a small clade consisting of a freshwater form and a group of shallow-water putative lepidapedines and the final clade includes the remaining lepocreadiids. Thus, the generally accepted concept of the Lepocreadiidae is polyphyletic. The Enenteridae (minus Cadenatella) and the Gyliauchenidae are jointly and individually monophyletic, and are sister groups. The nad1 gene on its own places a deep-sea lepocreadiine with the deep-sea lepidapedines, whereas lsrDNA, combined sequences and morphology place this deep-sea lepocreadiine within a group of typical lepocreadiids. It could not be demonstrated that a significant proportion of sites in the nad1 gene evolved under positive selection; this anomalous relationship therefore remains unexplained. Most deep-sea species are in a monophyletic group, a few of which also occur in shallow waters, retaining some characters of the deep-sea clade. Many lepocreadioid species infect herbivorous fish, and it may be that the recently discovered life-cycle involving a bivalve first intermediate host and metacercariae encysted on vegetation is a common life-cycle pattern. The host relationships show no indication of co-speciation, although the host-spectrums exhibited are not random, with related worms tending to utilize related hosts. There are, however, many exceptions. Morphology is found to be of limited value in indicating higher level relationships. For example, even with the benefit of hindsight the gyliauchenids show little morphological similarity to their sister group, the Enenteridae.

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Section: Cadenatellinae Gibson Et Bray 1982mentioning

confidence: 99%

The phylogeny of the Lepocreadioidea (Platyhelminthes, Digenea) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes: Implications for their systematics and evolution

Bray

Waeschenbach

Cribb

et al. 2009

Acta Parasitologica

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“…from Tortugas, Florida are "ovoid, thick-shelled, brown, 27 to 34 by 14 to 22 microns; average about 30 by 17 microns" (Manter, 1942). Those of P. atlanticus from Puerto Rico, reported by Nahhas and Cable (1964), are 31 -36 x 21 -24 and 29 -36 x 18 -24 for those from Curaçao and Jamaica. Eggs of the Kuwaiti specimens average 26 x 21 and are within the range cited by Madhavi (1974).…”

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“…Hanson (1950) was the first to suggest such synonymy on the grounds that egg size of her specimens from Bermuda was variable. Several authors including Winter (1960) and Overstreet (1969) agreed, but Siddiqi and Cable (1960) and Nahhas and Cable (1964) did not. Both species have been reported from the Indian Ocean and related waters.…”

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Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Kuwait. Family Bucephalidae Poche, 1907, and the description of a new species

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Six species of Bucephalidae are reported: Subfamily Bucephalinae: Bucephalus sphyraenae Yamaguti, 1952 from Sphyraena obtusata and S. chrysotaenia (Sphyraenidae) (new host records); Bucephalus margaritae Ozaki and Ishibashi, 1934 from Atropus atropos, Scomberoides commersonianus, Carangoides malabaricus (Carangidae), Gerres filamentosus (Gerreidae) (new host record) and Sphyraena jello (new host record); Rhipidocotyle pseudorhombi n. sp. from Pseudorhombus arsius is characterized by and differs from its congeners by several characteristics including an elongate body, a rhynchus with 7 thin papillae, a long tuular caecum extending posteriorly to the ovarian level, goads in the posterior half of the body, and contiguous testes not separated by uterine coils. More specifically it differs from R. heptathelata and R. septapapillata by having a long cirrus sac relative to body length, tandem and more anterior testes. Subfamily Prosorhynchinae: Prosorhynchus pacificus Manter, 1940 from Epinephelus tauvina (Serranidae) and Gnathonodon speciosus (Carangidae) (new host record); P. epinepheli Yamaguti, 1939 from Epinephelus areolatus; P. manteri Srivastava, 1938 from Trichiurus lepturus (Trichiuridae). All species, except Prosorhynchus epinepheli represent new records from the Arabian Gulf.

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“…Permanent microscopy slides were prepared in Erv-mount. Linton, 1910 Taxonomic summary Synonyms: Helicometrina orientalis (Srivastava, 1936) and Helicometrina elongata (Hardy, 1972) (by Deelman, 1960, not accepted by Saoud et al, 1988 (Bravo, 1954); Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sparks, 1957;Caballero, 1990;Nahhas and Carlson, 1994); Epinephelus analogus Gill, 1863(Sogandares-Bernal, 1959; Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, 1789 (Siddiqi and Cable, 1960;Travassos et al, 1967) (Nahhas and Cable, 1964); Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Travassos et al, 1967); Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, 1828) (Zaidi and Khan, 1977;Bilqees, 1981); Nemipterus peronii (=N. tolu) (Valenciennes, 1830) (Al-Yamani and Nahhas, 1981); Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons, 1854(Arai et al, 1988; Calliclinus geniguttatus (Valenciennes, 1836), Calliclinus nudiventris Cervigón and Pequeño, 1979 (Inzunza et al, 1989); Paralabrax humeralis (Valenciennes, 1828), Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi, 1846), Anisotremus scapularis (Tschudi, 1846) (Oliva and Muñoz, 1985); Sebastes capensis (Gmelin, 1789) (Oliva and Muñoz, 1985;Bray, 2001;Oliva and Gonzalez, 2004); Cephalopholis fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Caballero, 1990); Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (León, 1992) (Steindachner, 1876).…”

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Helicometrina nimia Linton, 1910 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Teleostei: Serranidae) from southeastern Brazil

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Helicometrina nimia (Opecoelidae) is a digenean with wide distribution. Fish families most commonly used as hosts for H. nimia are Serranidae, Pomodasydae, Scorpaenidae and Clinidae. In the present study, a new host and a new host locality are presented for the species. A description of the studied specimens, besides comments concerning its taxonomic status and biometrically compared tables of H. nimia reports are given. The taxonomic status of members of Helicometrina has been questionable. The greatest controversy for the genus seems to be related to the validity of diagnostic features, especially in regard to the number of testes. In the present study, all studied specimens presented a permanent and steady number of testes (n=9) and therefore its use as a diagnostic character is supported by the present authors. Epinephelus marginatus is considered a new host for Helicometrina nimia, and São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil, a new locality for the species.Keywords: parasitology, marine fish, stomach, intestine. Palavras-chave: parasitologia, peixe marinho, estômago, intestino. Helicometrina nimia

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Digenetic and aspidogastrid trematodes from marine fishes of Curacao and Jamaica

Cited by 125 publications

References 7 publications

The phylogeny of the Lepocreadioidea (Platyhelminthes, Digenea) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes: Implications for their systematics and evolution

The phylogeny of the Lepocreadioidea (Platyhelminthes, Digenea) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes: Implications for their systematics and evolution

Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Kuwait. Family Bucephalidae Poche, 1907, and the description of a new species

Helicometrina nimia Linton, 1910 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Teleostei: Serranidae) from southeastern Brazil

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