A first for Southern Africa: description of a new Heterobothrium (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) parasitizing the evileye pufferfish Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae)

Acosta, Aline Angelina; Smit, Nico J.

doi:10.1007/s00436-020-06960-5

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“…The genus Heterobothrium was erected by Cerfontaine, 1895 to include type species H. tetrodonis (Goto, 1894) Nagibina, 1953 According to Acosta and Smit (2021) presently thirteen species of the monogenean parasite have been reported from different regions of the world. The impact of pathogenicity of Heterobothrium okamotoi (Oagwa, 1991) to economically valuable fishes of Japan is unmatched to other monogeneans (Ogawa, 1997).…”

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Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Heterobothrium indicus n. sp. (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) and Its Phylogenetic Status

Verma

2021

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Background: A new species Heterobothrium indicus n. sp. was isolated from the gills of Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855) from the Western Coast of India in Arabian Sea region. The monogenean parasite differs from other congeners by morphological features like the presence of asymmetrical haptoral region, 4th pair of clamp smallest than other three pairs of clamps, genital atrium with 8 hooks, number of testes 29-37 and absence of isthmus.Methods: During the survey of marine fishes at Arabian Sea region, new species of monogenean parasite was isolated from the gills of marine fish Upeneus moluccensis. The parasites were morphologically characterized with the help of light and phase contrast microscopy. 18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, mt COI, ITS1+5.8S and ITS2+5.8S gene regions of parasites were amplified, sequenced and compared with other diclidophorid taxa using different bioinformatics tools.Result: Phylogenetic tree analyses (NJ, ME and MP methods) of 18S rDNA, 28S rDNA and mt COI gene regions are complementing the morphological studies and clearly suggested the placement of this new species under subfamily Choricotylinae, family Diclidophoridae.

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