Morphological and molecular characterisation of anisakid juveniles from the golden grey mullet of the Black Sea
Year: 2018

The anisakid juveniles of the genus Contracaecum were regularly reported from liver ducts of the golden grey mullet Chelon auratus (Risso, 1810) collected in the Black Sea coastal waters of Crimean peninsula. Primarily, these juveniles were identified as C. rudolphii (spiculigerum) Hartwich, 1964. After additional morphological study and analysis of nucleotide sequences the juveniles were identified as Contracaecum multipapillatum (Drasche, 1882) Lucker, 1941. Phylogenetic analysis revealed, tha