To date, morphological analysis has been the cornerstone to trematode systematics.
However, since the late-1980s we have seen an increased integration of genetic data to …

One of the most widely distributed African freshwater fish is the African sharptooth catfish
Clarias gariepinus (Burchell) that is naturally distributed in 8 of the 10 ichthyofaunal regions …

Several recent estimates of global biodiversity have concluded that the total number of
species on Earth lies near the lower end of the wide range touted in previous decades …

Larvae (metacercariae) in some species of Diplostomidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea)
inhabit fish eyes and are difficult to identify to species based on morphology. DNA barcoding …

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 …

Abstract The Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886 is a large, globally distributed family of digeneans
parasitic in intestines of their definitive hosts. Diplostomum and Tylodelphys spp. are broadly …

Abstract The Diplostomida Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003 is the less diverse
order of the two orders within the subclass Digenea Carus, 1863 and is currently classified …

Host–parasite systems at high latitudes are promising model systems for detecting and
predicting the impact of accelerated environmental change. A major challenge is the lack of …

Members of the Diplostomoidea mature in amniotes and employ vertebrates, annelids and
molluscs as second intermediate hosts. Diplostomoid life cycles generally follow a three …

Despite the advances in our understanding of the ecological importance of parasites that we
have made in recent years, we are still far away from having a complete picture of the …