We discuss geographical distribution and phylogeny of Dactylogyridea (Monogenea)
parasitizing Cichlidae to elucidate their hosts′ history. Although mesoparasitic Monogenea …

Host-parasite coevolution is one of the main topics of the evolutionary biology of host-
parasite associations. The majority of monogeneans parasitizing fish exhibit a high degree …

The goals of this paper were to investigate phylogenetic and evolutionary patterns of cichlid
fish from West Africa and their Cichlidogyrus and Scutogyrus monogenean parasites, to …

Thanks to high species diversity and a broad range of speciation mechanisms, cichlid fishes
represent a textbook model in evolutionary biology. They are also of substantial economic …

Cichlidogyrus (including Scutogyrus) is the most speciose dactylogyridean monogenean
genus known from African and Levantine cichlid fishes (Cichlidae). While its taxonomy is …

Background Parasite switches to new host species are of fundamental scientific interest and
may be considered an important speciation mechanism. For numerous monogenean fish …

Background The patterns and processes linked to the host specificity of parasites represent
one of the central themes in the study of host-parasite interactions. We investigated the …

The African freshwater fish of Cichlidae are parasitized by five genera of monogeneans
belonging to Dactylogyridea. Ectoparasitic Scutogyrus, Onchobdella, and the highly …

Lake Tanganyika is well-known for its high species-richness and rapid radiation processes.
Its assemblage of cichlid fishes recently gained momentum as a framework to study parasite …

The unparalleled biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika (Africa) has fascinated biologists for over
a century; its unique cichlid communities are a preferred model for evolutionary research …