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    Helminth communities of the Turkish endemic fish, Pseudophoxinus crassus (Ladiges, 1960): Four helminth parasites for a new host record
    (Hindawi Ltd, 2014-01-28) Erk'akan, Füsun; Keskin, Nevin; İnnal, Deniz; Aslan, I.; Aydoǧdu, Ali; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Mustafakemalpaşa Meslek Yüksekokulu.; 6701819349
    Tuz Golu (Salt Lake) Basin is one of the largest hypersaline lakes in the world and of extremely high biological importance owing to its high diversity and high level of endemism. It is hypothesized that the basin environment and the endemism of Pseudophoxinus crassus - a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family and found only in Turkey - might contribute to the host-specific parasite characters. A total of 92 P. crassus specimens were collected by electrofishing between spring 2009 and autumn 2010 from the Incesu Stream in Konya Province, Turkey. By the end of the study period, four parasitic helminth species (Gyrodactylus latus, Asymphylodora imitans, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi and Pomphorhynchus laevis) were recorded. All had been reported previously from other hosts (non-host specific). Among these parasites G. latus and A. imitans are new records for the helminth fauna of Turkey. Prevalence and infestation intensity, length classes, and sex compositions of infested populations, as well as the seasonality of infestation were obtained and the results compared with other studies.
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    The phylogeny of diphyllobothriid tapeworms (Cestoda : Pseudophyllidea) based on ITS-2 rDNA sequences
    (Springer, 2004-09) Logan, Flora J.; Horak, A.; Stefka, Jan; Scholz, Tomas S.; Aydoǧdu, Ali; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Mustafakemalpaşa Meslek Yüksekokulu.; 6701819349
    Phylogenetic analysis of sequences of the ITS-2 rRNA genes of 20 samples of pseudophyllidean cestodes of the family Diphyllobothriidae (Ligula, Digramma, Diphyllobothrium, and Schistocephalus) from different hosts and geographical regions revealed that: (1) the inclusion of ligulids (previously family Ligulidae) to the Diphyllobothriidae is correct; (2) Schistocephalus appears as the most basal taxon of the Diphyllobothriidae, well separated from Ligula and Digramma, thus supporting the validity of Schistocephalinae Dubinina, 1962; (3) Digramma belonged with samples of Ligula, thus suggesting its invalidity as a genus; and (4) isolates of Ligula, presumably belonging to Ligula intestinalis, are paraphyletic, indicating that this species may represent a complex of separate taxa. Our results indicate the necessity for a taxonomic revision of the family Diphyllobothriidae.