Monogenean parasitic flatworms

Maarten P M Vanhove; Antoine Pariselle; Nikol Kmentová

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.033

Monogenean parasitic flatworms

Curr Biol. 2024 Nov 18;34(22):R1122-R1124. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.033.

Authors

Maarten P M Vanhove¹, Antoine Pariselle², Nikol Kmentová³

Affiliations

¹ Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Department of Morphology and Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Institute of Evolutionary Science of Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France; Laboratory Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
³ Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecology, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 39561701
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.033

Abstract

Vanhove and colleagues introduce monogenean parasitic flatworms, a species-rich group of ectoparasitic flatworms that are mostly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish and have a life cycle involving a single host.

MeSH terms

Animals
Fish Diseases / parasitology
Fishes / parasitology
Host-Parasite Interactions*
Life Cycle Stages
Platyhelminths* / physiology