The enigmatic genusLoofilaimus(Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Loofilaimidae) revisited 25 years after, with remarkable new insights into its phylogeny
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Published:2023
Issue:
Volume:97
Page:
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ISSN:0022-149X
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Container-title:Journal of Helminthology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J. Helminthol.
Author:
Peña-Santiago R.ORCID,
Abolafia J.,
Hosseinvand M.,
Eskandari A.
Abstract
AbstractThe evolutionary relationships of the nematode genusLoofilaimusare explored with an integrative approach, combining morphological and molecular (28S-rDNA) data. Never recorded since its original description in 1998, the finding of fresh specimens of its type and only species,L. phialistoma, allowed us to obtain SEM observations and sequencing, both for the first time, resulting in relevant aspects to elucidate its phylogeny. Morphologically, the genus is characterized by two autapomorphies affecting its lip region and pharynx. Molecular study revealed that it represents a very restricted evolutionary trend within Dorylaimida. The clade (Nygolaimina + (Loofilaimus+ Dorylaimina)) is well supported. Loofilaimidae is accepted as a separate and valid family, which should also includeBertzuckermania.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,General Medicine,Parasitology
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