Contrasting phylogeography of two Western Palaearctic fish parasites despite similar life cycles
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, vol.45, no.1, pp.101-115, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 45 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2018
- Doi Number: 10.1111/jbi.13118
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.101-115
- Keywords: amphipod, British islands, comparative phylogeography, Cyprinidae, Danube, helminth, Mediterranean, Messinian salinity crisis, Pomphorhynchus, Ponto-Caspian, MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS, FRESH-WATER, MOLECULAR CLOCK, COLONIZATION, BASIN, DIVERSIFICATION, DIVERGENCE, ORIGIN, SEA, ACANTHOCEPHALA
- Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Aim: We used comparative phylogeography of two intestinal parasites of freshwater fish to test whether similarity in life cycle translates into concordant phylogeographical history. The thorny-headed worms Pomphorhynchus laevis and P. tereticollis (Acanthocephala) were formerly considered as a single species with a broad geographical and host range within the Western Palaearctic.