title: Morphology, molecular and systematic analyses of Bychowskyella (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) in siluriform fish from India.
abstract: Three species of genus Bychowskyella Akhmerov (1952), i.e. B. fossilisi Majumdar & Agarwal, 1989, B. tchangi Gusev, 1976 and B. wallagonia (Jain, 1959a) Gusev, 1961, were found to parasitize the gill filaments of siluriform fish in India. This redescription based on light microscopic examination of B. fossilisi, B. tchangi and B. wallagonia provides detailed taxonomic data for these species. We also amplified the 18S ribosomal RNA gene to evaluate the phylogenetic relationships of these three species. The morphological and genetic profiles confirmed the validation and taxonomical relationships of the above-mentioned species belonging to the genus Bychowskyella.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory,Department of Zoology,Chaudhary Charan Singh University,Meerut (UP), 250004,India.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.affiliation: Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory,Department of Zoology,Chaudhary Charan Singh University,Meerut (UP), 250004,India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.affiliation: Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory,Department of Zoology,Chaudhary Charan Singh University,Meerut (UP), 250004,India.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology; D007194:India; D010802:Phylogeny; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal