It has been established that 20 species (including two complexes) of freshwater gastropods from 7 families live in water bodies on the territory PSRER, which 51 trematodes 21 with a predominance Echinostomatidae family (10 species) parasitize at parthenitis stage. The maximum number trematode was registered mollusks Lithoglyphus naticoides and Planorbarius corneus – 8 parasites an infestation 1...

Metacercariae of the trematode Curtuteria australis (Echinostomatidae) accumulate in the foot of the New Zealand cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi, severely impairing the cockle's ability to burrow under the sediments. This results in increased predation by birds on cockles, and thus enhanced transmission rates of the parasite to its bird definitive hosts. This host manipulation by the trematode i...

Ten polymorphic loci were isolated and characterised from the intertidal New Zealand trematode Curtuteria australis. This common parasite manipulates the burrowing behaviour of its abundant bivalve host Austrovenus stutchburyi, with cascading impacts on the biodiversity of intertidal communities. Observed heterozygosities of the 10 loci ranged from 0.500 to 0.905, and three to 14 alleles were d...