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Redescription of Raillietiella mottae (Raillietiellidae: Pentastomida) a generalist parasite of insectivorous lizards: phenotypic plasticity revealed by molecular data.
Parasitology research - 1 Oct 2024
da Silva Érica Gomes, de Oliveira Monique Celião, Brandão Hiasmim Chaves, de Figueirêdo Chaves Rozzanna Esther Cavalcanti Reis, Monteiro Sara Rikeley Paulino, Koroiva Ricardo, Guedes Thaís Barreto, Vasconcellos Alexandre, de Oliveira Almeida Waltécio
Abstract excerpt
Pentastomida are lung parasites of a variety of hosts, mainly reptiles. Raillietiella is the genus with the largest number of species, whose taxonomic identification is still largely based on morphological data alone. In this classification, differences divide the genus into morphotypic groups. The Raillietiella parasites of insectivorous lizards, for example, are divided into "Group I" with species with hooks...
Topics
- Animals
- Lizards
- Pentastomida
- Female
- Male
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Phenotype