Minute intestinal flukes from several distinct families of endoparasitic platyhelminths are a
medically important group of foodborne trematodes prevalent throughout Southeast Asia …

In the face of ongoing habitat degradation and the biodiversity crisis, natural reserves are
important refuges for wildlife. Since most free-living organisms serve as hosts to parasites …

Bithynids snails are a widespread group of molluscs in European freshwater systems.
However, not much information is available on trematode communities from molluscs of this …

Xiphidiocercariae were found in the invasive snail Melanoides tuberculata collected during
a malacological survey in Ceará-Mirim, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil in …

Simple Summary The ecology of bats determines their unique parasitic fauna. Most species
of worms from bats are highly specialized parasites. We studied parasitic worms of bats that …

Cercariae and metacercariae of three species of the Microphallidae Travassos, 1920 were
found in snails and crustaceans from tributaries of the Brisbane River, Queensland …

Parasites are a crucial factor that shapes the functioning of communities throughout the
world, as are gregarious macrofoulers in aquatic ecosystems. However, little is known about …

The phylogenetic position of most xiphidiocercariae from subgroups Cercariae virgulae and
Cercariae microcotylae remains unknown or unclear, even at the family level. In this paper …

Fibricola and Neodiplostomum are diplostomid genera with very similar morphology that are
currently separated based on their definitive hosts. Fibricola spp. are normally found in …

Trematode life cycles involve molluscs as first intermediate hosts. The identification of
trematodes based on the morphology of cercariae released from molluscs is challenging …