Molecular phylogeny of the leech genus pontobdella (hirudinida: piscicolidae) with notes on pontobdella californiana and pontobdella macrothela
J Parasitol. 2024 May 1;110(3):186-194. doi: 10.1645/23-122.ABSTRACTLeech specimens of the genus Pontobdella (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) were found off the coast of the state of Oaxaca (Pacific) as well as in Veracruz and Tabasco (Gulf of Mexico), Mexico. Based on the specimens collected in Oaxaca, a redescription of Pontobdella californiana is provided, with emphasis on the differences in the reproductive organs with the original description of the species. In addition, leech cocoons assigned to P. californiana were found attached to items hauled by gillnets and studied using scanning electron microscopy and molecular appr...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - May 3, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Fernando Ruiz-Escobar Gerardo Torres-Carrera Valentina Islas-Villanueva Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa Source Type: research
Description of female dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (braun, 1901) skrjabin, 1924 from two new avian hosts in namibia with phylogenetic analyses and comments on several taxonomically uncertain avian schistosome sequences
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):170-178. doi: 10.1645/23-44.ABSTRACTDuring a 2021 parasitological survey of birds in the Nyae Nyae-Khaudum Dispersal Area (Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, Namibia), we collected 9 specimens of Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (Braun, 1901) Skrjabin, 1924 infecting the blood (heart lumen) of a white-backed duck, Thalassornis leuconotus (Eyton, 1838) (Anseriformes: Anatidae), and a fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) (Anatidae). These flukes were fixed for morphology and preserved for DNA extraction. We assigned our specimens to DendritobilharziaSkrjabin ...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Haley R Dutton Louis H DuPreez Edward C Netherlands Bernard J Jordaan Stephen A Bullard Source Type: research
Host switching in dicyemids (phylum dicyemida)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):159-169. doi: 10.1645/23-52.ABSTRACTDicyemids (phylum Dicyemida) are the most common and most characteristic endosymbionts in the renal sacs of benthic cephalopod molluscs: octopuses and cuttlefishes. Typically, 2 or 3 dicyemid species are found in a single specimen of the host, and most dicyemids have high host specificity. Host-specific parasites are restricted to a limited range of host species by ecological barriers that impede dispersal and successful establishment; therefore, phylogenies of interacting groups are often congruent due to repeated co-speciation. Most frequently, however, h...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Hiroaki Nakajima Ayako Fukui Kazutaka Suzuki R Yusrifar Kharisma Tirta Hidetaka Furuya Source Type: research
A range-wide ectoparasite survey for allegheny woodrats (neotoma magister)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):179-185. doi: 10.1645/23-118.ABSTRACTAllegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) are karst-specializing rodents that are rare or in conservation need in many states within their current range. Parasitism and habitat fragmentation have been suggested as primary reasons for declining populations. The presence, prevalence, and impact of ectoparasites, including fleas, ticks, and bots, is not fully understood rangewide. We collected Allegheny woodrat ectoparasites across 8 states in their range, identifying parasites via morphological and genetic means. Across contributions from 8 states, we discovered...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Karen E Powers Ralph P Eckerlin Robert R Sheehy Richard J Reynolds Source Type: research
Description of female dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (braun, 1901) skrjabin, 1924 from two new avian hosts in namibia with phylogenetic analyses and comments on several taxonomically uncertain avian schistosome sequences
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):170-178. doi: 10.1645/23-44.ABSTRACTDuring a 2021 parasitological survey of birds in the Nyae Nyae-Khaudum Dispersal Area (Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, Namibia), we collected 9 specimens of Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (Braun, 1901) Skrjabin, 1924 infecting the blood (heart lumen) of a white-backed duck, Thalassornis leuconotus (Eyton, 1838) (Anseriformes: Anatidae), and a fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) (Anatidae). These flukes were fixed for morphology and preserved for DNA extraction. We assigned our specimens to DendritobilharziaSkrjabin ...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Haley R Dutton Louis H DuPreez Edward C Netherlands Bernard J Jordaan Stephen A Bullard Source Type: research
Host switching in dicyemids (phylum dicyemida)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):159-169. doi: 10.1645/23-52.ABSTRACTDicyemids (phylum Dicyemida) are the most common and most characteristic endosymbionts in the renal sacs of benthic cephalopod molluscs: octopuses and cuttlefishes. Typically, 2 or 3 dicyemid species are found in a single specimen of the host, and most dicyemids have high host specificity. Host-specific parasites are restricted to a limited range of host species by ecological barriers that impede dispersal and successful establishment; therefore, phylogenies of interacting groups are often congruent due to repeated co-speciation. Most frequently, however, h...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Hiroaki Nakajima Ayako Fukui Kazutaka Suzuki R Yusrifar Kharisma Tirta Hidetaka Furuya Source Type: research
A range-wide ectoparasite survey for allegheny woodrats (neotoma magister)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):179-185. doi: 10.1645/23-118.ABSTRACTAllegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) are karst-specializing rodents that are rare or in conservation need in many states within their current range. Parasitism and habitat fragmentation have been suggested as primary reasons for declining populations. The presence, prevalence, and impact of ectoparasites, including fleas, ticks, and bots, is not fully understood rangewide. We collected Allegheny woodrat ectoparasites across 8 states in their range, identifying parasites via morphological and genetic means. Across contributions from 8 states, we discovered...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Karen E Powers Ralph P Eckerlin Robert R Sheehy Richard J Reynolds Source Type: research
Description of female dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (braun, 1901) skrjabin, 1924 from two new avian hosts in namibia with phylogenetic analyses and comments on several taxonomically uncertain avian schistosome sequences
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):170-178. doi: 10.1645/23-44.ABSTRACTDuring a 2021 parasitological survey of birds in the Nyae Nyae-Khaudum Dispersal Area (Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, Namibia), we collected 9 specimens of Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (Braun, 1901) Skrjabin, 1924 infecting the blood (heart lumen) of a white-backed duck, Thalassornis leuconotus (Eyton, 1838) (Anseriformes: Anatidae), and a fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) (Anatidae). These flukes were fixed for morphology and preserved for DNA extraction. We assigned our specimens to DendritobilharziaSkrjabin ...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Haley R Dutton Louis H DuPreez Edward C Netherlands Bernard J Jordaan Stephen A Bullard Source Type: research
Host switching in dicyemids (phylum dicyemida)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):159-169. doi: 10.1645/23-52.ABSTRACTDicyemids (phylum Dicyemida) are the most common and most characteristic endosymbionts in the renal sacs of benthic cephalopod molluscs: octopuses and cuttlefishes. Typically, 2 or 3 dicyemid species are found in a single specimen of the host, and most dicyemids have high host specificity. Host-specific parasites are restricted to a limited range of host species by ecological barriers that impede dispersal and successful establishment; therefore, phylogenies of interacting groups are often congruent due to repeated co-speciation. Most frequently, however, h...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Hiroaki Nakajima Ayako Fukui Kazutaka Suzuki R Yusrifar Kharisma Tirta Hidetaka Furuya Source Type: research
A range-wide ectoparasite survey for allegheny woodrats (neotoma magister)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):179-185. doi: 10.1645/23-118.ABSTRACTAllegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) are karst-specializing rodents that are rare or in conservation need in many states within their current range. Parasitism and habitat fragmentation have been suggested as primary reasons for declining populations. The presence, prevalence, and impact of ectoparasites, including fleas, ticks, and bots, is not fully understood rangewide. We collected Allegheny woodrat ectoparasites across 8 states in their range, identifying parasites via morphological and genetic means. Across contributions from 8 states, we discovered...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Karen E Powers Ralph P Eckerlin Robert R Sheehy Richard J Reynolds Source Type: research
Description of female dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (braun, 1901) skrjabin, 1924 from two new avian hosts in namibia with phylogenetic analyses and comments on several taxonomically uncertain avian schistosome sequences
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):170-178. doi: 10.1645/23-44.ABSTRACTDuring a 2021 parasitological survey of birds in the Nyae Nyae-Khaudum Dispersal Area (Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, Namibia), we collected 9 specimens of Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (Braun, 1901) Skrjabin, 1924 infecting the blood (heart lumen) of a white-backed duck, Thalassornis leuconotus (Eyton, 1838) (Anseriformes: Anatidae), and a fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) (Anatidae). These flukes were fixed for morphology and preserved for DNA extraction. We assigned our specimens to DendritobilharziaSkrjabin ...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Haley R Dutton Louis H DuPreez Edward C Netherlands Bernard J Jordaan Stephen A Bullard Source Type: research
Host switching in dicyemids (phylum dicyemida)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):159-169. doi: 10.1645/23-52.ABSTRACTDicyemids (phylum Dicyemida) are the most common and most characteristic endosymbionts in the renal sacs of benthic cephalopod molluscs: octopuses and cuttlefishes. Typically, 2 or 3 dicyemid species are found in a single specimen of the host, and most dicyemids have high host specificity. Host-specific parasites are restricted to a limited range of host species by ecological barriers that impede dispersal and successful establishment; therefore, phylogenies of interacting groups are often congruent due to repeated co-speciation. Most frequently, however, h...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Hiroaki Nakajima Ayako Fukui Kazutaka Suzuki R Yusrifar Kharisma Tirta Hidetaka Furuya Source Type: research
A range-wide ectoparasite survey for allegheny woodrats (neotoma magister)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):179-185. doi: 10.1645/23-118.ABSTRACTAllegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) are karst-specializing rodents that are rare or in conservation need in many states within their current range. Parasitism and habitat fragmentation have been suggested as primary reasons for declining populations. The presence, prevalence, and impact of ectoparasites, including fleas, ticks, and bots, is not fully understood rangewide. We collected Allegheny woodrat ectoparasites across 8 states in their range, identifying parasites via morphological and genetic means. Across contributions from 8 states, we discovered...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Karen E Powers Ralph P Eckerlin Robert R Sheehy Richard J Reynolds Source Type: research
Description of female dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (braun, 1901) skrjabin, 1924 from two new avian hosts in namibia with phylogenetic analyses and comments on several taxonomically uncertain avian schistosome sequences
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):170-178. doi: 10.1645/23-44.ABSTRACTDuring a 2021 parasitological survey of birds in the Nyae Nyae-Khaudum Dispersal Area (Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, Namibia), we collected 9 specimens of Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta (Braun, 1901) Skrjabin, 1924 infecting the blood (heart lumen) of a white-backed duck, Thalassornis leuconotus (Eyton, 1838) (Anseriformes: Anatidae), and a fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) (Anatidae). These flukes were fixed for morphology and preserved for DNA extraction. We assigned our specimens to DendritobilharziaSkrjabin ...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Haley R Dutton Louis H DuPreez Edward C Netherlands Bernard J Jordaan Stephen A Bullard Source Type: research
Host switching in dicyemids (phylum dicyemida)
J Parasitol. 2024 Apr 1;110(2):159-169. doi: 10.1645/23-52.ABSTRACTDicyemids (phylum Dicyemida) are the most common and most characteristic endosymbionts in the renal sacs of benthic cephalopod molluscs: octopuses and cuttlefishes. Typically, 2 or 3 dicyemid species are found in a single specimen of the host, and most dicyemids have high host specificity. Host-specific parasites are restricted to a limited range of host species by ecological barriers that impede dispersal and successful establishment; therefore, phylogenies of interacting groups are often congruent due to repeated co-speciation. Most frequently, however, h...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - April 17, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Hiroaki Nakajima Ayako Fukui Kazutaka Suzuki R Yusrifar Kharisma Tirta Hidetaka Furuya Source Type: research
