Life history, systematics and evolution of the Diplostomoidea Poirier, 1886: progress, promises and challenges emerging from molecular studies

I Blasco-Costa, SA Locke - Advances in parasitology, 2017 - Elsevier
Members of the Diplostomoidea mature in amniotes and employ vertebrates, annelids and
molluscs as second intermediate hosts. Diplostomoid life cycles generally follow a three …

Molecular analyses reveal high species diversity of trematodes in a sub-Arctic lake

M Soldánová, S Georgieva, J Roháčová… - International Journal for …, 2017 - Elsevier
To identify trematode diversity and life-cycles in the sub-Arctic Lake Takvatn, Norway, we
characterised 120 trematode isolates from mollusc first intermediate hosts, metacercariae …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of echinostomes (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in their snail hosts at high latitudes

C Pantoja, A Faltýnková, K O'Dwyer, D Jouet… - Parasite, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems globally still leaves much to be discovered, not
least in the trematode parasite fauna they support. Echinostome trematode parasites have …

Cercarial trematodes in freshwater snails from Bangkok, Thailand: prevalence, morphological and molecular studies and human parasite perspective

P Wiroonpan, T Chontananarth, W Purivirojkul - Parasitology, 2021 - cambridge.org
We investigated the prevalence, morphological characters and molecular classifications of
trematode cercariae in freshwater snails randomly collected from 59 sampling localities in …

Wild fish as reservoirs of parasites on Australian Murray cod farms

S Shamsi, S Day, X Zhu, M McLellan, DP Barton… - Aquaculture, 2021 - Elsevier
Controlling pathogens within the aquaculture systems is important to prevent their impact on
both human health and wild native populations. It is not uncommon for aquaculture ponds to …

Intercontinental distributions, phylogenetic position and life cycles of species of Apharyngostrigea (Digenea, Diplostomoidea) illuminated with morphological …

SA Locke, FB Drago, D López-Hernández… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
When subjected to molecular study, species of digeneans believed to be cosmopolitan are
usually found to consist of complexes of species with narrower distributions. We present …

Parasites of selected freshwater snails in the Eastern Murray Darling Basin, Australia

DP Barton, X Zhu, A Nuhoglu, L Pearce… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aquatic snails serve an important role in the ecosystem. They also play an essential role in
the life cycle of many parasites as hosts and may pose risks to animal and human health. In …

Molecular systematics of the digenean community parasitising the cerithiid gastropod Clypeomorus batillariaeformis Habe & Kusage on the Great Barrier Reef

DC Huston, SC Cutmore, TH Cribb - Parasitology International, 2018 - Elsevier
A rich fauna of digenetic trematodes has been documented from the Great Barrier Reef
(GBR), yet little is known of the complex life-cycles of these parasites which occur in this …

Parasite richness and abundance within aquatic macroinvertebrates: testing the roles of host‐and habitat‐level factors

T McDevitt‐Galles, DM Calhoun, PTJ Johnson - Ecosphere, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of parasites as both members of biological communities and structuring
agents of host communities has been increasingly emphasized. Yet parasites of aquatic …

Molecular and morphological evidence suggests the reallocation from Parastrigea brasiliana (Szidat, 1928) Dubois, 1964 to Apharyngostrigea Ciurea, 1927 (Digenea …

A López-Jiménez, MT González-García… - Parasitology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Parastrigea brasiliana (Szidat, 1928) Dubois, 1964, was described from
(Cochlearius cochlearius) in South America. The taxonomy of this species has been …