Facultad de Recursos del Mar, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Antofagasta, P.O. Box 170, Antofagasta, Chile.
Parasitol Res. 2010 Feb;106(3):737-40. doi: 10.1007/s00436-009-1708-2.
The mussel Perumitylus purpuratus has been described as the first intermediate host for the digenea Proctoeces lintoni (Fellodistomidae) in the Chilean coast. The study of more than 3000 specimens of P. purpuratus, taken off northern Chile revealed the absence of sporocysts. Experimental infection of mussels with eggs obtained from the known host for P. lintoni was unsuccessful. We analyze the V4 region of the SSU rRNA of living sporocysts and cercariae obtained from P. purpuratus from central Chile in order to confirm the proposed life cycle for this digenea. Our results demonstrated that sporocysts and cercariae obtained from P. purpuratus do not belong to P. lintoni but to an undescribed digenea from the Chilean coast.
紫贻贝 Perumitylus purpuratus 已被描述为智利沿海菲洛氏吸虫科 Proctoeces lintoni 的第一中间宿主。对超过 3000 个紫贻贝标本的研究表明,这些标本中不存在孢子囊。用从 P. lintoni 的已知宿主获得的卵对贻贝进行的实验感染未能成功。我们分析了从中部智利紫贻贝中获得的活体孢子囊和尾蚴的 V4 区小亚基核糖体 RNA (SSU rRNA),以确认这种吸虫的拟议生活史。我们的结果表明,从中部智利紫贻贝中获得的孢子囊和尾蚴不属于 P. lintoni,而是一种来自智利沿海的未描述的吸虫。