An annotated list and molecular data on larvae of gryporhynchid tapeworms (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from freshwater fishes in Africa

0498808 - BC 2019 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Scholz, Tomáš - Tavakol, S. - Uhrová, Lucie - Brabec, Jan - Přikrylová, I. - Mašová, Š. - Šimková, A. - Halajian, A. - Luus-Powell, W. J.
An annotated list and molecular data on larvae of gryporhynchid tapeworms (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from freshwater fishes in Africa.
Systematic Parasitology. Roč. 95, č. 6 (2018), s. 567-590. ISSN 0165-5752. E-ISSN 1573-5192
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GBP505/12/G112
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : FAMILY DILEPIDIDAE CESTODA * HELMINTH-PARASITES * MEXICO * METACESTODES * PERFORMANCE * CICHLIDS
OECD category: Veterinary science
Impact factor: 1.408, year: 2018

An annotated list of larvae (metacestodes) of gryporhynchid tapeworms (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from freshwater fishes in Africa is provided with numerous new host and geographical records. Newly collected materials from Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan and Zimbabwe practically double the total number of species reported from African fish so far. We confirm the occurrence of 16 species (five unidentified to the species level and most likely representing new taxa) belonging to the genera Amirthalingamia Bray, 1974 (1 species), Cyclustera Fuhrmann, 1901 (2 species), Dendrouterina Fuhrmann, 1912 (1 species), Neogryporhynchus Baer & Bona, 1960 (1 species), Paradilepis Hsü, 1935 (4 species), Parvitaenia Burt, 1940 (5 species), and Valipora Linton, 1927 (2 species). Additionally, metacestodes of four unidentified species of Paradilepis and Parvitaenia are reported from fish for the first time. Rostellar hooks of all species are illustrated and their measurements are provided together with a host-parasite list. The molecular phylogenetic analysis based on partial LSU rDNA sequences offers the first insight into the internal phylogenetic relationships within the family. Together with the morphological observations, the present study provides a taxonomic baseline for future studies on this largely neglected, but widely distributed and relatively frequent, group of parasites of African fishes, including economically important cichlids like tilapias and cyprinids.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0291083