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ArticleParasite (Paris, France)2018

Balantidium grimi n. sp. (Ciliophora, Litostomatea), a new species inhabiting the rectum of the frog Quasipaa spinosa from Lishui, China.

Weishan Zhao, Can Li, Dong Zhang, Runqiu Wang, Yingzhen Zheng, Hong Zou, Wenxiang Li, Shangong Wu, Guitang Wang, Ming Li

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10 authors.

Weishan ZhaoKey Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, and State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, PR China - University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, PR China.
Can LiHubei Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, 430023 Wuhan, PR China.
Dong ZhangKey Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, and State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, PR China - University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, PR China.
Runqiu WangKey Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, and State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, PR China - University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, PR China.
Yingzhen ZhengAnimal Husbandry and Aquaculture Station, Agriculture Forestry Animal Husbandry and Aquaculture Bureau of Guye District of Tangshan City, 063100 Tangshan, PR China.
Hong ZouKey Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, and State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, PR China.
Wenxiang LiKey Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, and State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, PR China.
Shangong WuKey Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, and State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, PR China.
Guitang WangKey Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, and State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, PR China.
Ming LiKey Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, and State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072 Wuhan, PR China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Balantidium grimi n. sp. is described from the rectum of the frog Quasipaa spinosa (Amphibia, Dicroglossidae) from Lishui, Zhejiang Province, China. The new species is described by both light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and a molecular phylogenetic analysis is also presented. This species has unique morphological features in that the body shape is somewhat flattened and the vestibulum is "V"-shaped, occupying nearly 3/8 to 4/7 of the body length. Only one contractile vacuole, situated at the posterior body, was observed. The phylogenetic analysis based on SSU-rDNA indicates that B. grimi groups together with B. duodeni and B. entozoon. In addition, the genus Balantidium is clearly polyphyletic.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnuraBalantidiumChinaDNA, ProtozoanDNA, RibosomalMicroscopyMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningPhylogenyRectumDNA, ProtozoanDNA, Ribosomal

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PMID29806591
PMCPMC5971665

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