European distribution for metacercariae of the North American digenean Posthodiplostomum cf. minimum centrarchi (Strigeiformes: Diplostomidae)

0478291 - ÚBO 2018 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Kvach, Yuriy - Jurajda, Pavel - Bryjová, Anna - Trichkova, T. - Ribeiro, F. - Přikrylová, I. - Ondračková, Markéta
European distribution for metacercariae of the North American digenean Posthodiplostomum cf. minimum centrarchi (Strigeiformes: Diplostomidae).
Parasitology International. Roč. 66, č. 5 (2017), s. 635-642. ISSN 1383-5769. E-ISSN 1873-0329
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GBP505/12/G112
Institutional support: RVO:68081766
Keywords : Lepomis gibbosus * Micropterus salmoides * White grub * Physid snails * Non-indigenous species
OECD category: Parasitology
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Metacercariae of a North American digenean Posthodiplostomum cf. minimum centrarchi (Strigeiformes: Diplostomidae), have been reported from seven localities in Europe, with cysts recorded in the mesentery and internal organs of two invasive non-indigenous fishes (Lepomis gibbosus and Micropterus salmoides) from sites in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Portugal. Analysis of rDNA locus ITS1-ITS2-28S confirmed a closer relationship to the American Posthodiplostomum species than the common European species P. cuticola or P. brevicaudatum. Our data indicate limited potential of this parasite for switch to local fish fauna and confirm the occurrence at distant sites across Europe, suggesting that birds as definitive parasite hosts may play an important role for parasite dispersal. Further detailed studies are needed to confirm the actual means of introduction to Europe.
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