Chimaericola leptogaster

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Chimaericola leptogaster
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Chimaericola leptogaster
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Chimaericolidea
Family: Chimaericolidae
Genus: Chimaericola
Species:
C. leptogaster
Binomial name
Chimaericola leptogaster
(Leuckart, 1830) Brinkmann, 1942
Synonyms
  • Discocotyle leptogaster(Leuckart, 1830) Diesing, 1850
  • Neoheterobothrium leptogaster(Leuckart, 1830) Price, 1943
  • Octobothrium leptogasterLeuckart, 1830
  • Octocotyle leptogaster(Leuckart, 1830)
  • Placoplectanum leptogaster(Leuckart, 1830) Diesing, 1858

Chimaericola leptogaster is a species of polyopisthocotylean monogenean in the family Chimaericolidae. It is ectoparasitic on the gills of the chimaera Chimaera monstrosa .

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History

The chimaera Chimaera monstrosa is the host of Chimaericola leptogaster Chimaera monstrosa - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ14100001.tif
The chimaera Chimaera monstrosa is the host of Chimaericola leptogaster

According to Brinkmann, [1] the species was discovered as early as 1828 on the gills of chimaeras off Norway by Rapp and was given a scientific name by Friedrich Sigismund Leuckart in 1830, as Octobothrium leptogaster, but Leuckart did not see the animal. The species was then mentioned by Félix Dujardin [2] and Karl Moriz Diesing, [3] who also did not see the specimens. However, Diesing transferred the species to the genus Discocotyle but also considered the species as "species inquirenda". Later, in 1858, Diesing transferred the species to the genus Placoplectanum. Olsson redescribed the animal in 1876 [4] and used again the name Octobothrium leptogaster. The species was shortly redescribed by Parona & Perugia in 1892.

Finally Brinkmann redescribed the species in details in 1942 [1] from material collected off Norway and Sweden.

Morphology

Chimaericola leptogaster is a large monogenean, reaching 50 mm in length. The haptor, at the posterior end of the body, bears eight clamps arranged as two rows of four.

Modern works

The spermatozoon of Chimaericola leptogaster (drawing) Parasite170144-fig13 spermatozoon Chimaericola leptogaster (drawing).png
The spermatozoon of Chimaericola leptogaster (drawing)

The first molecular sequences obtained from Chimaericola leptogaster suggested that the Chimaericolidae were a basal group within the Polyopisthocotylea. [5]

Chimaericola leptogaster was studied with transmission electron microscopy. Several organs have been investigated in details: vaginae, [6] clamps, [7] digestive system, [8] and spermiogenesis and spermatozoa. [9] These ultrastructural results have confirmed the basal position of the species in comparison to marine Polyopisthocotylea.

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References

  1. 1 2 Brinkmann Jr, A. (1942). On Octobothrium leptogaster FS Leuckart. Goteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-Samhalles Handlingar. Series B, 2(3), 1-29.
  2. ↑ Dujardin, Félix (1845). Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10123. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ Diesing, Karl Moritz (1850). Systema helminthum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46846. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. ↑ Olsson, P. (1876). Bidrag till skandinaviens helminthfauna. I. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 14(1), 1-41
  5. ↑ Jovelin, Richard; Justine, Jean-Lou (2001). "Phylogenetic relationships within the polyopisthocotylean monogeneans (Platyhelminthes) inferred from partial 28S rDNA sequences". International Journal for Parasitology. 31 (4): 393–401. doi:10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00114-X. ISSN   0020-7519.
  6. ↑ Poddubnaya, Larisa G.; Hemmingsen, Willy; Gibson, David I. (2013). "Ultrastructural characteristics of the vaginae of the basal monogenean Chimaericola leptogaster (Leuckart, 1830)". Parasitology Research. 112 (12): 4053–4064. doi:10.1007/s00436-013-3596-8. ISSN   0932-0113.
  7. ↑ Poddubnaya, Larisa G.; Hemmingsen, Willy; Gibson, David I. (2014). "Clamp ultrastructure of the basal monogenean Chimaericola leptogaster (Leuckart, 1830) (Polyopisthocotylea: Chimaericolidae)". Parasitology Research. 113 (11): 4023–4032. doi:10.1007/s00436-014-4070-y. ISSN   0932-0113.
  8. ↑ Poddubnaya, Larisa G.; Hemmingsen, Willy; Reed, Cecile; Gibson, David I. (2015). "Ultrastructural characteristics of the caeca of basal polyopisthocotylean monogeneans of the families Chimaericolidae and Hexabothriidae parasitic on cartilaginous fishes". Parasitology Research. 114 (7): 2599–2610. doi:10.1007/s00436-015-4464-5. ISSN   0932-0113.
  9. ↑ Justine, Jean-Lou; Poddubnaya, Larisa G. (2018). "Spermiogenesis and spermatozoon ultrastructure in basal polyopisthocotylean monogeneans, Hexabothriidae and Chimaericolidae, and their significance for the phylogeny of the Monogenea". Parasite. 25: 7. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2018007 . ISSN   1776-1042. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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