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Title: | First Eastern Mediterranean Record of Xenoligophoroides cobitis, the Only Dactylogyrid Monogenean Infecting Mediterranean Gobies: Just Arrived or Missed the Boat? | Authors: | VANHOVE, Maarten Giakoumi, Sofia Zogaris, Dimitris Kovacic, Marcelo Huyse, Tine |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Publisher: | MDPI | Source: | Diversity-Basel, 14 (8) (Art N° 580) | Abstract: | Gobies and their ectoparasitic monogenean flatworms are promising models for species diversification because of their species richness. Recent decades have seen the discovery of several new species of Gyrodactylus (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) on European gobies, mostly in the sand goby lineage and especially in the eastern Mediterranean. However, the monogenean fauna of other gobies is much less understood. Therefore, we inspected five gobiid species (34 specimens, vouchered, with some representatives sequenced), sampled in Greece, for monogenean ectoparasites. Only specimens of the giant goby, Gobius cobitis, were infected; they harbored Xenoligophoroides cobitis (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) on their gills. Here, we provide the first record from Greece, and the first ITS rDNA and COI sequences of the representative of this monotypic genus. Additionally, 28S rDNA was sequenced and compared with published data from across its known distribution, suggesting clinal variation. No sister-group for Xenoligophoroides could be proposed, nor could we explain the presence of a single known member of this genus on gobies, due to a lack of sequence data of closely related dactylogyrid monogeneans in public databases. Possible hypotheses include either the ancestral long-term presence on gobiids but "missing the boat" of the diversification events in the "Gobius-lineage", or a recent host switch from a non-gobiid host. | Notes: | Vanhove, MPM (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci, Res Grp Zool Biodivers & Toxicol, Agoralaan Gebouw D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.; Vanhove, MPM (corresponding author), Hellen Ctr Marine Res, Inst Marine Biol Resources & Inland Waters, 46-7 Km Athens Sounio Ave, Anavyssos 19013, Greece.; Vanhove, MPM (corresponding author), Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Biol, Lab Biodivers & Evolutionary Genom, Charles Deberiotstr 32, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.; Vanhove, MPM (corresponding author), Masaryk Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Bot & Zool, Kotlarska 2, Brno 61137, Czech Republic. maarten.vanhove@uhasselt.be; sgiakoum@hcmr.gr; zogarisd@gmail.com; marcelo@prirodoslovni.com; tine.huyse@kuleuven.be |
Keywords: | barcoding;Dactylogyridae;Dactylogyrinae;ectoparasites;giant goby;Gobiidae;Gobius cobitis;Greece;Monogenea;Platyhelminthes | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/38100 | e-ISSN: | 1424-2818 | DOI: | 10.3390/d14080580 | ISI #: | 000847092900001 | Rights: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/) | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2023 |
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