Linking phenotypic to genotypic metacestodes from Octopus maya of the Yucatan Peninsula.

ABSTRACT: Octopus maya is an endemic species of the Yucatan Peninsula. This species sustains the octopus' fishery in the region and is the only cephalopod cultured in Mexico. It is known that O. maya harbor a large richness and abundance of metacestodes that have been tentatively identified by light microscopy alone. Since the larval stages of some orders of marine cestodes lack the taxonomic characteristics shown by the adult stages and on which cestode taxonomy is based, identification down to the species level is often unattainable. Hence, the goal of this study was to characterize the parasites, for the first time, at morphological and molecular levels. A total of 60 octopuses were collected from September to December 2017 from four fishery landing ports in Yucatán: Sisal, Progreso

SUBMITTER: Marmolejo-Guzman LYG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9420353 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature