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Onchocleidus principalis (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) Co-introduced to Europe with Centrarchid Fish

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Abstract

Background

Non-native parasites are often translocated into novel areas together with their natural hosts, but the parasite diversity is frequently lower compared to the host’s native range.

Purpose

This paper provides morphological and molecular characterisation for non-native monogenean parasite Onchocleidus principalis (Ancyrocephalidae) co-introduced with its fish host to Portugal, Europe, including new details on the species’ vaginal morphology and metrics.

Methods

Two host species, the largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides and pumpkinseed sunfish Lepomis gibbosus, were sampled from two reservoirs (Landeira, Coruche) in the Atlantic Sea drainage. Morphometric analysis and sequencing of 28S rDNA were performed.

Results

Presence of O. principalis was confirmed in all individuals of largemouth bass. Accidental findings on pumpkinseed sunfish at both sampling sites represent new host records for this parasite species. The morphometric description of O. principalis showed high similarity to the species in its native range. No intraspecific sequence variation of partial 28S rDNA was observed between specimens from the two sampling sites. Presence of another North-American ancyrocephalid parasite Onchocleidus dispar was confirmed in pumpkinseed sunfish at both sites, and in largemouth bass from the Coruche Reservoir, this representing the first record of O. dispar on largemouth bass in Europe.

Conclusion

Onchocleidus principalis has been confirmed to parasitise both centrarchid fish species introduced to Europe. Compared to other studies, the species collected in Portugal exhibits pronounced vaginal armament.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Nikol Kmentová and Pavel Jurajda for help with fish and parasite sampling, and Kevin Roche for English correction. This work was supported by the FRISK Project (Ref. PTDC/AAG-MAA/0350/2014) and by the strategic plan of MARE—Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (UID/MAR/04292/2013). MP was supported by the project PROFISH CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000869.

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  1. Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Květná 8, 60365, Brno, Czech Republic

    M. Ondračková, M. Pravdová & Y. Kvach

  2. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 611 37, Brno, Czech Republic

    M. Pravdová & M. Seifertová

  3. Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University, Zemědělská 1/1665, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic

    M. Pravdová

  4. DST-NRD SARChI Chair, Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, 0727, South Africa

    I. Přikrylová

  5. Institute of Marine Biology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 37 Pushkinska St, Odessa, 65048, Ukraine

    Y. Kvach

  6. MARE, Centro de Ciências Do Mar E Do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal

    F. Ribeiro

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MO conceived and designed the study, determined parasite species and wrote the paper. FR collected fish hosts, MP, IP, YK performed the parasitological examination and specimens collection. MP performed the morphometrical analysis, MS performed molecular analysis. All authors contributed to the final version of the manuscript.

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Ondračková, M., Pravdová, M., Seifertová, M. et al. Onchocleidus principalis (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) Co-introduced to Europe with Centrarchid Fish. Acta Parasit. 65, 974–979 (2020). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-020-00217-y

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