Overlooked parasite diversity in Staurozoa: two species of Lepocreadiidae (Trematoda: Digenea) parasitic in Haliclystus tenuis
Abstract
Three non-encysted digenean metacercariae were found parasitic in the mesoglea of two of 13 individuals of the staurozoan cnidarian Haliclystus tenuis Kishinouye, 1910 from Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan. The metacercariae comprised two morphospecies (one oval, the other elongate), for which the gross morphology is described. Partial sequences of the 18S and 28S rRNA genes and the internal transcribed spacer 2 region were determined for both species, and a partial sequence of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene was determined for the oval species. Molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed….
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Kohta Tsutsui and Keiichi Kakui “Overlooked Parasite Diversity in Staurozoa: Two Species of Lepocreadiidae (Trematoda: Digenea) Parasitic in Haliclystus tenuis,” Zoological Science 42(4), (18 June 2025).
DOI：10.2108/zs250001
