Phylogenetic position of deep-sea opecoelid digenean Tellervotrema beringi (Mamaev, 1965) (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) based on novel genetic data.

Abstract:

:Adult opecoelid digeneans consistent with Tellervotrema beringi (Mamaev, 1965) were found in the intestine of the deep-water fish Antimora microlepis Bean collected off the northern Kuril Islands (Russia). Earlier, T. beringi was recorded only in macrourid fish. This is the first record of a species of Tellervotrema Gibson & Bray, 1982 from fishes of the family Moridae (Gadiformes). A partial 28S rRNA gene sequence was obtained for this species and was compared with the available sequences on GenBank from other opecoelids. The phylogenetic analysis did not support the current taxonomic hypothesis that the genus Tellervotrema belongs to the subfamily Podocotylinae Dollfus, 1959. Our results demonstrated that species of this genus formed a clade with those of the genera Mesobathylebouria Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019 and Abyssopedunculus Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019. The morphological synapomorphies of the Tellervotrema + (Mesobathylebouria + Abyssopedunculus) clade are currently unclear, and this group does not have an adequate subfamilial classification.

journal_name

Syst Parasitol

journal_title

Systematic parasitology

authors

Sokolov SG,Shchenkov SV,Gordeev II

doi

10.1007/s11230-020-09918-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-08-01 00:00:00

pages

379-387

issue

4

eissn

0165-5752

issn

1573-5192

pii

10.1007/s11230-020-09918-4

journal_volume

97

pub_type

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