Redescription of the genus Afrodiplozoon Khotenovski, 1981 and its only known species Afrodiplozoon polycotyleus (Paperna, 1973) (Monogenea: Diplozoidae) using a combined multidisciplinary approach

PŘIKRYLOVÁ, Iva, Šárka MAŠOVÁ, Milan GELNAR, Moses M. MALTA, Sareh TAVAKOL and Wilmien J. LUUS-POWELL. Redescription of the genus Afrodiplozoon Khotenovski, 1981 and its only known species Afrodiplozoon polycotyleus (Paperna, 1973) (Monogenea: Diplozoidae) using a combined multidisciplinary approach. Parasitology International. Clare, Ireland: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2018, vol. 67, No 2, p. 245-252. ISSN 1383-5769. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2017.11.008.

Basic information

• Original name: Redescription of the genus Afrodiplozoon Khotenovski, 1981 and its only known species Afrodiplozoon polycotyleus (Paperna, 1973) (Monogenea: Diplozoidae) using a combined multidisciplinary approach
• Authors: PŘIKRYLOVÁ, Iva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Šárka MAŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Milan GELNAR (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Moses M. MALTA (710 South Africa), Sareh TAVAKOL (710 South Africa) and Wilmien J. LUUS-POWELL (710 South Africa).
• Edition: Parasitology International, Clare, Ireland, ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2018, 1383-5769.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10613 Zoology
• Country of publisher: Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 2.017
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/18:00101674
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2017.11.008
• UT WoS: 000426224100025
• Keywords in English: Afrodiplozoon; Cyprinidae; South Africa; ITS2 rDNA; SEM

Abstract

The present study redescribes the monotypic genus Afrodiplozoon Khotenovski, 1981, a diplozooid parasite endemic to Africa, based on material collected during surveys carried out in the Limpopo Province, South Africa, from two cyprinid hosts Labeobarbus marequensis and Enteromius paludinosus. Morphometrical analysis of the composition of internal organs and attachment clamps, using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, provided details for the genus and species redescriptions. Posterior attachment apparatus can bear up the 15 pairs of the clamps with the first pair of clamps distinctly smaller and not fully developed. Molecular characterization of the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) rDNA and phylogenetic analysis revealed the position of Afrodiplozoon polycotyleus as a sister taxon to Paradiplozoon krugerense and Paradiplozoon bingolenisis, distant from other African representatives of the genus Paradiplozoon, Paradiplozoon vaaleense and Paradiplozoon ichtyoxanthon.

Links

• GBP505/12/G112, research and development project: Name: ECIP - Evropské centrum ichtyoparazitologie

Investor: Czech Science Foundation