Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) are native to southeastern Asia, however, there
is an established invasive population inhabiting much of southern Florida throughout the …

Crustaceans have independently adopted a parasitic mode of life on numerous occasions,
and this chapter reviews the classification and species richness of each of the parasitic …

From 1 January 2018 came into force Regulation (EU) 2015/2238 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015, introducing the concept of “novel …

Identification of the origin of parasites of nonindigenous species (NIS) can be complex. NIS
may introduce parasites from their native range and acquire parasites from within their …

Different parasitic life strategies are described including four new life cycles: complex
rebrooding, micro-male, mesoparasite and prey-predator transfer. Four new life cycle …

The classification of “parasites” in the medical field is a challenging notion, a group which
historically has included all eukaryotes exclusive of fungi that invade and derive resources …

Numerous crustacean lineages have independently moved into parasitism as a mode of life.
In modern marine ecosystems, parasitic crustaceans use representatives from many …

We describe adult males and females and a nymph belonging to Linguatula serrata in
Australia, based on light and scanning electron microscopies. In addition, 18S and Cox1 …

Novel fossil discoveries have contributed to our understanding of the evolutionary
appearance of parasitism in flatworms. Furthermore, genetic analyses with greater coverage …

Abstract Invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) have introduced a nonnative
pentastomid parasite (Raillietiella orientalis) to southern Florida that has spilled over to …