Abursanema iranicum
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Ordo: Tylenchida
Familia: Sphaerulariidae
Genus: Abursanema
Name
Abursanema iranicum Yaghoubi, Ali, 2014 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Abursanema iranicum Yaghoubi, Ali, 2014, Zootaxa 3826: 305-309.
Description
Measurements. See Table 3. Description. Male. Free-living. Body slightly ventrally arcuate after heat relaxation. Inner cuticle finely annulated, outer cuticle smooth throughout body length, lateral field with two incisures. Deirid at the level of excretory pore. Lip region low, rounded and slightly flattened, continuous with body contour. Stylet short, weak, 6.5–10.5 Μm, without basal knobs, dorsal arm of the shaft slightly longer than the ventral. Orifice of dorsal gland 1–2 Μm behind stylet base. Corpus cylindroid, metacorpus weakly developed, spindle-shaped, without a valvular apparatus, isthmus narrow, 35–47 Μm long. Basal bulb large, pyriform, with stem-like extension projecting into the lumen of intestine. Excretory pore opening at the level of middle of basal bulb, 86–107 Μm from anterior end. Hemizonid located just anterior to excretory pore. Nerve ring enveloping isthmus in its posterior half. Testis single, anteriorly outstretched, gonoduct 159–252 Μm long; sperm spheroid. Spicules paired, ventrally arcuate, with rounded manubrium and pointed distal tip, gubernaculum arcuate. Bursa absent. Phasmid hardly visible, located at 0.75 –1.0 times body width posterior to cloaca. Tail long, with narrowly rounded or pointed tip.
Characters Male Female Holotype Paratypes Paratypes n –16 26L 586 561.0 ± 20.7 (525 – 593)684.0±40.6 (585 – 740)L' 462 437 ± 14 (412 – 462)540 ± 36.3 (465 – 595)a 34.5 33.6 ± 1.9 (31 – 37)32.0 ± 1.2 (29 – 34)b 4.2 4.3 ± 0.2 (4 – 5)4.8 ± 0.4 (4.1 – 5.4)c 4.7 4.6 ± 4.0 (4.0 – 5.6)4.8 ± 0.5 (3.9 – 5.6)c' 7.8 8.1 ± 1.1 (6.3 – 9.8)8.8 ± 1.2 (6.8 – 11.6)V or T 40.4 41.0 ±4.9 (31 – 48)70.7 ± 1.9 (66 – 75)V' – –89.6 ± 0.9 (88.0 – 91.5)Head height 2.5 2.1 ± 0.3 (1.5 – 2.5)2.3 ± 0.3 (2 – 3)Head width 6 5.8 ± 0.2 (5.5 – 6.0)6.8 ± 0.5 (6 – 8)Stylet 9 8.5 ± 1.2 (6.5 – 10.5)8.9 ± 0.7 (8.0 – 10)Conus 3 3.3 ± 0.6 (2 – 4)3.7 ± 0.6 (3 – 5)m 33 40.5 ± 5.5 (33 – 50)41.0 ± 6.5 (30 – 50)Anterior end to centre of median bulb 57 52.0 ± 4.2 (45 – 58)51.7 ± 4.0 (43 – 58)MB 41 40.1 ± 3.2 (34.6 – 45.2)36.3 ± 3.5 (32.5 – 46.0)Excretory pore 107 99.0 ± 6.3 (86 – 107)108.7 ± 6.0 (98 – 121)Pharynx 139 130.0 ± 6.4 (111 – 139)144.0 ± 10.2 (123 – 163)Head – vulva – –484.0 ± 32.6 (415 – 531)Max. body diam. 17 16.8 ± 0.9 (15 – 18)21.4 ± 1.2 (18 – 23)PUS – –7.8 ± 1.3 (5 – 10)PUS/BW – –0.4 ± 0.1 (0.3 – 0.5)Anal/cloacal body diam. 16 15.3 ± 0.7 (13.5 – 16.0)16.6 ± 1.7 (13 – 20)Vulva – anus – –56.0 ± 6.3 (46 – 69)Tail 124 123.0 ± 14.3 (97 – 142)144.3 ± 16.0 (109 – 174)Spicule 22 20.6 ± 1.4 (18 – 23)–Gubernaculum 6 6.1 ± 0.8 (4 – 7)– Female. Free-living (infective entomoparasitic female not found). General morphology similar to that of male, except for character states associated with sexual differences. Reproductive system monodelphic-prodelphic, ovary with single row of oocytes, usually reflexed two times at proximal end, spermatheca rounded to ellipsoid, filled with spheroid sperm, crustaformeria short, ca1.7–2.1 body widths long, vulva a transverse slit, vagina extending into the body a little less than half body width, postvulval uterine sac less than corresponding body width. Vulva-anus distance 46–69 Μm, ca0.3–0.6 of the tail length.
Etymology
Etymology. The name of the genus is Greek meaning ‘nematode without a bursa’ and is neuter in gender. Specific epithet refers to the country of occurrence. Molecular phylogenetic relationships. Partial 18 S rDNA phylogeny. Our 942 bp partial SSU rDNA sequence, GenBank accession number KF 885743, was used to determine the phylogenetic relationships of Abursanema n. gen. with other tylenchid nematodes. A BlastN search of the GenBank sequence database was performed and the closest sequences/species, along with sequences of genera with morphological similarity, were selected for inclusion in the analyses. The dataset was composed of 2493 total characters, of which 2118 characters were variable and 1824 characters were parsimony-informative after manual editing. The average nucleotide composition was as follows: 25.7 % A, 20.6 % C, 26.4 % G and 27.2 % T. Figure 3 presents a Bayesian phylogenetic tree inferred from the multiple alignment of partial SSU sequences of 23 tylenchid taxa, one outgroup taxon and one isolate of the newly recovered/sequenced genus. The BPP and ML BS values are given on the appropriate clades in the form BPP/ML BS. In this tree, the new genus forms a clade with one species of Deladenus Thorne, 1941 (saccession number EU 306345), and two species of Sphaerularia (accession numbers AB 300595 and AB 250213), members of the superfamily Sphaerularioidea (see Siddiqi, 2000). The monophyly of this clade is well supported in both BI and ML methods (1.00 and 0.96 % respectively). The other species of Deladenus used in our analyses (D. proximus Bedding, 1974, accession number JF 304744) does not share a common ancestor with Deladenus sp. (EU 306345) and occupies another position in the tree. This clade forms a sister clade to the remaining members of Hexatylina with low BPP (0.55) and no support under ML. Based on the current paucity of data and the restricted number of Hexatylina species that have been sequenced, the relationships among these taxa cannot be clearly resolved. D 2 /D 3 segment of 28 S rDNA phylogeny. To reconstruct the 28 S rDNA tree, a 706 bp partial sequence of D 2 / D 3 region with accession number KF 885742 was used. Figure 4 presents the phylogenetic tree of 37 tylenchid taxa, one outgroup and one isolate of Abursanema iranicum n. gen., n. sp. The dataset was composed of 941 total characters of which 887 characters were variable and 827 characters were parsimony-informative after manual editing, with an average nucleotide composition of 23.7 % A, 19.6 % C, 29.8 % G and 26.9 % T. As in the 18 S tree, the new genus formed a clade with two species of Sphaerularia (AB 300595 and AB 733665) with high BPP and ML BS support. This makes sense, considering the morphological similarities of these taxa, mostly in the shape of the pharynx. According to Siddiqi (2000), the families Sphaerulariidae and Paurodontidae are synonymous and the grouping of Sphaerularia, as a member of Sphaerulariidae, and the new genus, as a member of Paurodontidae, in our tree supports his opinion.
Discussion
Discussion. Our phylogenetic study, using both partial 18 S rDNA and D 2 /D 3 segment of 28 S rDNA, reveals new insights on the molecular phylogenetic affinities of members of Hexatylina, including Abursanema n. gen. In constructed trees using partial sequences of both SSU (Fig. 3) and LSU (Fig. 4), Abursanema n. gen. (Paurodontidae) clusters with sequenced species of Sphaerularia (Sphaerularidae), supporting the synonymy of Paurodontidae and Sphaerulariidae (Siddiqi, 2000, Chizhov, 2004 and Andrássy, 2007). In the partial 18 S tree, Deladenus sp. (EU 306345) forms a clade with Abursanema n. gen. but D. proximus (JF 304744) is placed in a clade with Howardula spp. (AF 519234, JX 291137 and AY 146451) and Bradynema listronoti Zeng, Giblin-Davis, Ye, Belair, Boivin & Thomas, 2007 (DQ 915805). No free-living mycetophagous generation is known for the latter two genera, but one occurs in Deladenus. Based on our result, using of this biological character to classify genera in Hexatylina is questionable. The inferred tree using partial sequences of D 2 /D 3 of 28 S rDNA shows the same result as in the SSU tree. In our 28 S tree, Howardula phyllotretae Oldham, 1933 (DQ 328728) and Parasitylenchus sp. (DQ 328729) form a highly supported clade in both BI and ML methods (1.00/ 99). These genera are currently classified in different families, Allantonematidae Pereira, 1931 and Parasitylenchidae Siddiqi, 1986 respectively, assigned to different superfamilies, Sphaerularioidea and Iotonchioidea Goodey, 1953 (Siddiqi, 1986), respectively. Members of both genera are insect parasites. Thus, parasitism of the insect haemocoel may have evolved independently in both superfamilies (Siddiqi, 2000). We believe that additional molecular data from other genera may give a clearer picture of the relationships among members of Hexatylina. Both partial 18 S and 28 S rDNA trees confirm that Howardula Cobb, 1921 is polyphyletic (see various papers, including Ye et al.,2007). Abursanema n. gen. and Sphaerularia spp. form a highly supported clade in both ML and BI methods, but again these genera have been assigned to different families (Paurodontidae and Sphaerulariidae, respectively), albeit families that may in fact be synonymous. In Paurodontidae, a fungus-feeding generation is well-known but nothing is known of entomoparasitic forms, while in Sphaerulariidae a free-living generation may be present (Siddiqi, 2000). Accordingly, and as noted above for the partial 18 S tree, life cycle should not be considered a basic character for classification of members of the Hextaylina. This proposal conflicts with what was noted by Chizhov et al. (2012) who emphasized the importance of life cycle characteristics in the systematics of hexatylenchid nematodes. The results of our molecular phylogenetic studies with partial sequences of both 18 S rDNA and especially the D 2 /D 3 expansion segment of 28 S rDNA show a close relationship of members of Paurodontidae and Sphaerulariidae, and also highlight the need for data from additional representatives of both families so that their relationships could be more clearly elucidated.
Taxon Treatment
- Yaghoubi, Ali; Pourjam, Ebrahim; Pedram, Majid; Siddiqi, Mohammad Rafiq; Atighi, Mohammad Reza; 2014: Description of Abursanema iranicum n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Hexatylina, Sphaerularioidea) from Iran and its phylogenetic relationships, Zootaxa 3826: 305-309. doi
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