A NEW SPECIES OF HAEMOPROTEUS FROM A TORTOISE (TESTUDO GRAECA) IN TURKEY, WITH REMARKS ON MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Orkun O., Guven E.

JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, cilt.99, sa.1, ss.112-117, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 99 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1645/ge-3100.1
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.112-117
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Haemoproteus anatolicum n. sp. was identified in the tortoise Testudo graeca. The new species is described based on the morphology of its blood stages and a segment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, which can be used for molecular identification and diagnosis. Chelonian haemoproteids recorded in the past were defined solely on the basis of their morphological characteristics. The chelonian haemoproteid we describe as a new species has a close genetic relationship to lizard haemoproteids, i.e., Haemoproteus ptyodactylii and Haemoproteus kopki. The new species description provides significant new information for little-known chelonian haemoproteids.