During a survey of the helminth parasites of the introduced toad, Bufo marinus, on O'ahu, Hawaii, an acanthocephalan corresponding to Acanthocephalus bufonis (Shipley, 1903) was found in the intestinal tract. This is a new host and locality record for A. bufonis which has only previously been recorded from amphibians in the Orient. Possible mechanisms for the introduction of A. bufonis to Hawai...

Of 13 species of fish recorded as hosts for the acanthocephalan, Tanaorhamphus longirostris (Van Cleave 1913), only two regularly contain mature worms. These are the gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur)) and the threadfin shad (D. petenense (Giinther)). To date, only one species of intermediate host, the calanoid copepod, Diaptomus pallidus Herrick, has been reported. In Caesar Creek Lak...

The launch of The Journal of Parasitology (JP) by Henry Baldwin Ward in September 1914 was a historical landmark that witnessed the passage of the torch of acanthocephalan work, especially higher taxonomy, from Europe to the United States, with the excep-tion of the works of Anton Meyer, Yves Golvan, and a few Russian workers in the early twentieth century. At that juncture, there were only two...

The ultrastructure of the body wall of Moniliformis dubius has been studied in the light and electron microscope. It consists of an apparently syncytial tegument, overlaid by a tenuous cuticle in the form of a finely fibrous extracellular fringe and is backed by a basement membrane and fibrous connective tissue. The tegument contains a framework of fibres, which, distally, is connected to a den...

Human toxocariasis is categorized as a neglected parasitic disease by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The more prevalent in children than adults because are frequently exposed to eggs of T. canis cati which etiological agents human during playing outside. aim this study was research presence helminth species playgrounds Sivas using microscopic molecular techniques. For purpose, 8...

Gastrointestinal helminth parasites can be transferred during conservation translocations and impact their outcome. The current study applied non-invasive coprological sampling to investigate the infection rates dynamics in translocated resident European ground squirrels, after a population reinforcement. FLOTAC method was calibrated for first time target species. In studied samples, eggs belon...

Forty five specimens of the short beaked garfish Belone svetovidovi, a rare belonid species largely confused with the garfish Belone belone from Tunisian coast Sea were examined for metazoan parasite. Nine metazoan parasites species were identified: one monogenean (Axine sp.), 4 digeneans (Lecithostaphylus retroflexus, Tergestia acanthocephala, Aponurus laguncula and Condylocotyla pilodora meta...