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Monogenean parasites of introduced pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (Centrarchidae) in the Danube River Basin
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SYSNO ASEP 0370283 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Monogenean parasites of introduced pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (Centrarchidae) in the Danube River Basin Author(s) Ondračková, Markéta (UBO-W) RID, ORCID, SAI
Dávidová, M. (CZ)
Přikrylová, I. (CZ)
Pečínková, M. (CZ)Number of authors 4 Source Title Journal of Helminthology. - : Cambridge University Press - ISSN 0022-149X
Roč. 85, č. 4 (2011), s. 435-441Number of pages 7 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords generic revision ; systematics ; Ancyrocephalidae Subject RIV EG - Zoology R&D Projects LC522 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) CEZ AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011) UT WOS 000297409900010 EID SCOPUS 80655149431 DOI 10.1017/S0022149X10000805 Annotation The pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus, a centrarchid fish native to eastern North America, was introduced into Europe at the end of the 19th century. Lepomis gibbosus now represents one of the most successful of introduced fish species, having spread widely throughout many European countries. In this study, we collected monogenean parasites of L. gibbosus from four sites in the Danube River Basin. We recorded four monogenean species: Gyrodactylus sp., probably acquired in the area of introduction, and Onchocleidus similis, O. dispar and Actinocleidus recurvatus, species introduced together with their host. Onchocleidus similis dominated the parasite community at all sampling sites. Actinocleidus recurvatus has only been reported from southern Europe to date and, therefore, this is the first report of A. recurvatus from Central Europe and the Danube River Basin. We observed high morphological variability in both anchor pairs of A. recurvatus. Only in O. similis was there a positive correlation observed between haptor metric traits and fish host length. Differences in metric traits between native and introduced O. similis populations may reflect a difference in fish host size, the introduced fish host achieving a smaller size than fish from native populations. A detailed analysis of microhabitat distribution indicated a preference for the second gill arch for both dominant species O. similis and A. recurvatus, with dissimilar site segregation. Workplace Institute of Vertebrate Biology Contact Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524 Year of Publishing 2012
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