Phylogeography of Rhabdias spp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) collected from Bufo species in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, Japan including possible cryptic species
Phylogeography of Rhabdias spp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) collected from Bufo species in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, Japan including possible cryptic species
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横纹藻属的系统发育地理学。
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2022.102612
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Urabe Misako
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作者:
Marcaida Arvin Jet B.;Nakao Minoru;Fukutani Kazumi;Nishikawa Kanto;Urabe Misako
The genusRhabdiasStiles & Hassall, 1905 comprises lung parasites of amphibians and reptiles worldwide. In Japan, 9 species have been recorded, includingRhabdias incertaWilkie, 1930 which has been reported only inBufospecies. In this study, to assess the diversity ofR. incerta, we performed molecular analyses ofRhabdiasspecies sampled from three species/subspecies of Japanese toads namelyBufo japonicus,B. japonicus formosus, andB. torrenticola, collected in various regions of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, Japan. DNA sequence divergence was compared using mtDNA (COI) and nuclear DNA (28S) to identify possible cryptic species. Morphological analysis was performed through light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results revealed thatBufospp. serve as hosts for at least threeRhabdiasspecies. Morphologically, most samples were identified asR. incertabut with a longer body and larger buccal cavity than originally described.Rhabdias incertaappears to be specific to the genusBufoand is further subdivided into two or three phylogroups based on subspecies divisions and biogeography of their host. SomeRhabdiasspecimens collected in this study resembleR. tokyoensisWilkie, 1930, parasitic in hosts from the order Caudata, which suggests host switching. Both molecular and morphological analyses suggested the presence of undescribed and crypticRhabdiasspecies within toads collected in Japan. This study was the first to molecularly characterizeRhabdiasspecies in Japan, including novel sequences ofR. incertaand two undescribed species.