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Metacercariae of Clinostomum complanatum (Trematoda: Digenea) in European newts Triturus carnifex and Lissotriton vulgaris (Caudata: Salamandridae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2013

M. Caffara ,
G. Bruni ,
C. Paoletti ,
A. Gustinelli  and
M.L. Fioravanti
M. Caffara*
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
G. Bruni
Affiliation:
Department of Evolutionary Biology ‘Leo Pardi’, University of Florence, Italy
C. Paoletti
Affiliation:
Private Veterinary Practitioner, Florence, Italy
A. Gustinelli
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
M.L. Fioravanti
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
*
*E-mail: monica.caffara@unibo.it
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Abstract

Adults of Clinostomum spp. are digenetic trematodes found in fish-eating birds, reptiles and occasionally mammals, including humans. Freshwater snails serve as first intermediate hosts and many fish species and amphibians as second intermediate hosts. To date, amphibian hosts of Clinostomum metacercariae include members of urodele and anuran families in North America, but no data are available on infections of European amphibians, including newts. In this study, we characterize infections of Clinostomum complanatum metacercariae in four smooth (Lissotriton vulgaris) and 18 Italian crested newts (Triturus carnifex) from an artificial pond located in a protected area in Tuscany, Italy. Parasites were surgically removed from the infected newts and identified both morphologically and using sequences of a mitochondrial gene, cytochrome c oxidase I, and the ribosomal markers, internal transcribed spacers. This is the first record of C. complanatum in European newts and, more generally, in amphibians in Europe.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 88 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 278 - 285
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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