It’s possible that I shall make an ass of myself. But in that case one can always get out of it with a little dialectic. I have, of course, so worded my proposition as to be right either way (K.Marx, Letter to F.Engels on the Indian Mutiny)
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Identification of the world's deepest recorded deep-sea trematode species
Distribution of abyssal trematode, Lepidapedon oregonense, from depths of 1000–6200 m
Dr. Tsukasa Waki from the Faculty of Science at Toho University, Dr. Takashi Kumagai from the Faculty of Health Sciences at Nippon Bunri University (formerly, Tokyo Medical and Dental University during the research), and Mr. Yuma Nishino from the Japan Game Fish Association detected and identified a parasitic trematode, Lepidapedon oregonense from the deep-sea fish Coelorinchus gilberti (grenadiers). DNA analysis of this trematode revealed that it was identical to the previously “unidentified species of the world’s deepest-recorded trematode,” documented through DNA samples collected at a depth of approximately 6200 m in the deep sea. Thus, the trematode species collected from the world’s deepest recorded depth has been elucidated. This research was published in the Journal of Helminthology (ISSN: 0022-149X (Print), 1475-2697 (Online)) on May 9, 2024.
A: The host fish Coelorinchus gilberti sampled in the present study (photo of Yuma Nishino). B: the trematode Lepidapedon oregonense detected from C. gilberti (photo of Takashi Kumagai).
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