Molecular and morphological characterization of Isthmiophora melis (Schrank, 1788) Luhe, 1909 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) from American mink (Neovison vison) and European polecat (Mustela putorius) in Lithuania

BEAVER, P.C. (1941): Studies on the life history of Euparyphium melis (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae). J. Parasitol., 27(1): 35 - 44. DOI: 10.2307/327288410.2307/3272884Search in Google Scholar

COLEMAN, A.W. (2003): ITS2 is a double-edged tool for eukaryote evolutionary comparisons. Trends Genet., 19(7): 370 - 375. DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00118-510.1016/S0168-9525(03)00118-5Search in Google Scholar

DORNEY, R.S., LAUERMAN, L.H. (1969): A helminthological survey of wild mink in Wisconsin. Bull. Wildl. Disease Assoc., 5(1): 35 - 36. DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-5.1.3510.7589/0090-3558-5.1.35Search in Google Scholar

DÖNGES, J. (1964): A local, facultative Echinostomatide (Trematoda) type human pathogen and infection course in humans. Z. Parasitenkd., 25(1): 3. DOI: 10.1007_bf00348641 (In German)Search in Google Scholar

DÖNGES, J. (1967): The Modifying Effect of the Final Host on the Development of the Intestinal Fluke Isthmiophora melis (Schrank, 1788). A Rehabilitation of the Genus Isthmiophora Lühe, 1909 (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae). Z. Parasitenkd., 29(1): 1 - 14. DOI: 10.1007/BF00328835 (In German)10.1007/BF003288355628735Search in Google Scholar

DÖNGES, J. (1968): The Modifying Effect of the Final Host on the Development of the Intestinal Fluke Isthmiophora melis (Schrank, 1788) II. Euparyphium suinum Ciurea, 1921, a Synonym of Isthmiophora melis. Z. Parasitenkd., 30(3): 179 - 184. (In German.) DOI: 10.1007/BF0025962810.1007/BF002596285741051Search in Google Scholar

DÖNGES J. 1970: The Modifying Effect of the Final Host on the Development of the Intestinal Fluke Isthmiophora melis (Schrank, 1788) III. The Development in the Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus), a Natural Final Host. Z. Parasitenkd., 35(2): 169 - 172. DOI: 10.1007/BF00259994 (In German)10.1007/BF002599945508334Search in Google Scholar

GRABDA-KAZUBSKA, B., LASKOWSKI, Z. (1996): On the morphology and chaetotaxy of rediae and cercariae of Isthmiophora melis (Schrank, 1788) (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae). Acta Parasitol., 41(1): 7 - 12Search in Google Scholar

GUPTA, S.P. (1962): A redescription of Euparyphium melis (Schrank, 1788) Dietz, 1909 and Echinostoma revolution (Froelich, 1802) Looss, 1899 parasitic in the intestine of mink (Mustela vison) and muskrat (Ondatra zibethica) from Canada. Indian J. Hel., 14(2): 77 - 85Search in Google Scholar

HERSHKOVITZ, M.A., LEWIS, L.A. (1996): Deep-level diagnostic value of the rDNA-ITS region. Mol. Biol. Evol., 13(9): 1276 - 1295. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a02569310.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a0256938896380Search in Google Scholar

HILDEBRAND, J., ADAMCZYK, M., LASKOWSKI, Z., ZALEŚNY, G. (2015): Host-dependent morphology of Isthmiophora melis (Schrank, 1788) Luhe, 1909 (Digenea, Echinostomatinae) - morphological variation vs. molecular stability. Parasit. Vectors., 8: 481. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1095-810.1186/s13071-015-1095-8458040226394689Search in Google Scholar

HILLIS, D.M., DIXON, M.T. (1991): Ribosomal DNA - molecular evolution and phylogenetic inference. Q. Rev. Biol., 66(4): 411 - 453. DOI: 10.1086/41733810.1086/4173381784710Search in Google Scholar

IVASHKIN, V.M., KONTRIMAVIČIUS, V.N., NAZAROVA, N.S. (1971): Methods of collaction and study of terrestrian mammal helminthes. Nauka, Moscow, 124 pp. (In Russian)Search in Google Scholar

KAZLAUSKAS, J., PRŪSAITĖ, J. (1976): Helminths of carnivores in Lithuania. Acta Parasitol. Lituan., 12: 33 - 40. (In Russian)Search in Google Scholar

KISELIENĖ, V. (1966): On the helminthological evaluation of water basins used for the growth of domestic water fowl. Acta Parasitol. Lituan., 6: 55 - 66Search in Google Scholar

KISELIENĖ, V. (1970): The biological characteristics of Paryphostomum radiatum (Dujardin, (Echinostomatidae). Acta Parasitol. Lithuan., 10: 31 - 40. (In Russian)Search in Google Scholar

KLUPIEC, P. (2001): Helmith-fauna of polecats (Mustela putorius L.) in their Northwest German distribution areas. Vet. med. diss., 94 pp. (In German)Search in Google Scholar

KONTRIMAVICHUS, V.L. (1966): The helminth fauna of American mink acclimatized in the Khabarovsk Territory. In: Yanushevich, A.I. (Eds) Acclimatization of animals in the U.S.S.R., pp. 241 - 242Search in Google Scholar

KOSTADINOVA, A., GIBSON, D.I. (2002): Isthmiophora Lühe, 1909 and Euparyphium Dietz, 1909 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) re-defi ned, with comments on their nominal species. Syst. Parasitol., 52(3): 205 - 217. DOI: 10.1023/A:101578970339610.1023/A:1015789703396Search in Google Scholar

KOSTADINOVA, A., HERNIOU, E.A., BARRETT, J., LITTLEWOOD, D.T.J. (2003): Phylogenetic relationships of Echinostoma Rudolphi, 1809 (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) and related genera re-assessed via DNA and morphological analyses. Syst. Parasitol., 54(3): 159 -176. DOI: 10.1023/A:102268112334010.1023/A:1022681123340Search in Google Scholar

KOZLOV, D.P. (1977): Key to Helminths of Carnivorous Mammals of the USSR. Nauka, Moscow, 276 pp. (In Russian)Search in Google Scholar

LAW, R., KENNEDY, A. (1932): Parasites of furbearing animals. Bull. Dept. Game and Fisheries, Ontario 4: 1 - 30.Search in Google Scholar

LITTLEWOOD, D.T.J., OLSON, P.D. (2001): Small subunit rDNA and the Platyhelminthes: Signal, noise, confl ict and compromise. In: D.T.J.Search in Google Scholar

LITTLEWOOD, D.T.J., BRAY, R.A. (Eds.) Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes, Taylor and Francis Publishing, London, pp. 62 - 278.Search in Google Scholar

MATSKÁSI, I. (1971): The Trematode Fauna of Rodents and Insectivora (Mammalia) in Hungary. I. Parasit. Hung., 4: 125 - I36Search in Google Scholar

MOLNÁR, K., GIBSON, D.I., CECH, G., PAPP, M., DEÁK-PAULUS, P., JUHÁSZ, L., TÓTH, N., SZÉKELY, C. (2015): The occurrence of metacercariae of Petasiger (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in an unusual site, within the lateral line scales of cyprinid fi shes. Folia Parasitol., 62: 017. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2015.01710.14411/fp.2015.017Search in Google Scholar

MORGAN, J.A.T., BLAIR, D. (1995): Nuclear rDNA ITS sequence variation in the trematode genus Echinostoma: An aid to establishing relationships within the 37-collar-spine group. Parasitology, 111(5): 609 - 615. DOI: 10.1017/S003118200007709X10.1017/S003118200007709XSearch in Google Scholar

MORGAN, J.A.T., BLAIR, D. (1998): Relative merits of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacers and mitochondrial CO1 and ND1 genes for distinguishing among Echinostoma species (Trematoda). Parasitology, 116(3): 289 - 297. DOI: 10.1017/ S003118209700221710.1017/S0031182097002217Search in Google Scholar

NAŠINCOVÁ, V., SCHOLZ, T., MORAVEC, F. (1993): The life cycle of Paryphostomum radiatum (Dujardin, 1845) (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae), a parasite of cormorants. Folia Parasitol., 40(3): 193 - 201Search in Google Scholar

NUGARAITĖ, D., MAŽEIKA, V., PAULAUSKAS, A. (2014): Helminths of mustelids (Mustelidae) in Lithuania. Biologija, 60(3): 117 - 125. DOI: 10.6001/biologija.v60i3.297010.6001/biologija.v60i3.2970Search in Google Scholar

OLSON, P.D., CRIBB, T.H., TKACH, V.V., BRAY, R.A., LITTLEWOOD, D.T.J. (2003): Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). Int. J. Parasitol., 33(7): 733 - 755. DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00049-310.1016/S0020-7519(03)00049-3Search in Google Scholar

RADEV, V., KANEV, I., KHRUSANOV, D., FRIED, B. (2009): Reexamination of the life cycle of Isthmiophora melis (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) on material from southeast Europe. Parazitologiia 43(6): 445 - 453. (In Russian)Search in Google Scholar

RYZHIKOV, K.M., GVOZDEV, E.V., TOKOBAEV, M.M., SHALDYBIN, L.S., MATSABERIDZE, G.V., MERKUSHEVA, I.V., NADTOCHIJ, E.V., KHOKHLOVA, I.G., SHARPILO, L.D. (1978): Key to helminths of rodents of the fauna of the USSR: tapeworms and fl ukes. Nauka, USSR, pp. 232. (In Russian)Search in Google Scholar

RONQUIST, F., TESLENKO, M., VAN DER MARK, P., AYRES, D.L., DARLING, A., HOHNA, S., LARGET, B., LIU, L., SUCHARD, M.A., HUELSENBECK, J.P. (2012): MrBayes 3.2: Effi cient bayesian phylogenetic inference and model choice across a large model space. Syst. Biol., 61(3): 539 - 542. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys02910.1093/sysbio/sys029332976522357727Search in Google Scholar

SATO, H., SUZUKI, K. (2006): Gastrointestinal helminths of feral raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. J. Vet. Med. Sci., 68(4): 311 - 318. DOI: 10.1292/jvms.68.31110.1292/jvms.68.31116679720Search in Google Scholar

SHIMALOV, V.V., SHIMALOV, V.T. (2001): Helminth fauna of the American mink (Mustela vison Schreber, 1777) in Belorussian Polesie. Parasitol. Res., 87(10): 886 - 887. DOI: 10.1007/s00436010046110.1007/s00436010046111688898Search in Google Scholar

SHIMALOV, V.V., SHIMALOV, V.T. (2002): Helminth fauna of the European polecat (Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758) in Belorussian Polesie. Parasitol. Res., 88(3): 259 - 260. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-001-0521-310.1007/s00436-001-0521-311954912Search in Google Scholar

SOKOLOV, S.G., PROTASOVA, E.N., RESHETNIKOV, A.N., SHED’KO, M.B. (2012): Parasites of introduced rotan Perccottus glenii (Actinopterygii: Odontobutidae) from water bodies of European Russia. Uspekhi Sovremennoy Biologii. 132: 477 - 492 (In Russian)Search in Google Scholar

SOLTYS, A. (1962): Helminth parasites of Mustelidae of the Lublin Palatinate. Acta Parasitol. Pol., 10(1/11): 73 - 76.Search in Google Scholar

SUGÁR, L., MATSKÁSI, I. (1978): Occurrence of Isthmiophora melis (Schrank, 1788) and Alaria alata (Goeze, 1782) in wild carnivora in Hungary. Parasit. Hung., 11: 142Search in Google Scholar

TAMURA, K., STECHER, G., PETERSON, D., FILIPSKI, A., KUMAR, S. (2013): MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis version 6.0. Mol. Biol. Evol., 30(12): 2725 - 2729. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst19710.1093/molbev/mst197Search in Google Scholar

TKACH, V., PAWLOWSKI, J. (1999): A new method of DNA extraction from the ethanol-fi xed parasitic worms. Acta Parasitol., 44(2): 147 - 148Search in Google Scholar

TKACH, V., PAWLOWSKI, J., MARIAUX, J. (2000): Phylogenetic analysis of the suborder Plagiorchiata (Platyhelminthes, Digenea) based on partial lsrDNA sequences. Int. J. Parasitol., 30(1): 83 - 93. DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00163-010.1016/S0020-7519(99)00163-0Search in Google Scholar

TKACH, V.V., KUDLAI, O., KOSTADINOVA, A. (2016): Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1899 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea). Int. J Parasitol., 46(3): 171 - 185. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.11.00110.1016/j.ijpara.2015.11.00126699402Search in Google Scholar

THOMPSON, J.D., HIGGINS, D.G., GIBSON, T.J. (1994): CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specifi c gap penalties and weight matrix choice. Nucleic Acids Res., 22(22): 4673 - 4680. DOI: 10.1093/nar/22.22.467310.1093/nar/22.22.46733085177984417Search in Google Scholar

VILAS, R., CRISCIONE, C.D., BLOUIN, M.S. (2005): A comparison between mitochondrial DNA and the ribosomal internal transcribed regions in prospecting for cryptic species of platyhelminth parasites. Parasitology. 131(6): 839 - 846. DOI: 10.1017/ S003118200500843710.1017/S003118200500843716336737Search in Google Scholar

ZSCHILLE, J., HEIDECKE, D., STUBBE, M. (2004): Distribution and ecology of feral American mink Mustela vison Schreber, 1777 (Carnivora, Mustelidae) in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany). Hercynia, 37(1): 103 - 126Search in Google Scholar