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A native-range source for a persistent trematode parasite of the exotic New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in France

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The globally successful invasive snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Tateidae), is rarely parasitized except in its native New Zealand where it is infected as first intermediate host by at least 20 species of trematode parasitic castrators. In France and Poland, only one trematode parasitic castrator, belonging to the Aporocotylidae (the blood flukes of fishes), is known to infect P. antipodarum, and its origin remains a mystery. We investigated the genetic identities, taxonomic relationships, and prevalences of this parasite and other aporocotylids infecting P. antipodarum and closely related snails in a French stream, and throughout New Zealand and southeast Australia. ITS2 DNA sequences of the French parasite matched with Aporocotylid sp. I (sensu Hechinger, 2012) from P. antipodarum in New Zealand. Hence, the aporocotylid parasite in Europe most likely originated from the native range of the introduced host. Aporocotylid sp. I was rare in both native and invasive ranges, infecting overall less than 1 out of 1,000 snails. The parasite and its host have a persistent relationship in France, as they both were repeatedly encountered over a period of 14 years. Our molecular phylogeny also reveals that this parasite is part of a diverse and poorly known group of aporocotylids in New Zealand and southeastern Australia.

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Acknowledgments

The New Zealand and Australian field work was supported by the US National Sea Grant (#s R/ANS-210). This study was also facilitated by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 25840160. We thank Dr. Ash Bullard for comments on our initial phylogenetic tree, Dr. Thomas Trancart for statistical assistance, and the editors and referees for helpful comments on the manuscript.

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  1. Ecosystèmes, Biodiversité, Evolution (UMR ECOBIO 6553), Université de Rennes, 35042, Rennes, France

    Claudia Gérard

  2. Oceanography Section, Science Research Center, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan

    Osamu Miura

  3. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

    Julio Lorda

  4. Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, Imperial Beach, CA, 91932, USA

    Julio Lorda

  5. School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia

    Thomas H. Cribb

  6. Department Pathology and Pathogen Biology, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, AL97TA, UK

    Matthew J. Nolan

  7. Scripps Institution of Oceanography-Marine Biology Research Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA

    Ryan F. Hechinger

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Gérard, C., Miura, O., Lorda, J. et al. A native-range source for a persistent trematode parasite of the exotic New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in France. Hydrobiologia 785, 115–126 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2910-8

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