Molecular identification, morphological characterization and new insights into the ecology of larval Pseudoterranova cattani in fishes from the Argentine coast with its differentiation from the Antarctic species, P. decipiens sp. E (Nematoda: Anisakidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 59-72

  Timi, Juan T ^a   Paoletti, Michela ^b,c   Cimmaruta, Roberta ^c   Lanfranchi, Ana L ^a   Alarcos, Ana J ^a   Garbin, Lucas ^d   George Nascimento, Mario ^e   Rodríguez, Diego H ^a   Giardino, Gisela V ^a   Mattiucci, Simonetta ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^d CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anisakidae; Antarctica; Argentina; Chile; Molecular identification; Pseudoterranova

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT II; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTARCTICA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX2 GENE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FISH; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTARIA FLAVESCENS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PSEUDOTERRANOVA; PSEUDOTERRANOVA CATTANI; PSEUDOTERRANOVA DECIPIENS; SEAL; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANISAKIDAE; ANTARCTICA; ARGENTINA; CHILE; MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION; PSEUDOTERRANOVA;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARGENTINA; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHILE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITE LOAD; PHYLOGENY; SEA LIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84888359285     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.09.033     Document Type: Article

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