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The use of isozymes to identify specimens of Pomphorhynchus (Acanthocephala) in flounder, Platichthys flesus from the Baltic Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2004

M. Chibani ,
I Głażewska  and
J. Rokicki
M. Chibani
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Św. Wojciecha 5, 81-847 Gdynia, Poland
I Głażewska
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, University of Gdańsk, Kładki 24, 80-822 Gdańsk, Poland
J. Rokicki
Affiliation:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Pilsudskiego 46, 81-378 Gdynia, Poland
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Abstract

Specimens of flounder Platichthys flesus were randomly sampled from three regions of the southern Baltic Sea: the Gulf of Gdańsk, the Pomeranian Bay, the open sea off Łeba and from the northern Øresund, Kattegat. The collected parasites were morphologically identified and their genotypes at seven loci coding for enzymes were checked. Wide ranges in both the numbers of rows of rostellar hooks and the numbers of rostellar hooks per row were detected, indicating the presence of two species in the material: Pomphorhynchus kostylewi and Pomphorhynchus laevis. However, electrophoretic data does not support occurrence of two independent gene pools.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 277 - 279
Copyright
© 2004 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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