Molecular phylogeny of monogeneans parasitizing African freshwater Cichlidae inferred from LSU rDNA sequences

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Authors	MENDLOVÁ Monika PARISELLE Antoine VYSKOČILOVÁ Martina VETEŠNÍKOVÁ ŠIMKOVÁ Andrea
Year of publication	2010
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Parasitology Research
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords	molecular phylogeny; Cichlidae; Monogenea; LSU rDNA; West Africa
Description	The African freshwater fish of Cichlidae are parasitized by five genera of monogeneans belonging to Dactylogyridea. Ectoparasitic Scutogyrus, Onchobdella, and the highly diversified Cichlidogyrus represent three genera located on the gills, while the endoparasitic Enterogyrus and Urogyrus are located in the stomach and the urinary bladder, respectively. The aim of this study was to investigate the phylogenetic relationships between ectoparasitic and endoparasitic dactylogyridaen monogeneans specific to African freshwater Cichlidae and other representatives of Dactylogyridae. All phylogenetic analyses point to the polyphyletic origin of the subfamily Ancyrocephalinae. The phylogenetic position of Scutogyrus longicornis suggests the non-monophyly of Cichlidogyrus. Using LSU rDNA analyses, we found that Enterogyrus and Onchobdella form a clade with Protogyrodactylus, which suggests that endoparasitism in cichlid monogeneans is not an ancestral feature.
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