| Literature DB >> 25204601 |
Christian Selbach1, Miroslava Soldánová, Simona Georgieva, Aneta Kostadinova, Martin Kalbe, Bernd Sures.
Abstract
Large-tailed echinostomatid cercariae of the genus Petasiger Dietz, 1909 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) from the planorbid snails Gyraulus albus (Müller) and Planorbis planorbis (L.) collected in Germany and the Czech Republic and metacercariae from Gasterosteus aculeatus L. (Gasterosteiformes: Gasterosteidae) collected in Canada are characterised morphologically and molecularly. The rediae, cercariae and metacercariae are described in detail and compared with the existing data on the larval stages of Petasiger spp. Comparative molecular analyses using 28S rDNA and nad1 mitochondrial sequences supported the distinct status of four species of Petasiger. Molecular and morphological evidence for their distinction and an updated key to the known large-tailed cercariae of Petasiger from the Palaearctic are provided.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25204601 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-014-9513-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Syst Parasitol ISSN: 0165-5752 Impact factor: 1.431