Morphometric and molecular characterization of Parapharyngodon echinatus (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) from the Senegal gecko ( Tarentola parvicarinata )

0311848 - ÚBO 2009 RIV PL eng J - Journal Article
Mašová, Š. - Baruš, Vlastimil - Hodová, I. - Matějusová, I. - Koubek, Petr - Koubková, B.
Morphometric and molecular characterization of Parapharyngodon echinatus (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) from the Senegal gecko ( Tarentola parvicarinata ).
[Morfometrická a molekulární charakteristika Parapharyngodon echinatus (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) ze senegalského gekona ( Tarentola parvicarinata ).]
Acta Parasitologica. Roč. 53, č. 3 (2008), s. 274-283. ISSN 1230-2821. E-ISSN 1896-1851
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA6093404
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60930519
Keywords : Nematoda * Senegal gecko * West Africa
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology
Impact factor: 0.748, year: 2008

A West African species of gecko, Tarentola parvicarinata Joger (Gekkonidae), collected in the Niokolo Koba National Park in East Senegal is a new host species for the nematode Parapharyngodon echinatus (Rudolphi, 1819). Fifty one specimens of P. echinatus were studied under a light microscope and thirteen specimens were studied for the first time by a scanning electron microscope. The main differences between P. echinatus and other African species, especially Parapharyngodon micipsae (Seurat, 1917), were in the shape of annules on body cuticle, broad lateral alae and their terminations, the shape of the distal extremity of the spicule and number of outgrowths at the anterior cloacal lip. For the purposes of DNA characterization, partial sequence of the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (SSU rRNA) was obtained from two specimens of P. echinatus. This is the first published sequence of a species from the family Pharyngodonidae.

Západoafrický druh gekona, Tarentola parvicarinata Joger (Gekkonidae), nalezený v národním parku Niokolo Koba ve východním Senegalu, je novým hostitelským druhem hlístice Parapharyngodon echinatus (Rudolphi, 1819). Vzorky P. echinatus byly studovány optickým mikroskopem a poprvé také skanovacím elektronovým mikroskopem. Za účelem získání genetické charakteristiky druhu byla použita částečná sekvence malé podjednotky ribozomálního RNA genu (SSU) ze vzorků P. echinatus. Jedná se o první publikaci sekvence druhu z čeledi Pharyngodonidae.
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