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Morphological and molecular characterization of larval trematodes infecting the assassin snail genus Anentome in Thailand

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JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY
卷 96, 期 -, 页码 -

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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X22000463

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Nassariidae; cercariae; metacercariae; phylogenetic tree; species delimitation

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  1. Chiang Mai University
  2. Human Resource Development in Science Project (Science Achievement Scholarship of Thailand, SAST)

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This study investigated the taxonomic diversity of larval trematodes infecting Anentome snails in Thailand, and identified several first-time records. Using a combination of morphological and DNA sequence data, the researchers found that the larval trematodes belonged to different families. Additionally, tentative species-level differentiation was found between Thai and Cambodian Echinostoma species.
The assassin snail genus Anentome is widespread in Southeast Asia, and is distributed all over the world via the aquarium trade. One species of genus Anentome, Anentome helena, is known to act as intermediate host of parasitic trematodes. This study investigates the taxonomic diversity of larval trematodes infecting A. helena and Anentome wykoffi in Thailand. Larval trematodes were identified by combining morphological and DNA sequence data (cytochrome c oxidase I and internal transcribed spacer 2). Species delimitation methods were used to explore larval trematode species boundaries. A total of 1107 specimens of Anentome sp. were collected from 25 localities in Thailand. Sixty-two specimens of A. helena (n = 33) and A. wykoffi (n = 29) were infected by zoogonid cercariae, heterophyid metacercariae and echinostome metacercariae, with an overall prevalence of 5.6% (62/1107) and population-level prevalences in the range of 0.0-22.3%. DNA sequence data confirmed that the larval trematodes belong to the families Echinostomatidae, Heterophyidae and Zoogonidae. As such, this is the first report of zoogonid cercariae and heterophyid metacercariae in A. helena, and echinostome metacercariae in A. wykoffi. Moreover, this study provides evidence of tentative species-level differentiation between Thai Echinostoma sp. and Cambodian Echinostoma mekongi, as well as within Echinostoma caproni, Echinostoma trivolvis and Echinostoma revolutum.

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