The present study describes Demidospermus spirophallus n. sp. and Demidospermus
prolixus n. sp.(Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) from the siluriform catfish Loricaria prolixa …

Background. Anchors are one of the important attachment appendages for monogenean
parasites. Common descent and evolutionary processes have left their mark on anchor …

Exploring the phylogenetic signal of morphological traits using geometric morphometry
represents a powerful approach to assess the relative weights of convergence and shared …

Quantitative complex analyses of parasite communities of invaders across different native
and introduced populations are largely lacking. The present study provides a comparative …

Evaluating phenotypic plasticity in attachment organs of parasites can provide information
on the capacity to colonise new hosts and illuminate evolutionary processes driving host …

Representatives of Ligophorus Euzet et Suriano, 1977 were found on the gills of Mugil liza
Valenciennes caught in southern Brazil. They were identified as Ligophorus uruguayense …

The biogeographic patterns of abundance and prevalence of helminths from Liza
haematocheilus were studied across its native (Sea of Japan) and introduced (Sea of Azov) …

The search for phylogenetic signal in morphological traits using geometric morphometrics
represents a powerful approach to estimate the relative weights of convergence and shared …

Haliotrema susanae sp. nov. is described from the gills of the pinecone soldierfish,
Myripristis murdjan off Langkawi Island, Malaysia. This species is differentiated from other …

The gill monogeneans from the genus Ligophorus Euzet et Suriano, 1977 are parasites
strictly host specific to mugilid fishes, occurring on a number of mullet species. In South …