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 …

A fine‐scale phylogenetic assessment of digenean trematodes in central Alberta reveals we have yet to uncover their total diversity

MA Gordy, PC Hanington - Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite over 100 years of digenean trematode parasite species descriptions, from a wide
diversity of vertebrate and invertebrate host species, our ability to recognize the diversity of …

Species delimitation in trematodes using DNA sequences: Middle-American Clinostomum as a case study

GPP DE LEÓN, M Garcia-Varela… - Parasitology, 2016 - cambridge.org
The recent development of genetic methods allows the delineation of species boundaries,
especially in organisms where morphological characters are not reliable to differentiate …

Morphological description and molecular analyses of Tylodelphys sp.(Trematoda: Diplostomidae) newly recorded from the freshwater fish Gobiomorphus cotidianus …

I Blasco-Costa, R Poulin, B Presswell - Journal of Helminthology, 2017 - cambridge.org
Among eyeflukes, Tylodelphys Diesing, 1850 includes diverse species able to infect the
eyes, but also the brain, pericardial sac and body cavity of their second intermediate host …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular, morphological and experimental assessment of the life cycle of Posthodiplostomum nanum Dubois, 1937 (Trematoda: Diplostomidae) from Brazil …

D López-Hernández, SA Locke, AL de Melo… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Species of the genus Posthodiplostomum are intestinal parasites of piscivorous birds with
worldwide distribution. Recent molecular surveys have focused on developmental stages …

Molecular and morphological characterisation of four diplostomid metacercariae infecting Tilapia sparrmanii (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in the North West Province …

C Hoogendoorn, NJ Smit, O Kudlai - Parasitology Research, 2019 - Springer
Despite their pathogenic effects on fish, the diversity of trematodes from the family
Diplostomidae remains vastly unexplored in Africa and specifically South Africa. To date …

Characterization of the life cycle of a fish eye fluke, Austrodiplostomum ostrowskiae (Digenea: Diplostomidae), with notes on two other diplostomids infecting …

TG Rosser, NR Alberson, LH Khoo… - The Journal of …, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
Ocular diplostomiasis is caused by trematode species in the family Diplostomidae,
specifically those in the genera Austrodiplostomum, Diplostomum, and Tylodelphys …

Completion of the life cycle of Tylodelphys mashonense (Sudarikov, 1971) (Digenea: Diplostomidae) with DNA barcodes and rDNA sequences

FD Chibwana, G Nkwengulila, SA Locke… - Parasitology …, 2015 - Springer
The life cycle of Tylodelphys mashonense (Digenea: Diplostomidae), whose metacercariae
occur in the cranial cavity of the widely cultivated catfish Clarias gariepinus, was resolved by …

A Combined Morphometric and Molecular Approach to Identifying Metacercariae of Euclinostomum heterostomum (Digenea: Clinostomidae)

M Caffara, SA Locke, C Cristanini… - The Journal of …, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
Metacercariae of species of Euclinostomum have been found encysted in kidney, liver, and
muscles of several fish species, while adults occur in the mouth, pharynx, larynx, trachea …