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Somatic Musculature in Trematode Hermaphroditic Generation Darya Y
Krupenko and Dobrovolskij BMC Evolutionary Biology (2015) 15:189 DOI 10.1186/s12862-015-0468-0 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Somatic musculature in trematode hermaphroditic generation Darya Y. Krupenko1* and Andrej A. Dobrovolskij1,2 Abstract Background: The somatic musculature in trematode hermaphroditic generation (cercariae, metacercariae and adult) is presumed to comprise uniform layers of circular, longitudinal and diagonal muscle fibers of the body wall, and internal dorsoventral muscle fibers. Meanwhile, specific data are few, and there has been no analysis taking the trunk axial differentiation and regionalization into account. Yet presence of the ventral sucker (= acetabulum) morphologically divides the digenean trunk into two regions: preacetabular and postacetabular. The functional differentiation of these two regions is already evident in the nervous system organization, and the goal of our research was to investigate the somatic musculature from the same point of view. Results: Somatic musculature of ten trematode species was studied with use of fluorescent-labelled phalloidin and confocal microscopy. The body wall of examined species included three main muscle layers (of circular, longitudinal and diagonal fibers), and most of the species had them distinctly better developed in the preacetabuler region. In majority of the species several (up to seven) additional groups of muscle fibers were found within the body wall. Among them the anterioradial, posterioradial, anteriolateral muscle fibers, and U-shaped muscle sets were most abundant. These groups were located on the ventral surface, and associated with the ventral sucker. The additional internal musculature was quite diverse as well, and included up to twelve separate groups of muscle fibers or bundles in one species. -
Parasitic Flatworms
Parasitic Flatworms Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology and Physiology This page intentionally left blank Parasitic Flatworms Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology and Physiology Edited by Aaron G. Maule Parasitology Research Group School of Biology and Biochemistry Queen’s University of Belfast Belfast UK and Nikki J. Marks Parasitology Research Group School of Biology and Biochemistry Queen’s University of Belfast Belfast UK CABI is a trading name of CAB International CABI Head Office CABI North American Office Nosworthy Way 875 Massachusetts Avenue Wallingford 7th Floor Oxfordshire OX10 8DE Cambridge, MA 02139 UK USA Tel: +44 (0)1491 832111 Tel: +1 617 395 4056 Fax: +44 (0)1491 833508 Fax: +1 617 354 6875 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cabi.org ©CAB International 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library, London, UK. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Parasitic flatworms : molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology and physiology / edited by Aaron G. Maule and Nikki J. Marks. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-85199-027-9 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-85199-027-4 (alk. paper) 1. Platyhelminthes. [DNLM: 1. Platyhelminths. 2. Cestode Infections. QX 350 P224 2005] I. Maule, Aaron G. II. Marks, Nikki J. III. Tittle. QL391.P7P368 2005 616.9'62--dc22 2005016094 ISBN-10: 0-85199-027-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-85199-027-9 Typeset by SPi, Pondicherry, India. -
Fauna Europaea: Helminths (Animal Parasitic)
UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Fauna Europaea: Helminths (Animal Parasitic) Gibson, D.I.; Bray, R.A.; Hunt, D.; Georgiev, B.B.; Scholz, T.; Harris, P.D.; Bakke, T.A.; Pojmanska, T.; Niewiadomska, K.; Kostadinova, A.; Tkach, V.; Bain, O.; Durette-Desset, M.C.; Gibbons, L.; Moravec, F.; Petter, A.; Dimitrova, Z.M.; Buchmann, K.; Valtonen, E.T.; de Jong, Y. DOI 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1060 Publication date 2014 Document Version Final published version Published in Biodiversity Data Journal License CC BY Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., Hunt, D., Georgiev, B. B., Scholz, T., Harris, P. D., Bakke, T. A., Pojmanska, T., Niewiadomska, K., Kostadinova, A., Tkach, V., Bain, O., Durette-Desset, M. C., Gibbons, L., Moravec, F., Petter, A., Dimitrova, Z. M., Buchmann, K., Valtonen, E. T., & de Jong, Y. (2014). Fauna Europaea: Helminths (Animal Parasitic). Biodiversity Data Journal, 2, [e1060]. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1060 General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. -
UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara the Food Web for the Sand
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara The food web for the sand flats at Palmyra Atoll A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology by John Peter McLaughlin Committee in charge: Professor Armand M. Kuris, Chair Professor Cheryl J. Briggs Dr. Jennifer E. Caselle, Researcher Dr. Kevin D. Lafferty, USGS/Adjunct Professor September 2018 The dissertation of John Peter McLaughlin is approved. _____________________________________________ Cheryl J. Briggs _____________________________________________ Jennifer E. Caselle _____________________________________________ Kevin D. Lafferty _____________________________________________ Armand M. Kuris, Committee Chair September 2018 The food web for the sand flats at Palmyra Atoll Copyright © 2018 by John Peter McLaughlin iii Acknowledgements Dedicated to my parents, John and Sue, and to Emily and Cricket. Thank you for all your love and support. iv Vita of John Peter McLaughlin September 2018 Education Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, Emphasis in Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, June 2003 Master of Arts in International Relations and Environmental Policy, Boston University, Boston, June 2005 Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, September 2018 (expected) Professional employments 2005-07: Laboratory technician, Bodega Marine Lab, University of California, Davis 2007-12: Teaching Assistant, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara 2013: Lecturer, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara Publications Lafferty, K.D., McLaughlin, J.P., Gruner, D.S., Bogar, T.A., Bui, A., Childress, J.N., Espinoza, M., Forbes, E.S., Johnston, C.A., Klope, M. and Miller-ter Kuile, A., 2018. -
Life Cycle Evolution in the Digenea: a New Perspective from Phylogeny
Life Cycle Evolution in the Digenea: a New Perspective from Phylogeny Thomas H. Cribb1, Rodney A. Bray2, Peter D. Olson2, D. Timothy J. Littlewood2 1Department of Microbiology & Parasitology and Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072 Australia 2Parasitic Worms Division, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK Abstract . 198 1. Introduction . 198 2. Methods . 199 2.1. The Tree . 200 2.2. The Life Cycle Database . 200 2.3. Mapping Life Cycle Characters . 202 3. Background to the Digenea . 203 3.1. Relationships within the Neodermata . 203 3.2. The Digenea in Outline . 204 3.3. Aspidogastrea – The Sister Group to the Digenea . 206 3.4. A New Phylogeny of the Trematoda . 207 4. Mapping and Interpreting Life Cycle Traits . 209 4.1. First Intermediate Hosts . 209 4.2. Second Intermediate Hosts . 214 4.3. Definitive Hosts . 217 4.4. Infection Processes – Miracidial Behaviour . 220 4.5. Rediae and Sporocysts . 220 4.6. Cercarial Tails . 223 4.7. Infection Processes – Cercarial Behaviour . 224 4.8. A Hypothesis of Evolution within the Plagiorchiida . 227 4.9. Hypotheses of Evolution within the Diplostomida . 234 5. Problems . 240 5.1. Shortcomings of the Parsimony Approach . 240 5.2. Conflict between Hypotheses . 241 5.3. Ten Questions . 243 ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY VOL 54 Copyright ß 2003 Elsevier Ltd 0065-308X $35.00 All rights of reproduction in any form reserved 198 T.H. CRIBB, R.A. BRAY, P.D. OLSON AND D.T.J. LITTLEWOOD Appendix . 244 Order Diplostomida . 244 Order Piagiorchiida . 245 Acknowledgements . 249 References . -
Mitochondrial Genomes of Two Eucotylids As
Suleman et al. Parasites Vectors (2021) 14:48 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04547-8 Parasites & Vectors RESEARCH Open Access Mitochondrial genomes of two eucotylids as the frst representatives from the superfamily Microphalloidea (Trematoda) and phylogenetic implications Suleman1,2, Nehaz Muhammad1, Mian Sayed Khan2, Vasyl V. Tkach3*, Hanif Ullah4, Muhammad Ehsan1, Jun Ma1* and Xing‑Quan Zhu1,5* Abstract Background: The Eucotylidae Cohn, 1904 (Superfamily: Microphalloidea), is a family of digeneans parasitic in kid‑ neys of birds as adults. The group is characterized by the high level of morphological similarities among genera and unclear systematic value of morphological characters traditionally used for their diferentiation. In the present study, we sequenced the complete or nearly complete mitogenomes (mt genome) of two eucotylids representing the gen‑ era Tamerlania (T. zarudnyi) and Tanaisia (Tanaisia sp.). They represent the frst sequenced mt genomes of any member of the superfamily Microphalloidea. Methods: A comparative mitogenomic analysis of the two newly sequenced eucotylids was conducted for the investigation of mitochondrial gene arrangement, contents and genetic distance. Phylogenetic position of the family Eucotylidae within the order Plagiorchiida was examined using nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial protein‑ coding genes (PCGs) plus RNAs using maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) methods. BI phylogeny based on concatenated amino acids sequences of PCGs was also conducted to determine possible efects of silent mutations. Results: The complete mt genome of T. zarudnyi was 16,188 bp and the nearly complete mt genome of Tanaisia sp. was 13,953 bp in length. A long string of additional amino acids (about 123 aa) at the 5′ end of the cox1 gene in both studied eucotylid mt genomes has resulted in the cox1 gene of eucotylids being longer than in all previ‑ ously sequenced digeneans.