First record of the American cestode Proteocephalus ambloplitis (Leidy, 1887) (Proteocephalidae) in Europe

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Authors	KVACH Yuriy SEIFERTOVÁ Mária CARASSOU Laure ONDRÁČKOVÁ Markéta
Year of publication	2020
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of Helminthology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X20000267
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X20000267
Keywords	Invasive fish; non-native species; parasites; plerocercoids; Begles Plage
Description	Here, we report the first record of pleroceroids of the Nearctic tapeworm Proteocephalus ambloplitis (Leidy, 1887) in European fresh waters. The plerocercoids were found encapsulated in the internal organs of the invasive pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) in a pond in Begles Plage, Bordeaux, France. This parasite species was not observed in L. gibbosus collected from two nearby localities, Bordeaux Lac and a pond in the Parc de Fontaudin. Species identification was confirmed using molecular data and morphological characteristics.
Related projects:	ECIP - Evropské centrum ichtyoparazitologie