Advances and trends in the molecular systematics of the parasitic Platyhelminthes

PD Olson, VV Tkach - Advances in parasitology, 2005 - Elsevier
The application of molecular systematics to the parasitic Platyhelminthes (Cestoda, Digenea
and Monogenea) over the last decade has advanced our understanding of their …

A review of Polylekithum Arnold, 1934 and its familial affinities using morphological and molecular data, with description of Polylekithum catahoulensis sp. nov.

S Curran, V Tkach, R Overstreet - Acta Parasitologica, 2006 - degruyter.com
The type material of Polylekithum ictaluri, P. halli, and Maculifer chandleri was examined
from the United States National Parasite Museum, and we determined that the material was …

Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda)

PD Olson, TH Cribb, VV Tkach, RA Bray… - International journal for …, 2003 - Elsevier
Complete small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (ssrDNA) and partial (D1–D3) large subunit
ribosomal RNA gene (lsrDNA) sequences were used to estimate the phylogeny of the …

Testing the higher-level phylogenetic classification of Digenea (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda) based on nuclear rDNA sequences before entering the age of the 'next …

GPP De León, DI Hernández-Mena - Journal of Helminthology, 2019 - cambridge.org
Digenea Carus, 1863 represent a highly diverse group of parasitic platyhelminths that infect
all major vertebrate groups as definitive hosts. Morphology is the cornerstone of digenean …

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 phylogeny of Diplostomum, Tylodelphys, Austrodiplostomum and Paralaria (Digenea: Diplostomidae) necessitates systematic changes and reveals a …

TJ Achatz, JR Martens, A Kostadinova, EE Pulis… - International journal for …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886 is a large, globally distributed family of digeneans
parasitic in intestines of their definitive hosts. Diplostomum and Tylodelphys spp. are broadly …

The phylogeny of the Lepocreadioidea (Platyhelminthes, Digenea) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes: Implications for their systematics and evolution

R Bray, A Waeschenbach, T Cribb, G Weedall… - Acta …, 2009 - degruyter.com
The phylogenetic relationships of representative species of the superfamily
Lepocreadioidea were assessed using partial lsrDNA and nad1 sequences. Forty-two …

Characterization of digenetic trematodes infecting African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) based on integrated morphological, molecular, histopathological, and …

MM Attia, M Abdelsalam, RMS Korany… - Parasitology Research, 2021 - Springer
Parasitic infection may cause massive losses in Clarias gariepinus fries and fingerlings.
Therefore, this study aimed to characterize the digenetic trematodes species (two adults' …

Echinostoma 'revolutum' (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) species complex revisited: species delimitation based on novel molecular and morphological data gathered in …

S Georgieva, A Faltýnková, R Brown, I Blasco-Costa… - Parasites & …, 2014 - Springer
Background The systematics of echinostomes within the so-called'revolutum'group of the
genus Echinostoma, which encompasses the type-species E. revolutum and a number of …

Closing the mitochondrial circle on paraphyly of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) infers evolution in the diet of parasitic flatworms

EM Perkins, SC Donnellan, T Bertozzi… - International Journal for …, 2010 - Elsevier
Relationships between the three classes of Neodermata (parasitic Platyhelminthes) are
much debated and restrict our understanding of the evolution of parasitism and contingent …