Genetic Diversity of Freshwater Leeches in Lake Gusinoe (Eastern Siberia, Russia)

The study of leeches from Lake Gusinoe and its adjacent area offered us the possibility to determine species diversity. As a result, an updated species list of the Gusinoe Hirudinea fauna (Annelida, Clitellata) has been compiled. There are two orders and three families of leeches in the Gusinoe area...

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Published in:TheScientificWorld 2014, Vol.2014 (2014), p.1-11
Main Authors: Pronin, Nikolay M., Petryaeva, Ekaterina, Mandzyak, Nadezhda, Kaygorodova, Irina A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alboglossiphonia heteroclita
Animal populations
Animals
Annelida
Bacterial infections
Biological diversity
Biology
Clitellata
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Distribution
DNA
Erpobdella
Erpobdellidae
Genetic aspects
Genetic diversity
Genetic testing
Genetic Variation
Glossiphonia
Glossiphoniidae
Helobdella stagnalis
Hemiclepsis marginata
Hirudinea
Identification and classification
Lakes
Leeches
Leeches - classification
Leeches - genetics
Morphology
Parasites
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Piscicola
Piscicolidae
Rhynchobdellida
River networks
Siberia
Taxonomy
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Summary:The study of leeches from Lake Gusinoe and its adjacent area offered us the possibility to determine species diversity. As a result, an updated species list of the Gusinoe Hirudinea fauna (Annelida, Clitellata) has been compiled. There are two orders and three families of leeches in the Gusinoe area: order Rhynchobdellida (families Glossiphoniidae and Piscicolidae) and order Arhynchobdellida (family Erpobdellidae). In total, 6 leech species belonging to 6 genera have been identified. Of these, 3 taxa belonging to the family Glossiphoniidae (Alboglossiphonia heteroclita f. papillosa, Hemiclepsis marginata, and Helobdella stagnalis) and representatives of 3 unidentified species (Glossiphonia sp., Piscicola sp., and Erpobdella sp.) have been recorded. The checklist gives a contemporary overview of the species composition of leeches and information on their hosts or substrates. The validity of morphological identification of each taxon has been verified by phylogenetic approach with a molecular marker adopted for a DNA barcoding of most invertebrates.
ISSN:2356-6140
1537-744X
1537-744X
DOI:10.1155/2014/619127