Gyrodactylus salinae n. sp. (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) infecting the south European toothcarp Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes) (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae) from a hypersaline environment in Italy

Table 2 Pair-wise genetic distances based on the 5.8S and ITS2 rDNA fragment of Gyrodactylus salinae n. sp. and the Gyrodactylus species showing highest similarity in the BLAST search on GenBank (Tamura-Nei + gamma model)

*Gyrodactylus* species	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. G. salinae n. sp.
2. G. anguillae	0.083
3. G. rugiensis	0.135	0.139
4. G. micropsi	0.086	0.088	0.113
5. G. cf. micropsi	0.097	0.076	0.121	0.048
6. G. rugiensoides	0.140	0.151	0.023	0.124	0.132
7. G. eyipayipi	0.179	0.189	0.225	0.193	0.188	0.232
8. G. longidactylus	0.112	0.098	0.128	0.075	0.091	0.137	0.191

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