Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up
a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and …

Matrotrophy, the continuous extra‐vitelline supply of nutrients from the parent to the progeny
during gestation, is one of the masterpieces of nature, contributing to offspring fitness and …

Although interest in Acanthocephala seems to have reached only a small community of
researchers worldwide, we show in this opinion article that this group of parasites is …

In 1985, Amin presented a new system for the classification of the Acanthocephala in
Crompton and Nickol's (1985) book'Biology of the Acanthocephala'and recognized the …

Phylum Rotifera comprises about 2030 known species classified in three main groups, the
marine Seisonida (3 species), the Monogononta (1570 species) and the unique, exclusively …

Insight into the origin and early evolution of the animal phyla requires an understanding of
how animal groups are related to one another. Thus, we set out to explore animal phylogeny …

Systematics has developed rapidly during the past two decades. A multitude of new
methods and contributions from a diversity of biological fields including molecular genetics …

The Palaeacanthocephala is traditionally represented by 2 orders, Echinorhynchida and
Polymorphida, with 10 and 3 families, respectively. To test the monophyly of the class, these …

Phylogenetic relationships among Syndermata have been extensively debated, mainly
because the sister-group of the Acanthocephala has not yet been clearly identified from …

In order to help elucidate confusion in the nomenclature of Rotifera (= Syndermata), an
updated checklist is provided, including corrections and additions of family-and genus-group …