Molecular approaches to trematode systematics:'best practice'and implications for future study

I Blasco-Costa, SC Cutmore, TL Miller, MJ Nolan - Systematic parasitology, 2016 - Springer
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 …

A comprehensive survey of larval digenean trematodes and their snail hosts in central Alberta, Canada

MA Gordy, L Kish, M Tarrabain, PC Hanington - Parasitology research, 2016 - Springer
Digenean trematode distributions, compatibility profiles with their snail hosts, and complete
life cycles remain mysteries in many parts of the world. Surveys of digenean biology and …

Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1899 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea)

VV Tkach, O Kudlai, A Kostadinova - International Journal for Parasitology, 2016 - Elsevier
The Echinostomatoidea is a large, cosmopolitan group of digeneans currently including nine
families and 105 genera, the vast majority parasitic, as adults, in birds with relatively few …

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 …

Parasites as drivers of key processes in aquatic ecosystems: Facts and future directions

B Sures, M Nachev, M Pahl, D Grabner… - Experimental …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Hidden parasite diversity in a European freshwater system

C Selbach, M Soldánová, CK Feld, A Kostadinova… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Parasites comprise a huge part of the biodiversity on earth. However, on a local scale, not
much is known about their diversity and community structure. Here, we assess the diversity …

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 …

Diversity of echinostomes (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in their snail hosts at high latitudes

C Pantoja, A Faltýnková, K O'Dwyer, D Jouet… - Parasite, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems globally still leaves much to be discovered, not
least in the trematode parasite fauna they support. Echinostome trematode parasites have …

High parasite diversity in a neglected host: larval trematodes of Bithynia tentaculata in Central Europe

J Schwelm, O Kudlai, NJ Smit, C Selbach… - Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Bithynids snails are a widespread group of molluscs in European freshwater systems.
However, not much information is available on trematode communities from molluscs of this …

SUPPLEMENTAL DESCRIPTION OF CABALLEROTREMA ANNULATUM (DIESING, 1850) OSTROWSKI DE NÚÑEZ AND SATTMANN, 2002 (DIGENEA: CABALLEROTREMATIDAE) …

K Cajiao-Mora, JH Brule… - The Journal of …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
Herein, we provide a supplemental description of Caballerotrema annulatum (Digenea:
Caballerotrematidae) based on specimens collected from the intestine of an electric eel …