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SUBMITTER: Cichocka JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6105242 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cichocka Joanna M JM Bielecki Aleksander A Kulikowski Marek M Jabłońska-Barna Izabela I Najda Katarzyna K
Biologia 20180702 7
The aim of this study was to confirm the taxonomic status of <i>Piscicola pojmanskae</i> Bielecki, 1994 found on Salmonidae fish. The fish leech was identified based on a diligent morphological analysis as well as COI gene sequence (DNA barcoding). The phylogenetic relationship with other piscicolid leeches was analyzed as well. <i>Piscicola pojmanskae</i> was found on various fins of both graylings and the resident form of trouts. The prevalence of infection was 1.63%. In this paper, probable c ...[more]