Abstract Background Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 is an OIE (Office International
des Epizooties)-listed parasitic pathogen and had until the current study been reported from …

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 …

Co-speciation is a fundamental concept of evolutionary biology and intuitively appealing, yet
in practice hard to demonstrate as it is often blurred by other evolutionary processes. We …

The wageneri species group of Gyrodactylus contains the following molecularly confirmed
salmonid parasites in Asia: Gyrodactylus taimeni Ergens, 1971, Gyrodactylus magnus …

Classification of most monogeneans is primarily based on size, shape, and arrangement of
haptoral sclerites. These structures are often obscured or misinterpreted when studied using …

Gyrodactylus sphinx Dmitrieva & Gerasev, 2000 is the only species of Gyrodactylus
originally described from Aidablennius sphynx (Valenciennes) in the Black Sea. In the …

The edible land snail Cornu aspersum (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) acts as a second
intermediate host in the terrestrial life cycle of Brachylaima spp. trematodes, harboring …

Three new species of Gyrodactylus are described from three species of bitterling in Donghu
Lake, China: Gyrodactylus ocellorhodei n. sp. from Rhodeus ocellatus; G. sinenorhodei n …

Diplozoidae infects the gills of cyprinid fishes in Africa, Europe, and Asia. Traditionally the
hardened internal structures, crucial for identification of diplozoid species, are studied using …