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Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Microphalloidea Ward, 1901 (Trematoda: Digenea)

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Phylogenetic interrelationships of 32 species belonging to 18 genera and four families of the superfamily Microphalloidea were studied using partial sequences of nuclear lsrDNA analysed by Bayesian inference and maximum parsimony. The resulting trees were well resolved at most nodes and demonstrated that the Microphalloidea, as represented by the present data-set, consists of three main clades corresponding to the families Lecithodendriidae, Microphallidae and Pleurogenidae + Prosthogonimidae. Interrelationships of taxa within each clade are considered; as a result of analysis of molecular and morphological data, Floridatrema Kinsella & Deblock, 1994 is synonymised with Maritrema Nicoll, 1907, Candidotrema Dollfus, 1951 with Pleurogenes Looss, 1896, and Schistogonimus Lühe, 1909 with Prosthogonimus Lühe, 1899. The taxonomic value of some morphological features, used traditionally for the differentiation of genera within the Lecithodendriidae and Prosthogonimidae, is reconsidered. Previous systematic schemes are discussed from the viewpoint of present results, and perspectives of future studies are outlined.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of North Dakota Grand Forks, PO Box 9019, Grand Forks, ND, 58202-9019, USA

    Vasyl V. Tkach

  2. Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda Street 51/55, 00818, Warsaw, Poland

    Vasyl V. Tkach & Zdzislaw Swiderski

  3. Parasitic Worms Division, Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

    D. Timothy J. Littlewood & Peter D. Olson

  4. Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    J. Mike Kinsella

  5. Department of General Biology & Parasitology, University of Medical Sciences, 5 Chalubinskiego Street, 02-004, Warsaw, Poland

    Zdzislaw Swiderski

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Tkach, V.V., Littlewood, D.T.J., Olson, P.D. et al. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Microphalloidea Ward, 1901 (Trematoda: Digenea). Syst Parasitol 56, 1–15 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025546001611

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