A chromosome study of the tapeworm Bathybothrium rectangulum (Bloch, 1782) (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea).
The diploid number 2n = 18 was revealed in Bathybothrium rectangulum, a specific parasite of barbels (Barbus spp.). All chromosome pairs were biarmed (pairs 1, 4, 7, 8, and 9 were metacentric; pairs 2, 3, and 6 were meta-submetacentric; and pair 5 was submetacentric) and small (from 1.49 to 2.95 microm). The C-banding method revealed pericentromeric heterochromatin in pairs 1, 3, 5, and 7; distinct C-bands in pairs 2, 4, 8, and 9; and a slight band in short arms of pairs 1 and 6. The karyotype of B. rectangulum is discussed with respect to the irresolute taxonomic position of B. rectangulum within the Pseudophyllidea.
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Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic. spakulma@saske.sk
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D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000469:parasitology; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D007621:Karyotyping