The relationships between parasites and their hosts are intimate, dynamic and complex; the
evolution of one is inevitably linked to the other. Despite multiple origins of parasitism in the …

Parasites are often hidden in their hosts and exhibit patchy spatial distributions. This makes
them relatively difficult to detect and sample. Consequently we have poor knowledge of …

Produced amidst the still rippling effects of a pandemic and as the world experiences the
increasing burden of global warming and a rapidly changing biosphere, the second edition …

Myxozoans are obligate endoparasites, cosmopolitan in distribution with both vertebrate and
invertebrate hosts. Their myxospores consist of shell valves, polar capsules with coiled polar …

Abstract Northeast Atlantic (NEA) mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scombridae) represents an
economically important target for the Norwegian pelagic fishing industry. Despite the …

Abstract Purpose of Review This article reviews and summarises the recent findings on
emerging seafood-borne parasites, Kudoa spp., that have received comparatively little …

Nile× blue tilapia hybrid (Oreochromis niloticus× O. aureus) has become an important food
fish in intensive freshwater aquaculture. Recently, the parasite Myxobolus bejeranoi …

Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus is a freshwater fish of economic importance and has
been worldwide introduced for aquaculture purposes. China has become the main producer …

Kudoa thyrsites is a myxosporean parasite (Cnidaria, Myxozoa) that infects the skeletal and
cardiac muscle of Northeast Atlantic (NEA) mackerel (Scomber scombrus). Heavy infections …

Ceratonova shasta is the etiological agent of myxozoan-associated enteronecrosis in North
American salmonids. The parasite's life cycle involves waterborne spores and requires both …