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Molecular phylogeny of monogeneans parasitizing African freshwater Cichlidae inferred from LSU rDNA sequences

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The African freshwater fish of Cichlidae are parasitized by five genera of monogeneans belonging to Dactylogyridea. Ectoparasitic Scutogyrus, Onchobdella, and the highly diversified Cichlidogyrus represent three genera located on the gills, while the endoparasitic Enterogyrus and Urogyrus are located in the stomach and the urinary bladder, respectively. Representatives of four dactylogyridean genera (except for Urogyrus) were collected from seven cichlid species in West Africa. The aim of this study was to investigate the phylogenetic relationships between ectoparasitic and endoparasitic dactylogyridaen monogeneans specific to African freshwater Cichlidae and other representatives of Dactylogyridae, including a wide range of species from both freshwater and marine environments. All phylogenetic analyses point to the polyphyletic origin of the subfamily Ancyrocephalinae. Both Enterogyrus and Onchobdella were found to be monophyletic. The phylogenetic position of Scutogyrus longicornis was placed within the Cichlidogyrus species, which suggests the non-monophyly of Cichlidogyrus. Therefore, we have proposed a taxonomical revision of the species recently considered to be Scutogyrus. However, these four dactylogyridean genera-specific to cichlids do not form a monophyletic group. Using LSU rDNA analyses, we found that Enterogyrus and Onchobdella form a clade with Protogyrodactylus, i.e., the parasite species does not live in cichlids, which suggests that endoparasitism in cichlid monogeneans is not an ancestral feature.

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This study was supported by Research Project of Masaryk University (No. MSM 0021622416). The field work was partially funded by Ichthyoparasitology Research Centre of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic LC 522. We would like to thank Martina Davidová, Naďa Musilová, Eva Řehulková, and Radim Blažek from the Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, for field assistance with fish dissection. We are very grateful to Gregor Speas for the English revision for the final version.

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    Monika Mendlová, Martina Vyskočilová & Andrea Šimková

  2. IRD (ex ORSTOM), UR 203/UMR 5554, ISE-M, Université Montpellier II - CC 065, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

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Mendlová, M., Pariselle, A., Vyskočilová, M. et al. Molecular phylogeny of monogeneans parasitizing African freshwater Cichlidae inferred from LSU rDNA sequences. Parasitol Res 107, 1405–1413 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2008-6

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