Table 2.
Uncorrected pair-wise distance (p–distance) between different species of Trichobilharzia based on number of base differences per site between sequences of LSU
| Species | T. stagnicolae | A. brantae | T. szidati | T. ocellata | T. regenti | T. physellae | T. querquedulae | T. franki | Ham Ra6 | Ham Ra7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
T. stagnicolae
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. brantae
|
0.037 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. szidati
|
0.015 |
0.040 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. ocellata
|
0.015 |
0.040 |
0.000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. regenti
|
0.024 |
0.050 |
0.009 |
0.009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. physellae
|
0.026 |
0.051 |
0.011 |
0.011 |
0.009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. querquedulae
|
0.024 |
0.050 |
0.009 |
0.009 |
0.007 |
0.006 |
|
|
|
|
|
T. franki
|
0.026 |
0.051 |
0.011 |
0.011 |
0.009 |
0.007 |
0.002 |
|
|
|
|
Ham Ra6 |
0.029 |
0.055 |
0.015 |
0.015 |
0.013 |
0.011 |
0.006 |
0.004* |
|
|
|
Ham Ra7 |
0.026 |
0.051 |
0.011 |
0.011 |
0.009 |
0.007 |
0.002 |
0.000* |
0.004* |
|
| Ham Ra8 | 0.026 | 0.051 | 0.011 | 0.011 | 0.009 | 0.007 | 0.002 | 0.000* | 0.004* | 0.000* |
Those numbers highlighted by* are indicative of the Trichobilharzia species sampled from the UK (Ham Ra6 – 8) and their confirmation as T. franki when compared to other species.