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Phylogeny of Dactylogyrus (Monogenea) parasites of Balkan Peninsula

BENOVICS, Michal and Andrea VETEŠNÍKOVÁ ŠIMKOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Phylogeny of Dactylogyrus (Monogenea) parasites of Balkan Peninsula

Name in Czech

Fylogeneze parazitů rodu Dactylogyrus (Monogenea) Balkánskeho poloostrova

Name (in English)

Phylogeny of Dactylogyrus (Monogenea) parasites of Balkan Peninsula

Authors

BENOVICS, Michal (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Andrea VETEŠNÍKOVÁ ŠIMKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

České a Slovenské Parazitologické dny 2016, 2016

Other information

Language

Czech

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00087935

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords (in Czech)

Dactylogyrus - kaprovití - Balkánsky poloostrov - fylogenéza - fylogeografie

Keywords in English

Dactylogyrus - Cyprinidae - Balkan peninsula - phylogeny - phylogeography

Tags

Reviewed
Změněno: 15/12/2016 09:43, Mgr. Michal Benovics, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Parasites of genus Dactylogyrus exhibit a high species richness and high level of host specificity – majority of species show a preference for single host species or closely related host species. More than 900 described species emerged from high species richness of their hosts, which are freshwater fish of family Cyprinidae. Dactylogyrus parasites were collected over two year period from cyprinid fish from 22 different localities over southern Balkan Peninsula. Of total 37 collected species of Dactylogyrus parasites from 36 cyprinid host species, 11 were identified as new for science. Other 26 species included endemic, highly host specific species, and commonly distributed Dactylogyrus species as well. Molecular analyses based on sequences of 28S rDNA and combined partial 18S rDNA and ITS1 region revealed several complexes of cryptic species. Such examples are Dactylogyrus dyki parasitizing on cyprinids of Barbus genus, D. folkmanovae commonly found on Squalius and D. vistulae which represent generalist species parasitizing cyprinid species over several different genera. In the case of the last mentioned, molecular data showed not only variability between specimens collected from different host species, but also interpopulation variability between the specimens collected from Alburnoides thessalicus on two different localities. Phylogenetic reconstruction revealed several lineages of Dactylogyrus parasites. Evolutionary and morphologically closely related Dactylogyrus species were found on Luciobarbus albanicus and Tropidophoxinellus helenicus representing two cyprinids with high evolutionary divergence. This may suggest recent host-switching of Dactylogyrus parasites between two phylogenetically non-related species living in the same geographical region i.e. species were collected in the same locality. Different case is D. rarissimus from cyprinids of Rutilus genus. This parasite species has been found on widely distributed R. rutilus in Europe and Balkan endemic R. haecklii as well. Dactylogyrus species similar to D. rarissimus on the base of morphological and molecular markers was also collected from Pelasgus laconicus and Telestes alfiensis. Nevertheless, these two endemic fish species do not live recently in parapatry with Rutilus, these foundings could suggest historical contacts of different cyprinid lineages.

In English

Parasites of genus Dactylogyrus exhibit a high species richness and high level of host specificity – majority of species show a preference for single host species or closely related host species. More than 900 described species emerged from high species richness of their hosts, which are freshwater fish of family Cyprinidae. Dactylogyrus parasites were collected over two year period from cyprinid fish from 22 different localities over southern Balkan Peninsula. Of total 37 collected species of Dactylogyrus parasites from 36 cyprinid host species, 11 were identified as new for science. Other 26 species included endemic, highly host specific species, and commonly distributed Dactylogyrus species as well. Molecular analyses based on sequences of 28S rDNA and combined partial 18S rDNA and ITS1 region revealed several complexes of cryptic species. Such examples are Dactylogyrus dyki parasitizing on cyprinids of Barbus genus, D. folkmanovae commonly found on Squalius and D. vistulae which represent generalist species parasitizing cyprinid species over several different genera. In the case of the last mentioned, molecular data showed not only variability between specimens collected from different host species, but also interpopulation variability between the specimens collected from Alburnoides thessalicus on two different localities. Phylogenetic reconstruction revealed several lineages of Dactylogyrus parasites. Evolutionary and morphologically closely related Dactylogyrus species were found on Luciobarbus albanicus and Tropidophoxinellus helenicus representing two cyprinids with high evolutionary divergence. This may suggest recent host-switching of Dactylogyrus parasites between two phylogenetically non-related species living in the same geographical region i.e. species were collected in the same locality. Different case is D. rarissimus from cyprinids of Rutilus genus. This parasite species has been found on widely distributed R. rutilus in Europe and Balkan endemic R. haecklii as well. Dactylogyrus species similar to D. rarissimus on the base of morphological and molecular markers was also collected from Pelasgus laconicus and Telestes alfiensis. Nevertheless, these two endemic fish species do not live recently in parapatry with Rutilus, these foundings could suggest historical contacts of different cyprinid lineages.

Links

GA15-19382S, research and development project
Name: Endemizmus žeberních parazitů ve světle evoluce a biogeografie jejich hostitelů (Cyprinidae) v oblastech kolem Středozemního moře
Investor: Czech Science Foundation