First report of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) in caecilians, with description of a new species

J Parasitol. 2014 Feb;100(1):117-20. doi: 10.1645/13-203.1. Epub 2013 Aug 23.

Abstract

Hepatozoon spp. are identified for the first time in the amphibian order Gymnophiona, or caecilians, from the Seychelles island of Silhouette. Estimate of relationships derived from partial 18S rRNA gene sequences indicate these are not related to Hepatozoon spp. from frogs or to other Hepatozoon spp. from reptiles in the Seychelles. Assessment of mature gamonts from blood smears indicate that these can be recognized as a new species, Hepatozoon seychellensis n. sp.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amphibians / parasitology*
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Coccidia / classification*
  • Coccidia / genetics
  • Coccidia / ultrastructure
  • Coccidiosis / parasitology
  • Coccidiosis / veterinary*
  • DNA, Protozoan / blood
  • DNA, Protozoan / chemistry
  • DNA, Protozoan / isolation & purification
  • Erythrocytes / parasitology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Parasitemia / parasitology
  • Parasitemia / veterinary*
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
  • Seychelles

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KF246565
  • GENBANK/KF246566