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dc.contributor.authorWelicky, Rachel L.
dc.contributor.authorSmit, Nico J.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-26T13:13:17Z
dc.date.available2019-08-26T13:13:17Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationWelicky, R.L. & Smit, N.J. 2019. Redescription and molecular characterisation of the fish ectoparasite Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), with description of six new species of Anilocra Leach, 1818 from Africa. Parasites and vectors, 12(1): Article no 387. [https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3578-5]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1756-3305 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/33258
dc.identifier.urihttps://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13071-019-3578-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3578-5
dc.description.abstractBackground: Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818 is the only named species of Anilocra Leach, 1818 from South Africa. Anilocra is a large genus (>40 species) with high levels of diversity reported from the Caribbean and Indo-West Pacifc. Considering it is highly unlikely that all records of Anilocra from South Africa can be of a single species, the aim of this study was to better understand the diversity of Anilocra from this region and continent. Methods: To redescribe A. capensis, the syntypes of A. capensis and specimens recorded as A. capensis from Africa were borrowed from the Natural History Museum, London, UK, and The iZiko South African Museum, Cape Town. Newly collected fresh samples of A. capensis were collected from of Cape Town, South Africa. Morphological redescriptions of the syntypes, and other museum and fresh material were conducted. Fresh samples were used to characterise molecularly A. capensis using the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene (cox1). Results: Morphological analyses demonstrated that apart from A. capensis there are six Anilocra species new to science from Africa: Anilocra ianhudsoni n. sp., Anilocra bunkleywilliamsae n. sp., Anilocra paulsikkeli n. sp., Anilocra jovanasi n. sp., Anilocra angeladaviesae n. sp. and Anilocra hadfeldae n. sp. Of the species under study, specimens of A. capensis appear to demonstrate the most individual variation, which occurs in pleonite width, pleotelson form and uropod length. We determined that African species of Anilocra can be primarily diferentiated by the proportional shape and size of the full body in dorsal view and pereonites 1, 6 and 7. Other defning morphological traits include proportional shape and size of the pereopods, and the antenna and antennula peduncles. Lastly, the molecular characterisation of A. capensis is provided and the interspecifc divergence with Mediterranean species is smaller than that with Caribbean species. Conclusions: The results of this study provide a detailed redescription of A. capensis and the frst molecular barcode for this organism. Six new species of Anilocra from Africa are described, establishing that the diversity of Anilocra in this region is greater than previously known. With this new understanding of species diferences, we can accurately conduct detailed molecular and ecological analyses of Anilocra from Africa with certainty of the organism under studyen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectAnilocraen_US
dc.subjectCymothoiden_US
dc.subjectFish parasiteen_US
dc.subjectMolecular characterizationen_US
dc.subjectMorphological descriptionen_US
dc.titleRedescription and molecular characterisation of the fish ectoparasite Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), with description of six new species of Anilocra Leach, 1818 from Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID28396669 - Welicky, Rachel Lynn
dc.contributor.researchID21250545 - Smit, Nicholas Jacobus


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