First record of the American cestode Proteocephalus ambloplitis (Leidy, 1887) (Proteocephalidae) in Europe

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Authors

KVACH Yuriy SEIFERTOVÁ Mária CARASSOU Laure ONDRÁČKOVÁ Markéta

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Helminthology
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X20000267
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X20000267
Keywords Invasive fish; non-native species; parasites; plerocercoids; Begles Plage
Description Here, we report the first record of pleroceroids of the Nearctic tapeworm Proteocephalus ambloplitis (Leidy, 1887) in European fresh waters. The plerocercoids were found encapsulated in the internal organs of the invasive pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) in a pond in Begles Plage, Bordeaux, France. This parasite species was not observed in L. gibbosus collected from two nearby localities, Bordeaux Lac and a pond in the Parc de Fontaudin. Species identification was confirmed using molecular data and morphological characteristics.
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