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Study of the genus Plectus Bastian, 1865 (Nematoda: Plectidae) from Iran

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Three species of Plectus Bastian, 1865 viz., P. aquatilis and P. pusillus from Kerman province and P. velox from Alborz province, Iran are described and illustrated. Partial sequences of 18S region of ribosomal DNA gene were amplified for P. aquatilis and P. pusillus. The Blast results of population of P. aquatilis from Iran showed 8–10 nucleotides differences with populations of the same species (AF036602; GQ892827; AY284700) reported from the UK, Belgium and The Netherlands, respectively. Whereas Iranian population of P. pusillus showed 14–16 nucleotides differences with P. cf. pusillus (AY284705; AY284704) reported from The Netherlands. Molecular analysis revealed close relationship of the Iranian plectids with P. cf. parvus (AY284699) reported from The Netherlands. Phylogenetic relationships with other related species in the genus Plectus and closely related genera that are available in the GenBank are given.

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  1. Departament of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

    Ebrahim Shokoohi & Abdolrahman Mehrabi-Nasab

  2. Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén, Campus “Las Lagunillas” s/n, 23071, Jaén, Spain

    Joaquin Abolafia

  3. Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

    Oleksandr Holovachov

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Shokoohi, E., Mehrabi-Nasab, A., Abolafia, J. et al. Study of the genus Plectus Bastian, 1865 (Nematoda: Plectidae) from Iran. Biologia 68, 1142–1154 (2013). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-013-0264-5

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