Nikol Kmentová - Biodiversity Lab Water is essential for life. The high biodiversity of African wetlands supports numerous riparian communities that rely on these aquatic ecosystems for their livelihoods through water supply, fisherie...

By now an annual spring routine to visit Nikol Kmentova (biodiversity.bitelab.be/lab-members/...) and Maarten Vanhove (biodiversity.bitelab.be/lab-members/...) at Hasselt University, Belgium.

#parasitology #flatworms #monogenea #evolutionarygenetics

#crustacea #monogenea #protists #waterquality

Meet our new #Monogenea #Microcotyle odhnaturiks n. sp. from Sweden🇸🇪, the 1st #Microcotyle reported from #Scandinavia, discovered in T. Odhner’s historic collection.
Etymology:
*Odh–Odhner
*Naturiks–Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet + "-iks" (origin)

A tribute to #museum 🏰 & collections!🥂

t.co/b9zsx9KOfz

🔜 in Journal of Helminthology
🔬 We redescribed two little-known #Monogenea, Chauhanea mediterranea & Rhinecotyle crepitacula ex the European barracuda Sphyraena sphyraena
🔹 Pseudochauhanea & Cotyloatlantica synonymized with Chauhanea
🔹 New species combinations & revised morphology

A Closer Look at the Choricotyle chrysophryi-like (Polyopisthocotyla: Diclidophoridae) Species Complex: Description of a New Choricotyle from the Gills of Pagellus acarne (Teleostei: Sparidae) and Rev...

🚨 New #Monogenea species !

👉 We describe Choricotyle justinemusei n. sp. 🔬🧬, named after @jean-lou-justine.bsky.social from @isyeb.mnhn.fr
👉 We clarify the taxonomic status of related congeneric species from sparids
👉 C. pagelli & C. marionis are reinstated as valid species

📰 rdcu.be/eccIG

🚨 New #Monogenea! Revisiting Anthocotyle merluccii taxonomy:
👉 We describe A. radkeaminorum n. sp. from the Mediterranean, with clear differences from A. merluccii and A. americanus 🧬🔬 .
👉 🧬 refutes their synonymy, & we caution against using hook morphology for species IDs
📄 doi.org/10.3390/para...

Parasite of the Month: #Sparicotyle #chrysophrii, an #oviparous #hermaphroditic #polyopisthocotylean found on the #gills of the #gilthead #seabream, authored by Ivona Mladineo. #Platyhelminthes #Monogenea #Sparus #aurata @utas.edu.au @czechacademy.bsky.social

authors.elsevier.com/a/1kRPm5Eb1x...

In #Parasitologia,5(1) #OpenAccess
"A New Species of Anthocotyle (Polyopisthocotyla : Discocotylidae) from the Gills of the European Hake Merluccius merluccius (Teleostei, Merlucciidae...."
By Bouguerche,C. @isyeb.mnhn.fr
#Monogenea #Mediterranean #genus #parasitic_worm
🪱 doi.org/10.3390/para...