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New insights on Pomphorhynchus sphaericus Gil de Pertierra, Spatz et Doma, 1996 (Acanthocephala: Pomphorhynchidae)

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The finding of Pomphorhynchus sphaericus in new localities from La Plata River allowed the reevaluation of the species using a taxonomic integrative approach. The newly found specimens in Pimelodus maculatus from Samborombon Bay differ from P. sphaericus by the roots of hooks 1–6 which not form a wide sheet split into 2 apophysis, the slender, separated and equatorial testicles, the position of the cement glands, the shape of the proboscis, the shape and length of lemnisci, and the eggs size. Despite the notorious observed morphological differences, the COI mtDNA analysis confirmed that Pomphorhynchus individuals are the same conspecific, and showed that there is a high phenotypical plasticity in this species. Pomphorhynchus sphaericus is the first South American species analyzed to a DNA level (COI mtDNA, ITS, and 18S rDNA genes). The molecular analysis relates P. sphaericus to P. bulbocolli and P. purhepechus.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank M. Marcia Montes for the drawings, Carlos Romero, Patricia Tedesco, and Paula Prince for the English revisions, to the Direction of Fauna of the Buenos Aires for the permission, to CONICET and FONCyT for the financial support, and to CEPAVE and UBA for providing the place and equipment where these studies were made.

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This research was supported by Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnica (PICT 34412/05 and PICT 2358/2015) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET, PIP 0015 and PIP 11220150100705CO).

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  1. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos Y Vectores (CEPAVE), Consejo Nacional del Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (CCT-La Plata-CONICET-UNLP), Calle 2 No. 584, 1900, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Argentina

    Martin Miguel Montes, Paula Marcotegui, Walter Ferrari & Sergio Roberto Martorelli

  2. Laboratorio de Sistemática Y Biología de Parásitos de Organismos Acuáticos, Instituto de Biodiversidad Y Biología Experimental Y Aplicada (IBBEA, CONICET-UBA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, 4ºpiso, Int. Güiraldes 2160, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Nathalia J. Arredondo

  3. Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET/UNAM), Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina

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Montes, M.M., Arredondo, N.J., Marcotegui, P. et al. New insights on Pomphorhynchus sphaericus Gil de Pertierra, Spatz et Doma, 1996 (Acanthocephala: Pomphorhynchidae). Parasitol Res 120, 3725–3737 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07331-4

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