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Comparative analysis of monozoic fish tapeworms Caryophyllaeus laticeps (Pallas, 1781) and recently described Caryophyllaeus chondrostomi Barčák, Oros, Hanzelová, Scholz, 2017, using microsatellite markers
The monozoic tapeworm Caryophyllaeus laticeps has been characterized by five markedly different morphotypes largely corresponding to different fish...
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Arthropods
This chapter covers important arthropods, which endanger humans either by application of poison (as do scorpions and spiders) or by injection of...
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Introduction to Parasitic Helminthes and Cestoda
Subkingdom Metazoa belongs to the Kingdom Animalia. The members of the metazoa are multicellular animals and consist of tissues, organs and systems....
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The Asian fish tapeworm Schyzocotyle acheilognathi is widespread in baitfish retail stores in Michigan, USA
BackgroundThe Asian fish tapeworm Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) is an important fish pathogen because of its wide range of...
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Cestodes: Tapeworms
Tapeworms can be classified into 2 orders—Pseudophyllidea and Cyclophyllidea. The adult worm consists of 3 parts; head (scolex), neck and proglottids...
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The complete mitochondrial DNA of three monozoic tapeworms in the Caryophyllidea: a mitogenomic perspective on the phylogeny of eucestodes
BackgroundExternal segmentation and internal proglottization are important evolutionary characters of the Eucestoda. The monozoic caryophyllideans...
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A new monozoic tapeworm, Parabreviscolex niepini n. g., n. sp. (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), from schizothoracine fishes (Cyprinidae: Schizothoracinae) in Tibet, China
A new monozoic cestode, Parabreviscolex niepini n. gen. and n. sp. (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), is described from the type-host Schizopygopsis...
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Asian fish tapeworm, Khawia japonensis (Yamaguti, 1934), has expanded its European invasive range
The invasive fish tapeworm, Khawia japonensis (Yamaguti, 1934) originally described in Japan, is reported for the first time in Slovakia. The...
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Worms (Helminths)
The following chapters deal with animals, which are summarized under the trivial name worms (Greek: helminths), although (except for their outer...
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Arthropods
This chapter covers important arthropods, which endanger humans either by application of poison (as do scorpions and spiders) or by injection of...
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Pharmacognostical Botany: Classification of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs), Botanical Taxonomy, Morphology, and Anatomy of Drug Plants
Diverse plant species of the earth constitute the fundamental source of crude drugs and the diversified botanical species comprising of non-seed and...
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The Diversity of Spine Synapses in Animals
Here we examine the structure of the various types of spine synapses throughout the animal kingdom. Based on available evidence, we suggest that...
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Structure, Distribution, and Function of Neuronal/Synaptic Spinules and Related Invaginating Projections
Neurons and especially their synapses often project long thin processes that can invaginate neighboring neuronal or glial cells. These “invaginating...
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Ribosomal ITS2 structure in Caryophyllaeus laticeps and Caryophyllaeus brachycollis (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of cyprinid fish
Ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) structure was studied in monozoic tapeworms Caryophyllaeus laticeps (Pallas, 1781) from freshwater...
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The tapeworm Atractolytocestus tenuicollis (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea)—a sister species or ancestor of an invasive A. huronensis?
Atractolytocestus tenuicollis (Li,
1964 ) **, Wang, Wu, Gao et Nie,2009 is a monozoic, non-segmented tapeworm of the order Caryophyllidea,...
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Reinvestigation of vitellogenesis in Caryophyllaeus laticeps (Pallas, 1781) (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea, Caryophyllaeidae), monozoic tapeworm of Abramis brama (Pisces, Teleostei)
Reinvestigation of vitellogenesis in the caryophyllidean cestode Caryophyllaeus laticeps (Pallas, 1781) has been performed using light microscope...
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Evolution of Nervous Systems and Brains
The evolution of nervous systems and brains reveals two major evolutionary trends, one leading to ring-shaped nerve systems in cnidarians and...
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Evolution of Purinergic Signalling
The majority of living cells, tissues, and organisms have some form of sensitivity to ATP. ATP mediated signaling emerged at the dawn of evolution,...
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Ultrastructural aspects of spermatogenesis, testes, and vas deferens in the parthenogenetic tapeworm Atractolytocestus huronensis Anthony, 1958 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), a carp parasite from Slovakia
Spermatogenesis, testes, and vas deferens in the parthenogenetic monozoic tapeworm Atractolytocestus huronensis Anthony, 1958 (Cestoda:...
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A chromosome study and localization of 18S rDNA in Khawia saurogobii (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea)
This paper reports results of the first cytogenetic study carried out on a recently described monozoic tapeworm, Khawia saurogobii ** et al., 2009,...
