To be or not to be a flatworm: the acoel controversy.
PLoS ONE, 2009 Since first described, acoels were considered members of the flatworms (Platyhelminthes). However, no clear synapomorphies among the three large flatworm taxa -- the Catenulida, the Acoelomorpha and the Rhabditophora -- have been characterized to date ...
Bernhard Egger +24 more
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Neuropeptides in platyhelminths
Parasitology, 1991 The neuropeptide story began in 1928 with the description by Ernst Scharrer of gland-like nerve cells in the hypothalamus of the minnow,Phoxinus laevis.Because these nerve cells were overwhelmingly specialized for secretory activity, overshadowing other neuronal properties, Scharrer termed them ‘neurosecretory neurons’.
Fairweather, Ian, Halton, D W
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Contribution to the knowledge of the family Otoplanidae Hallez, 1892 (Rhabditophora, Proseriata) in the Mediterranean [PDF]
, 2009 A growing awareness is rising that present perception of marine biodiversity is inadequate, and based upon unrepresentative data. The inadequacy of knowledge on taxonomy and distribution of marine organisms is particularly acute for interstitial ...
Delogu, Valentina
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Nuevos registros de helmintos en coyote Canis latrans impavidus (Carnivora: Canidae) en México
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2017 Se documentan los helmintos de coyote Canis latrans impavidus recolectados en el municipio de Tepehuanes, Durango. El registro consta de 8 taxones: Ancylostoma caninum, Physaloptera sp., Spirocerca lupi, Spirura sp., Didelphonema longispiculata, Alaria ...
Mayra Luna-Estrada +2 more
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, 2019 Predicted genetic consequences of asexuality include high intraindividual genetic diversity (i.e., the Meselson effect) and accumulation of deleterious mutations (i.e., Muller’s Ratchet), among others.
Leria, L. +3 more
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A new species of Gyrodactylus (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae), an ectoparasite from the endemic Iranocichla hormuzensis (Teleostei, Cichlidae), the only Iranian cichlid [PDF]
, 2012 Iranocichla hormuzensis occupies a biogeographically peculiar position. This endemic of southern Iran is the only Iranian cichlid. While it is phylogenetically related to African oreochromine members of the cichlid family, it remains unclear how it has ...
Boeger, Walter A. +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.We describe Salmacina stellaebayensis n. sp. from Mauritania's Baie de l'Étoile and provide the first complete mitochondrial genome for the genus Salmacina. The species forms distinctive macroid colonies in Cymodocea nodosa seagrass meadows, offering new insights into serpulid life history and habitat specialization.
Hannah A. Cremer +5 more
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A new species of Dermopristis Kearn, Whittington & Evans-Gowing, 2010 (Monogenea: Microbothriidae), with observations on associations between the gut diverticula and reproductive system and on the presence of denticles in the nasal fossae of the host Glaucostegus typus (Bennett) (Elasmobranchii: Rhinobatidae) [PDF]
, 2011 Dermopristis cairae n. sp. (Microbothriidae) is described from the skin and possibly from the nasal fossae of the giant shovelnosed ray Glaucostegus typus (Bennett). The new species is distinguished from D.
EM Perkins +14 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.We determined the associations and risk factors of infection by lymphoproliferative disease virus (LPDV), reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV), three avian Mycoplasma species, and internal parasites in Pennsylvania wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo). Active surveillance of parasites and pathogens was conducted over four years and four regions across ...
Ryan W. Koch +24 more
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Diversity of introduced terrestrial flatworms in the Iberian Peninsula: a cautionary tale [PDF]
, 2014 Many tropical terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) have been introduced around the globe. One of these species is known to cause significant decline in earthworm populations, resulting in a reduction of ecological functions that ...
Eduardo Mateos +4 more
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