Friends of the Week! A new monogenean worm, Nasigulper itsgotatao, was recently described in a Gulper Shark. This is our first “Hot off the presses” parasite we’ve done. #sharks #shark #parasite #biology #science #monogenean Art: @asturart.bsky.social

Nasigulper itsgotatao n. gen., n. sp. (Monocotylidae: Cathariotrematinae) Infecting Olfactory Lamellae of Deepwater Gulper Sharks, Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Squaliformes: Ce... We herein describe a new species of Cathariotrematinae Bullard, 2021 (Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae Taschenberg, 1879) and propose a new genus to accommodate it. Nasigulper itsgotatao n. gen., n. sp. in...

New monogenean in Gulper Sharks! Despite my love for birds, I would totally get into shark parasitology, especially monogeneans because they’re so damn cool. #sharks #shark #parasite #biology #science #monogenean bioone.org/journals/jou...

New Parasite of the Month: #Cichlidogyrus #casuarinus, a #fish parasite endemic to Lake #Tanganyika in central #Africa, authored by Maarten Vanhove, Antoine Pariselle & Nikol Kmentová #Flatworm #Platyhelminthes #Monogenean @cnrs.fr @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
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