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

One of the most widely distributed African freshwater fish is the African sharptooth catfish
Clarias gariepinus (Burchell) that is naturally distributed in 8 of the 10 ichthyofaunal regions …

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 …

Paramphistomoids are ubiquitous and widespread digeneans that infect a diverse range of
definitive hosts, being particularly speciose in ruminants. We collected adult worms from …

The genus Neoechinorhynchus represents a hyper-diverse group of acanthocephalans,
parasites of fresh and brackish water fish and freshwater turtles, with approximately 116 …

The recent development of genetic methods allows the delineation of species boundaries,
especially in organisms where morphological characters are not reliable to differentiate …

Abstract Species of Apatemon Szidat, 1928 and Australapatemon Sudarikov, 1959 are
reported from New Zealand for the first time, and their life cycles are resolved using …

Among eyeflukes, Tylodelphys Diesing, 1850 includes diverse species able to infect the
eyes, but also the brain, pericardial sac and body cavity of their second intermediate host …

Members of the genus Uvulifer are distributed worldwide and infect aquatic snails and
freshwater fishes as first and second intermediate hosts, respectively, and fish-eating birds …

Tylodelphys aztecae n. sp.(Digenea: Diplostomidae) is described from adult specimens
obtained from the intestine of the pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) and the …