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Phylogenetic relationships of Spiruromorpha from birds of prey based on 18S rDNA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2008

M. Honisch  and
O. Krone
M. Honisch*
Affiliation:
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, PO Box 601103, BerlinD-10252, Germany
O. Krone
Affiliation:
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, PO Box 601103, BerlinD-10252, Germany
*
*honisch@izw-berlin.de
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Abstract

A total of 153 free-ranging birds from Germany belonging to 15 species were examined for nematodes in their digestive and respiratory tracts. In 51.7% of the birds 14 different nematode species were found: the intestinal ascarids Porrocaecum depressum and P. angusticolle, the strongylid Hovorkonema variegatum, which inhabits the trachea and bronchi, the hairworms Eucoleus dispar and Capillaria tenuissima isolated from the digestive system, the spirurid nematodes Cyrnea leptoptera, C. mansioni, C. seurati, Microtetrameres cloacitectus, Physaloptera alata, P. apivori, Synhimantus hamatus and S. laticeps, which inhabit the proventriculus and gizzard of the raptors, and the spirurid nematode Serratospiculum tendo, which lives in the air sacs. To revise their systematic positions the ribosomal 18S gene regions of the nematode species were analysed and a phylogenetic tree was constructed. The molecular data confirmed the morphological systematics, except the spirurid family Physalopteridae, which grouped together with the Acuariidae.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 82 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 129 - 133
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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