Browsing by Subject "Metapolystoma"
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Madagascan polystome (Monogenea) diversity and taxonomy
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Amphibians serve as hosts to all the major parasite groups including polystomes (Monogenea). Although Madagascar has more than 350 frog species of which all but two are endemic, the known polystome (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) ... -
Metapolystoma ohlerianum n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis (Anura: Mantellidae)
(Springer, 2023)Purpose Despite Madagascar’s high amphibian diversity of more than 400 species, only a few polystome species are known from the island. The dissection of frogs from museum collections, together with amphibian and parasite ... -
Metapolystoma Ohlerianum N. Sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) From Aglyptodactylus Madagascariensis (Anura: Mantellidae)
(Springer, 2023)Purpose Despite Madagascar’s high amphibian diversity of more than 400 species, only a few polystome species are known from the island. The dissection of frogs from museum collections, together with amphibian and parasite ... -
Morphological plasticity among polystomatid flatworms (Monogenea: Polystomatidae)
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)Polystomes (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) are parasitic platyhelminths infecting a wide variety of hosts, including anurans, freshwater chelonians, caecilians, the Australian lungfish, salamanders, and the hippopotamus. ...