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Preliminary studies in numerical systematics of the Paramphistomoidea (Digenea) from domestic Artiodactyla of Northern India

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The systematic relationships between nine taxa (species) of paramphistomes belonging to the families Cladorchiidae, Gastrodiscidae, Gastrothylacidae and Paramphistomidae from domestic buffaloes Bubalus bubalis and pigs Sus scrofa were examined using SEM revealed two types of papillae occurring commonly on the oral cone and less frequently around the gonopore and acetabulum. Non-pitted papillae occur on the oral cone in Paramphistomum epiclitum, Calicophoron calicophorum, Explanatum (=Gigantocotyle) explanatum, Orthocoelium scoliocoelium, Gastrothylax crumenifer and Olveria indica. These papillae are also evident around the gonopore in Calicophoron papillosum, O. scoliocoelium and O. indica, and the ventral pouch opening in G. crumenifer. Ciliated papillae occur on the oral cone in C. papillosum and Fischoederius elongatus. Morphological and immunological observations were employed to classify paramphistomes using phenetic and phylogenetic approaches to systematics. Classifications based on phenetic methods compared taxa according to overall similarity of their characteristics and produced largely discordant results. Classifications based on phylogenetic methods compared taxa according to the genealogical descent of their characteristics and produced largely concordant results. These are in agreement with the widely accepted scheme of classification proposed by Stiles & Goldberger (1910) in which Gastrothylacidae and Paramphistomidae occur as natural groups. Furthermore, the Gastrothylacidae appear to share common ancestry with a member of the Paramphistomidae and are consequently nested within the latter group.

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  2. Section of Parasitology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, 202002, Aligarh, UP, India

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This study forms part of the requirements for a thesis submitted by the first author to Q.U.B. for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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Mattison, R.G., Abidi, S.M.A., Nizami, W.A. et al. Preliminary studies in numerical systematics of the Paramphistomoidea (Digenea) from domestic Artiodactyla of Northern India. Syst Parasitol 27, 81–103 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00012268

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