Cypriniformes, which exhibit a wide geographical distribution, are the most species-rich
group of freshwater fishes. Despite considerable research on their parasites, no reliable …

We examine the extent to which adult helminths of freshwater fishes have been part of the
Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI), by integrating information in published studies …

In this study, the relationships of the cestode order Bothriocephalidea, parasites of marine
and freshwater bony fish, were assessed using multi-gene molecular phylogenetic analyses …

An exhaustive literature search supplemented by a critical examination of records made it
possible to present an annotated checklist of tapeworms (Cestoda) that, as adults or larvae …

The treatment of the Onchoproteocephalidea presented here differs from those of the 18
other cestode orders addressed in this Special Publication in that the members of this order …

Traumatic insemination is a mating behavior during which the (sperm) donor uses a
traumatic intromittent organ to inject an ejaculate through the epidermis of the (sperm) …

Although phylogenetic frameworks existed for some orders prior to the Planetary Biodiversity
Inventory (PBI) project (ie, Trypanorhyncha [see Palm et al., 2009]“Tetraphyllidea”[see Olson …

High-throughput sequencing strategies became commonly employed to study non-model
parasites, but the corresponding genomes and transcriptomes were seldom mined following …

The tapeworms of fishes (Chondrichthyes and Actinopterygii) account one-third (1670 from
around 5000) of the total tapeworm (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) species diversity. In total …

Free-living flatworms of the genus Macrostomum are small and transparent animals,
representing attractive study organisms for a broad range of topics in evolutionary …