title: Intraguild interactions between five congeneric species of Thaparocleidus (Monogenoidea) from the freshwater shark Wallago attu, Lucknow, India.
abstract: The fish host (Wallago attu) and monogenoid parasite (Thaparocleidus sp.) have been recorded during 2 years (2011 and 2012) to investigate intra/interspecific interactions among query species (T. sudhakari (Gusev, 1976) Lim, 1996; T. indicus (Kulkarni, 1969) Lim, 1996; T. gomtius (Jain, 1952) Lim, 1996; T. yogendraii Agrawal, 1981 and T. wallagonius Jain, 1952) in the light of parasitic worm burden, morphological and molecular data. Each species is highly host specific (oioxenous), with a specialized functional niche. Being niche specialists, they exhibit niche overlapping along with co-existence due to reproductive barrier. Furthermore, a molecular marker, affirming clear-cut genetic variation in spite of structural entities, provides evidence for infra-speciation as well as co-speciation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology,University of Lucknow,Lucknow,226007,UP,India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology,University of Lucknow,Lucknow,226007,UP,India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajvanshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics,University of Lucknow,Lucknow,226007,UP,India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asthana
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000469:parasitology; D058507:Host Specificity; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D012621:Seasons; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*