Electrophoretic identification of larvae and adults of Anisakis (Ascaridida:Anisakidae)

• Published in: Journal of Helminthology
• Main Authors: Orecchia, P., Paggi, L., Mattiucci, S., Smith, J. W., Nascetti, G., Bullini, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1986
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; General Medicine; Parasitology; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x00008580; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022149X00008580

ABSTRACT The relationships between larvae and adults of Anisakis from the Mediterranean Sea and North-East Atlantic Ocean were analysed by multilocus electrophoresis. The correspondence of type I larvae with the A. simplex complex, including the sibling species A. simplex A and B, and of type II larvae with A. physeteris is confirmed. 19 of the 22 loci studied discriminated between the two larval types. Biochemical keys are given for the electrophoretic identification of A. simplex A, A. simplex B and A. physeteris , at both the larval and adult stages.