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DAO 127:117-124 (2018)  -  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03192

Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Ortholinea mullusi sp. nov. (Myxozoa) in Mullus barbatus from the Black Sea

C. T. Gürkanlı1, S. Okkay2,3, Y. Çiftçi1, V. Yurakhno4, A. Özer2,* 

1Ordu University, Fatsa Faculty of Marine Sciences, 52400 Fatsa-Ordu, Turkey
2Sinop University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 57000 Sinop, Turkey
3Kocaeli University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science, Kocaeli, Turkey
4A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Marine Biological Research of RAS, 2 Nakhimov av., 299011 Sevastopol, Crimea
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ABSTRACT: Myxosporeans of the genus Ortholinea have a worldwide distribution and infect organs and tissues of exclusively marine fishes. Here we describe the morphological and molecular characteristics of Ortholinea mullusi sp. nov. parasitizing the urinary bladder and kidney tubules of red mullet Mullus barbatus collected from the coastal zone of Sinop in the Black Sea, Turkey. Polysporic plasmodia with immature spores were either elongate, 37.0 ± 4.5 SD (30–50) µm long and 45.0 ± 3.8 (40–55) µm wide, or were round, up to 100.0 µm in diameter. Mature, free spores were spherical in the frontal view and measured 9.3 ± 0.2 (9.0–9.7) µm in length, 8.7 ± 0.3 (8.2–9.3) µm in width and 7.7 ± 0.1 (7.5–7.9) µm in thickness. We observed 2 polar capsules of equal size, which measured 3.1 ± 0.1 (3.0–3.2) µm long by 2.5 ± 0.1 (2.4–2.6) µm wide, and the tips of the polar capsules were open towards the sutural line. The prevalence of infection by O. mullusi sp. nov. was 24.5%. Phylogenetic analysis based on nuclear small subunit ribosomal DNA (SSU rDNA) clearly suggested O. mullusi to be a new species, clustered within a lineage comprising O. labracis and O auratae. Pairwise nucleotide similarities and DNA distance values between O. mullusi sp. nov. and sister Ortholinea species also supported this suggestion.


KEY WORDS: Ortholinea · Red mullet · Black Sea · Myxozoa · Phylogeny


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Cite this article as: Gürkanlı CT, Okkay S, Çiftçi Y, Yurakhno V, Özer A (2018) Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Ortholinea mullusi sp. nov. (Myxozoa) in Mullus barbatus from the Black Sea. Dis Aquat Org 127:117-124. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03192

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