First report of a member of the family Mermithidae parasitizing the sandhopper Orchestoidea tuberculata (Amphipoda, Talitridae) in Chile

Rodriguez, Sara M.; Figueroa, Marcela; D'Elia, Guillermo; George-Nascimento, Mario

Abstract

Specimens of the sandhopper Orchestoidea tuberculata (Amphipoda; Talitridae) collected from sandy beaches in south-central Chile, were found to be parasitized by juvenile mermithids, constituting the first record of a mermithid infecting a marine amphipod in Chile. A morphological description of juveniles is provided. Sequence analyses based on mitochondrial COI and nuclear 18S rDNA of the mermithids showed extremely low genetic variation. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the mermithid is more closely related to Hexamermis agrotis, which parasitize Coleoptera, than to Thaumamermis zealandica, which parasitizes New Zealand confamilial talitrid amphipods.

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Título según WOS: ID WOS:001111623500001 Not found in local WOS DB
Título de la Revista: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-PARASITES AND WILDLIFE
Volumen: 22
Editorial: Elsevier
Fecha de publicación: 2023
Página de inicio: 229
Página final: 233
DOI:

10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.10.011

Notas: ISI