Morphological variation in Echinorhynchus truttae Schrank, 1788 and the E. bothniensis Zdzitowiecki & Valtonen, 1987 species complex from freshwater fishes of northern Europe

Morphological variation in Echinorhynchus truttae Schrank, 1788 and the E. bothniensis Zdzitowiecki & Valtonen, 1987 species complex from freshwater fishes of northern Europe

Echinorhynchus truttae and the E. bothniensis species complex are common parasites of salmoniform and other fishes in northern Europe. E. bothniensis and its sibling species E. 'bothniensis' are thought to be closely related to the Nearctic E. leidyi Van Cleave, 1924 based on morphological...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matthew Wayland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2013-09-01
Series:Biodiversity Data Journal
Subjects:
Acanthocephala
<i>Echinorhynchus truttae</i>
<i>Echinorhynchus bothniensis</i>
<i>Echinorhynchus leidyi</i>
cryptic speciation
sibling species
morphology
morphometric
meristic
description
Proboscis Profiler
overdispersion
parasite
salmoniform
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