Disentangling the evolutionary and biogeographical history of the freshwater fish trematode genusCreptotrema(Digenea: Allocreadiidae) using an integrative taxonomy approach: the case ofCreptotrema agonostomiin Middle American mountain mullets


Por: Perez-Ponce de Leon, G., Sereno-Uribe, A. L., Garcia-Varela, M., Mendoza-Garfias, B., Hernandez-Mena, I, D., Pinacho-Pinacho, C. D., Choudhury, A.

Publicada: 1 ene 2020
Resumen:
Species of the allocreadiid genusCreptotremaare parasites of freshwater fishes in the Americas. Species in the genus possess one pair of muscular oral lobes on the oral sucker. Currently, the genus contains eight species, six distributed in South America, one in Middle America and one in North America. Genetic data are only available for the North American species,Creptotrema funduli, a parasite of fundulids originally described from Oneida Lake, New York State. In this study, we obtained 28S ribosomal DNA sequences of trematodes morphologically similar toCreptotrema agonostomifrom the mountain mullet,Dajaus monticola, across a wide geographical range in Middle America. Our molecular phylogenetic analyses showed that (1) the genusCreptotrema, as currently conceived, is not monophyletic; (2) the allocreadiids in mountain mullets should be re-allocated in the genusPseudoparacreptotrema; and (3) the allocreadiid trematodes fromD. monticolaacross Middle America represent four morphologically similar species, three of which can be distinguished genetically. These three new species are described herein using an integrative taxonomy approach. We contend that accurate estimates of species diversity and phylogenetic relationships among allocreadiids, and most likely other species of trematodes, necessarily require an integrative taxonomy approach that should consider at least DNA sequences and scanning electron microscopy.

Filiaciones:
Perez-Ponce de Leon, G.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Apartado Postal 70-153,Ciudad Univ, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico

 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico ENES Merida, Unidad Merida, Escuela Nacl Estudios Super, Km 4-5 Carrtetera Merida Tetiz, Ucu, Yucatan, Mexico

Sereno-Uribe, A. L.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Apartado Postal 70-153,Ciudad Univ, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico

Garcia-Varela, M.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Apartado Postal 70-153,Ciudad Univ, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico

Mendoza-Garfias, B.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Apartado Postal 70-153,Ciudad Univ, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico

Pinacho-Pinacho, C. D.:
 Inst Ecol AC, CONACyT, Red Estudios Mol Avanzados, Km 2-5 Antigua Carretera Coatepec, Xalapa 91070, Veracruz, Mexico

Choudhury, A.:
 St Norbert Coll, Div Nat Sci, 100 Grant St, De Pere, WI 54115 USA
ISSN: 0022149X
Editorial
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, EDINBURGH BLDG, SHAFTESBURY RD, CB2 8RU CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, Reino Unido
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 94 Número:
Páginas: 171
WOS Id: 000548266900001
ID de PubMed: 32665055