Haptoral hard part variability in Gyrodactylus teuchis Lautraite, Blanc, Thiery, Daniel & Vigneulle, 1999 (Monopisthocotyla: Gyrodactylidae) parasitizing cage-reared rainbow trout in Karelia

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Abstract

Variability of the marginal hooks of Gyrodactylus teuchis parasitizing rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) was studied in cage farms situated in water bodies of the Baltic and White Sea drainage basins. Differences between groups proved to be predicated on two characters – marginal hook total length (MHTL) and marginal hook sickle length (MHSL). The probability of correctly identifying a specimen as belonging to the White Sea or Baltic group relying on the discriminant function based on these predictors is 98.6%. Meanwhile, when the function was tested on the worms whose samples were not involved in discriminant analysis, its predictions were correct only in 73% cases. These results indicate substantial intraspecific variability in the above mentioned characters in G. teuchis.

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A. N. Parshukov

Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Federation, Pushkinskaya Street 11, Petrozavodsk, 185910

V. V. Gorbach

Petrozavodsk State University

Email: aleksey.nik.parshukov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Petrozavodsk, 185910

E. P. Ieshko

Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: aleksey.nik.parshukov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Pushkinskaya Street 11, Petrozavodsk, 185910

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2. Fig. 1. Transgression of the frequency distributions of the morphological characters that predict the discriminant function Z: 1 – Baltic Sea basin, 2 – White Sea basin.

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3. Fig. 2. Distribution of the discriminant function Z values for G. teuchis from water bodies in the Baltic (1) and White (2) Sea drainage basins. Deviation from normality is insignificant (Shapiro–Wilk test: W < 0.939, p > 0.225). Red line marks the threshold value (correct prediction probability P ~ 96.4%, see also text).

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