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Molecules and morphology reveal cryptic variation among digeneans infecting sympatric mullets in the Mediterranean.
Parasitology - 1 Feb 2010
Blasco-Costa I, Balbuena J A, Raga J A, Kostadinova A, Olson P D
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We applied a combined molecular and morphological approach to resolve the taxonomic status of Saccocoelium spp. parasitizing sympatric mullets (Mugilidae) in the Mediterranean. Eight morphotypes of Saccocoelium were distinguished by means of multivariate statistical analyses: 2 of Saccocoelium obesum ex Liza spp.; 4 of S. tensum ex Liza spp.; and 2 (S. cephali and Saccocoelium sp.) ex Mugil cephalus. Sequences of...
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