New information on morphology and molecular data of camallanid nematodes parasitising Xenopus laevis (Anura: Pipidae) in South Africa

Title:

New information on morphology and molecular data of camallanid nematodes parasitising Xenopus laevis (Anura: Pipidae) in South Africa

Creator:

Svitin, Roman, Schoeman, Anneke L, and Preez, Louis H. du

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:6fbb1c88-1d8a-40c0-8024-db8d377e4480
uuid:6fbb1c88-1d8a-40c0-8024-db8d377e4480
issn:1803-6465
doi:10.14411/fp.2018.003

Subject:

parazitické organismy, hlístice, parasitic organisms, Nematodes, African clawed frog, parasites, Camallanidae, Camallanus, C. kaapstaadi, C. xenopodis, Batrachocamallanus, B. slomei, Procamallanus, 2, and 59

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print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

Three species of nematodes from the Camallanidae that are known to infect Xenopus laevis Daudin (Anura: Pipidae) were collected from several localities across South Africa. New data on morphology, partial 28S and cox1 genes, infection levels and distribution are presented herein. The most common species, Batrachocamallanus slomei Southwell et Kirshner, 1937, from the stomach and less often oesophagus, was found in eight localities. Camallanus kaapstaadi Southwell et Kirshner, 1937, also from the oesophagus, was found in two localities and C. xenopodis Jackson et Tinsley, 1995, from the intestine, at a single locality. New localities for both C. kaapstaadi and C. xenopodis provide a geographical range extension. Males of C. xenopodis are described for the first time herein. The existence of a left spicule in the males of both the species of Camallanus Railliet and Henry, 1915 is confirmed and measurements are provided. Although C. xenopodis is distinguished from C. mazabukae Kung, 1948 in the present study, we suggest greater sampling effort in other African amphibians to confirm the species status of the latter taxon. Finally, the new molecular data showed distant relationships between collected species of Camallanus and species parasitising fish and freshwater turtles., Roman Svitin, Anneke L. Schoeman, Louis H. du Preez., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Coverage:

1-11

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2018 Volume:65 | Number:1

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