Sokolov S.G., Atopkin D.M., Urabe M.
В журнале Parasitology International
Год: 2019 Том: 71 Страницы: 167-176
A detailed morphological description and ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequence molecular data for Aspidogaster ijimai from Japan are provided. Morphological analysis, including a description of the cirrus-sac, indicate the conspecificity of Japanese and continental East Asian A. ijimai specimens. Analysis of ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rDNA sequences of Japanese, Chinese and Russian specimens confirmed the morphological results. Phylogenetic analysis using ITS rDNA sequences confirmed that A. ijimai is a sister species for Aspidogaster chongqingensis. Medianjoining network analysis showed an initial molecular differentiation step of Russian specimens from group of Japanese-Chinese samples. Our 28S rDNA results based on maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian (BI) phylogenetic analyses indicated well-supported monophyly of the Aspidogaster conchicola+A. ijimai group, a finding that indicates that these species are congeneric. At the same time, our data demonstrated that the genus Lobatostoma is paraphyletic and the family Aspidogastridae is polyphyletic, results that confirm previous studies.
