Phylogenetic Relationships of Australian Members of the Family Percichthyidae Inferred from Mitochondrial 12S rRNA Sequence Data

A 59-year-old female living in Rayong Province, eastern Thailand, presented with painless, right upper eyelid nodule for 3 months. Upon removal of the eyelid mass, a well-circumscribed, firm globular mass with diameter about 1 cm was found. Histopathological examination revealed an immature female dirofilarial worm reminiscent of Dirofilaria repens, characterized by prominent sharp longitudinal ridges at external surface of the cuticle. Analysis of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequence showed that the worm belongs to Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis. It is likely that some infections previously reported as D. repens based on histological examination may have actually been due to Candidatus D. hongkongensis.

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Species diversity and phylogeny of fleas of small terrestrial mammals in the forests of the Central Highlands of Madagascar

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4399.2.3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4399 (2) ◽

pp. 181

Author(s):

MIREILLE HARIMALALA ◽

ADELAÏDE MIARINJARA ◽

JEAN-BERNARD DUCHEMIN ◽

TOJO RAMIHANGIHAJASON ◽

SEBASTIEN BOYER

Keyword(s):

Bayesian Methods ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

12S Rrna ◽

Neighbor Joining ◽

Classification Schemes ◽

Terrestrial Mammals ◽

The Family ◽

Current Classification ◽

Central Highlands

Fleas are holometabolous insects forming the order of Siphonaptera. Some studies have been carried out on biology and systematic of Malagasy fleas, but little is known about their phylogenetic relationships. In this study, we focused on flea species occurring in the forests of the Central Highlands and also, on the determination of their phylogenetic relationships. Three families, five genera and thirteen species were identified. The family Pulicidae includes four species (Centetipsylla madagascariensis Rothschild, Synopsyllus fonquerniei Wagner & Roubaud, S. estradei Klein and S. robici Klein); Leptopsyllidae has eight species (Paractenopsyllus vauceli Klein, P. petiti Klein, P. viettei Klein, P. grandidieri Klein, P. goodmani Duchemin, P. rouxi Duchemin, P. raxworthyi Duchemin & Ratovonjato and Tsaractenus rodhaini Duchemin), and Ctenophtalmidae one species (Dinopsyllus brachypecten Smit). All are endemic to Madagascar and each differs geographically. Flea phylogenetic relationships were inferred using four molecular markers (ITS2, mtCOII, 16SrRNA and 12S rRNA) and using Neighbor-Joining, Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian methods with addition of Genbank sequences of exotic species. The Family Pulicidae was monophyletic while the families Leptopsyllidae and Ctenophtalmidae were paraphyletic. Malagasy fleas are homogeneous and all species adhere to current classification schemes.

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Phylogenetic relationships of snails of the genera Oncomelania and Tricula inferred from the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene

Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ◽

10.2149/tmh1973.31.5 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 5-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

MUNEHIRO OKAMOTO ◽

CHIN-TSON LO ◽

WILFRED U. TIU ◽

DONGCHUAN QUI ◽

PINARDI HADIDJAJA ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

12S Rrna ◽

Rrna Gene ◽

12S Rrna Gene ◽

Mitochondrial 12S Rrna

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Complex patterns of genetic diversity within Lacerta (Teira) perspicillata: Preliminary evidence from 12S rRNA sequence data

Amphibia-Reptilia ◽

10.1163/156853803322440835 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 386-390 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

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Keyword(s):

Genetic Diversity ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Preliminary Evidence ◽

12S Rrna ◽

Rrna Sequence ◽

Complex Patterns

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Phylogenetic relationships among the Malagasy lemuriforms (Primates: Strepsirrhini) as indicated by mitochondrial sequence data from the 12S rRNA gene

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ◽

10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00624.x ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 133 (1) ◽

pp. 83-103 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

M. DELPERO ◽

J. C. MASTERS ◽

P. CERVELLA ◽

S. CROVELLA ◽

G. ARDITO ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Sequence Data ◽

12S Rrna ◽

Rrna Gene ◽

Mitochondrial Sequence ◽

12S Rrna Gene

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Phylogenetic relationships among nassariid gastropods

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/s0022336000033047 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 74 (5) ◽

pp. 839-852 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

D. M. Haasl

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Sister Group ◽

Range Data ◽

Molecular Sequence Data ◽

Molecular Sequence ◽

The Poor ◽

The Family ◽

Stratigraphic Position

Phylogenetic relationships within the neogastropod family Nassariidae are poorly understood as are relationships between the Nassariidae and other fossil and extant buccinid taxa. The poor resolution of nassariid and buccinoidean relationships is due to: 1) the complex distribution among these gastropods of characters commonly used in classification; 2) a number of Mesozoic and Paleogene genera whose relationships to extant buccinoidean lineages are poorly constrained; and 3) a lack of previous efforts to address these problems on a rigorous, phylogenetic basis.The results of a phylogenetic analysis of nassariid genera did not decisively support the monophyly of the family. The buccinid subfamily Photinae was an extant sister group to the Nassariinae in a phylogenetic analysis of extant taxa and on many cladograms from an analysis combining fossil and extant taxa. In addition, Buccitriton (representing the Paleogene Tritiaria group) was a sister taxon to the Nassariinae in all analyses in which it was included, regardless of the identity of the extant nassariine sister group. This suggests that the photines, which likely arose from a Tritiaria ancestor, are the closest living relatives to the Nassariinae. Many Paleogene fossil “buccinoid” taxa appear to be more distantly related to the Nassariinae and possibly to the rest of the nassariids as well. Stratigraphic range data combined with the results of this study suggest that the Nassariinae diversified rapidly in the early Miocene and achieved a cosmopolitan distribution early in their history. A largely Indo-Pacific subclade was consistently deeply-nested within the Nassariinae, suggesting that nassariines invaded the Indo-Pacific region most recently. The timing of this invasion is difficult to estimate but had occurred by the end of the Miocene. Further analyses using molecular sequence data, relative stratigraphic position, or focusing in more detail on the Paleogene taxa are required to resolve the identity of the sister group to the Nassariinae with greater confidence.

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A new predatory leech from Vietnam (Hirudinida : Arhynchobdellida : Salifidae): its phylogenetic position with comments on the classification of the family

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is15008 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 29 (5) ◽

pp. 473 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Takafumi Nakano ◽

Son Truong Nguyen

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Phylogenetic Position ◽

12S Rrna ◽

The Family ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

First Time

The family Salifidae is a predaceous leech taxon in the suborder Erpobdelliformes. Although Salifidae is widely distributed in the African, Oriental, Indo-Malayan, Sino-Japanese and Australasian regions, the phylogenetic relationships of the family Salifidae have never been tested using molecular data obtained from leeches collected from the family distributional range. A salifid species was collected for the first time in Vietnam, and relevant morphological and molecular data are presented here. Because the Vietnamese salifid species possesses unique morphological characteristics among the known salifid species, this species is herein described as a new species, Salifa motokawai, sp. nov. Phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear 18S rRNA and histone H3, as well as mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, tRNACys, tRNAMet, 12S rRNA, tRNAVal, 16S rRNA, tRNALeu and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 markers demonstrate that the Vietnamese salifid species is a close congener with the African Salifa perspicax and the Malagasy Linta be. Furthermore, molecular data revealed non-monophyly of the Asian salifid leeches. According to the observed phylogenetic relationships and morphological characteristics of the Vietnamese Salifa motokawai, sp. nov., the current classification of salifid taxa should be revised.

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