title: Redescription of Clinostomum phalacrocoracis metacercariae (Digenea: Clinostomidae) in cichlids from Lake Kinneret, Israel.
abstract: Clinostomidae are digeneans characterized by a complex taxonomic history, continuously under revision based on both morphological and molecular analysis. Among the 14 species considered valid so far Clinostomum phalacrocoracis has been well described only at the adult stage, whereas the morphology of the metacercarial stage has been reported only once. During a parasitological survey carried out on 262 wild cichlids sampled from Lake Kinneret (Israel) metacercariae referable to C. phalacrocoracis were found in 18 fingerlings. In this study, we report this clinostomid species for the first time in wild fish from Israel describing the metacercarial stage of Clinostomum phalacrocoracis, coupling its morphological description with molecular analysis carried out on ITS rDNA and COI mtDNA sequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caffara
authors.affiliation: Central Fish Health Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 10803 Nir David, Israel.
authors.forename: Nadav
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Davidovich
authors.affiliation: Central Fish Health Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 10803 Nir David, Israel.
authors.forename: Rama
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.affiliation: Central Fish Health Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 10803 Nir David, Israel.
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smirnov
authors.affiliation: Central Fish Health Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 10803 Nir David, Israel.
authors.forename: Tamir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ofek
authors.affiliation: Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, 14950 Migdal, Israel.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gustinelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
authors.forename: Maria L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fioravanti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D023681:Cichlids / Q000469:parasitology*; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000235:genetics; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000235:genetics; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology; D004199:Disease Vectors; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D060106:Lakes; D058488:Metacercariae / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity; D017210:Tilapia / Q000469:parasitology; D014200:Trematoda / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV