Browsing by Subject "Digenea"

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Diversity of digenean trematodes of Clinus superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the coast of South Africa

Vermaak, Anja (North-West University (South Africa), 2021)

To date, 87 digenean species from 63 genera of 24 families have been described or reported from marine fishes in South Africa. However, when considering the range of available hosts along this biodiversity-rich coastline, ...
Molecular and morphological characterisation of four diplostomid metacercariae infecting Tilapia sparrmanii (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in the North West Province, South Africa

Hoogendoorn, C.; Smit, N.J.; Kudlai, O. (Springer, 2019)

Despite their pathogenic effects on fish, the diversity of trematodes from the family Diplostomidae remains vastly unexplored in Africa and specifically South Africa. To date, only six species of diplostomids have been ...
Small but diverse: larval trematode communities in the small freshwater planorbids Gyraulus albus and Segmentina nitida (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Ruhr River, Germany

Schwelm, J.; Selbach, C.; Soldánová, M.; Vyhlídalová, T.; Sures, B. (Springer, 2018)

In contrast to the well-studied trematode fauna of lymnaeid snails, only little is known about the role of small planorbid snails as first intermediate hosts for trematodes in temperate freshwater systems. This study aims ...