Spatial distribution, host specificity and genetic diversity of Onchobothrium antarcticum in the Southern Ocean

In this work we summarize the current knowledge on the spatial distribution, host specificity and genetic diversity of Onchobothrium antarcticum, an endemic Antarctic cestode. We recorded it in seven fish species, elasmobranchs Amblyraja georgiana, Bathyraja eatonii, and B. maccaini and teleosts Ant...

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Main Authors: Ilya I. Gordeev, Tatyana A. Polyakova, Alexander A. Volkov
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2021
Subjects:
antarctic
parasite
cestodes
rdna
polar
Geology
QE1-996.5
Antarctic
Mawson Sea
Ross Sea
Southern Ocean
Weddell
Weddell Sea
Antarc*
D’Urville Sea
Polar Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2021.137148
https://doaj.org/article/2c1dac06df43459a8aa05d8f8698685a
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Summary:In this work we summarize the current knowledge on the spatial distribution, host specificity and genetic diversity of Onchobothrium antarcticum, an endemic Antarctic cestode. We recorded it in seven fish species, elasmobranchs Amblyraja georgiana, Bathyraja eatonii, and B. maccaini and teleosts Antimora rostrata, Chionobathyscus dewitti, Dissostichus mawsoni, and Muraenolepis marmorata, caught in the Ross Sea, the D’Urville Sea, the Mawson Sea, and the Weddell Sea. The infection of A. rostrata from the part of its distribution to the south of the Falkland Islands is reported for the first time. We obtained partial 28S rDNA and cox1 sequences of plerocercoids and adults of O. antarcticum and analyzed them together with a few previously published sequences. Based on the results of the phylogenetic analysis, we cannot rule out that O. antarcticum is in fact a complex of cryptic species.

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