TY - JOUR
T1 - MORPHOLOGICAL, MOLECULAR, AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL DATA FOR SEBEKIA MISSISSIPPIENSIS OVERSTREET, SELF, AND VLIET, 1985 (PENTASTOMIDA: SEBEKIDAE) IN THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR, ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS DAUDIN, AND THE SPOTTED GAR, LEPISOSTEUS OCULATUS WINCHELL
AU - Woodyard, Ethan T.
AU - Baumgartner, Wes A.
AU - Rosser, Thomas Graham
AU - Bodin, Emily N.
AU - Ferrara, Allyse M.
AU - Noto, Travis W.
AU - Ford, Lorelei M.
AU - Rush, Scott A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University's College of Forest Resources, Nicholls State University's Department of Biological Sciences, and the IUCN-SSC Crocodile Specialist Group Fritz Huchzermeyer Veterinary Science Student Research Assistance Scheme, awarded to E. T. Woodyard. The authors would like to acknowledge Lily Berniker and Estefania Rodriguez of the American Museum of Natural History and Gabor Racz of the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology for facilitating access to type materials from previously published studies. The authors also acknowledge Woodrow Cain and Vecie Cain for providing alligators for parasitological examination. We would also like to acknowledge Nogi Park of the Department of Basic Sciences at Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine for assisting in the acquisition of Korean literature.
Publisher Copyright:
© American Society of Parasitologists 2019
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Novel molecular data from both mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1) and ribosomal regions (18S, ITS1-5.8S, ITS2, and 28S) are provided for Sebekia mississippiensis Overstreet, Self, & Vliet, 1985, a pentastome infecting the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis Daudin, 1801, and the spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864. Adult and nymphal pentastomes are described from the lungs and liver of the type host, A. mississippiensis, collected from Mississippi, while additional nymphs are described from the esophageal lining of L. oculatus specimens collected from Louisiana. This sequencing data will facilitate more accurate identification of various life cycle stages of S. mississippiensis, enabling future work to resolve many ambiguities in the literature regarding this species. Additionally, histopathological data are provided from both the definitive and intermediate hosts.
AB - Novel molecular data from both mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1) and ribosomal regions (18S, ITS1-5.8S, ITS2, and 28S) are provided for Sebekia mississippiensis Overstreet, Self, & Vliet, 1985, a pentastome infecting the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis Daudin, 1801, and the spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864. Adult and nymphal pentastomes are described from the lungs and liver of the type host, A. mississippiensis, collected from Mississippi, while additional nymphs are described from the esophageal lining of L. oculatus specimens collected from Louisiana. This sequencing data will facilitate more accurate identification of various life cycle stages of S. mississippiensis, enabling future work to resolve many ambiguities in the literature regarding this species. Additionally, histopathological data are provided from both the definitive and intermediate hosts.
KW - Alligator mississippiensis
KW - American alligator
KW - Lepisosteus oculatus
KW - Pentastome
KW - Sebekia mississippiensis
KW - Sebekidae
KW - Spotted Gar
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U2 - 10.1645/18-122
DO - 10.1645/18-122
M3 - Article
C2 - 30950763
AN - SCOPUS:85064314335
SN - 0022-3395
VL - 105
SP - 283
EP - 298
JO - Journal of Parasitology
JF - Journal of Parasitology
IS - 2
ER -