Redescription of Axine japonica (Monogenea: Axinidae) from New Exocoetid Hosts in Japan
Axine japonica Price, 1945 (Monogenea: Axinidae) is redescribed from the gills of Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) and C. hiraii Abe, 1953 (Exocoetidae) in Japanese waters. Although the taxonomic position of this monogenean had been frequently revised, A. japonica remains known only fro...
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| description | Axine japonica Price, 1945 (Monogenea: Axinidae) is redescribed from the gills of Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) and C. hiraii Abe, 1953 (Exocoetidae) in Japanese waters. Although the taxonomic position of this monogenean had been frequently revised, A. japonica remains known only from the original description. The present study revealed that A. japonica has these following diagnostic characters of Axine Abildgaard, 1794: the spines of the genital atrium are in 3 groups, the spines are arranged in a single incomplete row in the median group and the cirrus is armed with a circle of spines. In the phylogenetic analysis based on the 28S rDNA, sequences for A. japonica formed a clade with strong support regardless of the hosts. The present study shows a narrow host range for A. japonica, fishes of three species of one genus. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d88c46044ce3462aa9d04e0089066abe2025-08-20T03:50:39ZengJapanese Society of Systematic ZoologySpecies Diversity1342-16702189-73012025-07-0130216517510.12782/specdiv.30.165Redescription of Axine japonica (Monogenea: Axinidae) from New Exocoetid Hosts in JapanYusuke Kamio0Masato Nitta1Hakuryo Junior and Senior High SchoolPathology Division, Nansei Field Station, Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education AgencyAxine japonica Price, 1945 (Monogenea: Axinidae) is redescribed from the gills of Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) and C. hiraii Abe, 1953 (Exocoetidae) in Japanese waters. Although the taxonomic position of this monogenean had been frequently revised, A. japonica remains known only from the original description. The present study revealed that A. japonica has these following diagnostic characters of Axine Abildgaard, 1794: the spines of the genital atrium are in 3 groups, the spines are arranged in a single incomplete row in the median group and the cirrus is armed with a circle of spines. In the phylogenetic analysis based on the 28S rDNA, sequences for A. japonica formed a clade with strong support regardless of the hosts. The present study shows a narrow host range for A. japonica, fishes of three species of one genus.axine cypselurigill parasitecypselurus poecilopteruscypselurus hiraiihost rangejapan |
| spellingShingle | Yusuke Kamio Masato Nitta Redescription of Axine japonica (Monogenea: Axinidae) from New Exocoetid Hosts in Japan Species Diversity axine cypseluri gill parasite cypselurus poecilopterus cypselurus hiraii host range japan |
| title | Redescription of Axine japonica (Monogenea: Axinidae) from New Exocoetid Hosts in Japan |
| title_full | Redescription of Axine japonica (Monogenea: Axinidae) from New Exocoetid Hosts in Japan |
| title_fullStr | Redescription of Axine japonica (Monogenea: Axinidae) from New Exocoetid Hosts in Japan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Redescription of Axine japonica (Monogenea: Axinidae) from New Exocoetid Hosts in Japan |
| title_short | Redescription of Axine japonica (Monogenea: Axinidae) from New Exocoetid Hosts in Japan |
| title_sort | redescription of axine japonica monogenea axinidae from new exocoetid hosts in japan |
| topic | axine cypseluri gill parasite cypselurus poecilopterus cypselurus hiraii host range japan |
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