Morphological variability in Acanthocephaloides irregularis Amin, Oğuz, Heckmann, Tepe & Kvach, 2011 (Acanthocephala: Arhythmacanthidae) from the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.) (Moronidae) in Bizerte Lagoon, Tunisia
| Autor: | Ana Elena Ahuir Baraja, Omar M. Amin, Halima Jmii Chine, Lamia Gargouri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine Tunisia Zoology 030108 mycology & parasitology Biology biology.organism_classification Perciformes Intraspecific competition Acanthocephala Proboscis (genus) 03 medical and health sciences Species Specificity Animal ecology Microscopy Electron Scanning Animals Bass Parasitology Dicentrarchus Sea bass Moronidae |
| Zdroj: | Systematic Parasitology. 95:603-610 |
| ISSN: | 1573-5192 0165-5752 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11230-018-9802-4 |
| Popis: | Specimens of an arhythmacanthid acanthocephalan were recovered from the European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (L.) (Perciformes: Moronidae) in Bizerte Lagoon, northern Tunisia. The specimens collected showed high morphological similarities to Acanthocephaloides irregularis Amin, Oguz, Heckmann, Tepe & Kvach, 2011, recovered from four species of marine fishes in the Gulf of Odessa and Sukhyi Lyman off the Ukrainian Black Sea coast. Light and scanning electron microscopy revealed some morphological differences from the Black Sea specimens in trunk spine distribution, number of proboscis hooks in males (4 instead of 5), and lack of demonstrable trunk collar. These variations suggest that our specimens may only be a morphotype of A. irregularis with new host and locality records. A comparison between our specimens and those of the original description clarifies the possible reasons of this intraspecific morphological variability. |
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