Publications by authors named "Xue-Juan Ding"
Parasite biodiversity of fish in coral reefs of the South China Sea is still incompletely explored. We describe here a new species of Neohexostoma (Monogenea: Hexostomatidae) from the gill filaments of the dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor (Scombridae), collected off Yongshu Reef, South China Sea. Neohexostoma gymnosardae n.
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- A new genus named Paracaesicola has been established to include a newly discovered species, Paracaesicola nanshaensis, identified from gills of the fish Paracaesio sordida in the South China Sea.
- This species exhibits unique characteristics such as a short haptor with clamps in bilateral rows, numerous alternating testes extending into the haptor, and a distinct genital atrium with robust spines.
- Molecular analysis reveals that Paracaesicola nanshaensis is part of the microcotylid group but has a unique genetic sequence, differentiating it from other known microcotylid species.
PCR-based single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis was used to characterize monogenean specimens of the subfamily Benedeniinae of morphologically uncertain specific status from different marine fish species, using Neobenedenia melleni, N. girellae and Entobdella corona for comparison. The first internal transcribed spacer (ITS-1) and the 5' terminal variable region (D1-D3 domains) of the large subunit ribosomal DNA (lsrDNA) were amplified separately from individual monogeneans, and the amplicons were subjected to PCR-SSCP analyses, followed by direct sequencing.
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