Members of the Diplostomoidea mature in amniotes and employ vertebrates, annelids and
molluscs as second intermediate hosts. Diplostomoid life cycles generally follow a three …

Arguably the most unique biological features of trematode parasites involve their clonal
parthenitae and cercariae. These life stages are biologically fascinating, medically and …

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 …

Background Physa acuta is a globally invasive freshwater snail native to North America.
Prior studies have led to conflicting views of how P. acuta populations are connected and …

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 …

Background Digenean trematodes are parasitic platyhelminths that use several hosts in their
life cycles and are thereby embedded in various ecosystems affected by local environmental …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Biomphalaria snails, namely B. pfeifferi and B. sudanica, are the principal intermediate hosts
for Schistosoma mansoni infection in Ethiopia. Epidemiological studies of Biomphalaria …