Table 5.

Sequence identity matrix (%) among the ITS2 (a) and 28S (b) gene sequences of the various Allocreadiidae taxa as retrieved from GenBank

(a)
	Sequences	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Polylekithum sp., India*	ID
2.	P. catahoulensis, USA	73.1	ID
3.	P. ictaluri, USA	72.7	98.0	ID
4.	Allocreadium isoporum, Russia	49.0	50.1	49.8	ID
5.	Bunodera luciopercae, Lithuania	57.7	59.4	58.9	80.0	ID
6.	B. luciopercae, Ukraine	58.2	59.8	59.3	79.5	99.4	ID
7.	Creptotrema funduli, USA	61.2	61.0	60.7	71.1	79.5	80.0	ID
8.	Paracreptotrematina limi, USA	60.7	61.8	61.3	66.6	77.0	77.5	80.3	ID

(b)
	Sequences	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1.	Polylekithum sp., India*	ID
2.	P. ictaluri, Canada	67.0	ID
3.	P. catahoulensis, USA	91.1	72.6	ID
4.	P. ictaluri, USA	90.9	73.2	98.9	ID
5.	Allocreadium isoporum, Russia	82.0	59.7	82.3	82.2	ID
6.	A. lobatum, USA	83.0	60.2	82.9	83.0	95.9	ID
7.	A. neotenicum, UK	83.1	60.3	83.0	83.1	95.9	99.7	ID
8.	Bunodera luciopercae, Lithuania	83.0	60.7	83.6	83.4	92.1	92.5	92.7	ID
9.	B. luciopercae, Ukraine	83.0	60.7	83.6	83.4	92.1	92.5	92.7	100.0	ID
10.	Crepidostomum illinoiense, USA	83.6	60.6	82.9	82.9	92.1	93.1	93.3	94.1	94.1	ID
11.	C. cornutum, USA	83.9	61.1	83.4	83.4	92.2	93.1	93.3	94.2	94.2	97.8	ID
12.	Creptotrema funduli, USA	82.3	60.1	82.2	82.2	90.9	92.2	92.2	92.8	92.8	95.9	96.9	ID
13.	Paracreptotrematina limi, USA	87.3	63.6	86.7	86.8	82.5	83.8	83.8	83.7	83.7	84.2	84.3	83.3	ID

* Query sequence generated from the study; highest value marked in bold