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Cercariae (Trematoda, Digenea) in European freshwater snails – a checklist of records from over one hundred years
 
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Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Institute of General and Molecular Biology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
 
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Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia and Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
 
 
Submission date: 2009-01-15
 
 
Final revision date: 2010-12-29
 
 
Acceptance date: 2011-02-16
 
 
Publication date: 2011-10-10
 
 
Corresponding author
Anna Cichy   

Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Institute of General and Molecular Biology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 9, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
 
 
Folia Malacol. 2011;19(3):165-189
 
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This review presents the results of studies on the freshwater snail-trematode associations, carriedout in Europe since the beginning of the 20th century. The great number of synonyms of snail and trematode specific names has made the cooperation between malacologists and parasitologists difficult. Here we providea survey of larval trematodes (cercariae) based on Central, North and Western European literature. Whenever possible, the valid species name is provided, accompanied by synonyms, or just provisional names are used making up the largest part of the list. Trematodes with a definitely unclear systematic status are indicated asspecies incertae sedis. These include mostly trematodes which were attributed obviously erroneous names with poor or no description of their morphology. Although the provisional names inflate the number of trematode species and there are still many identification problems, we believe that this is another step in assessing the trematode species composition in Europe which will help not only parasitologists but also malacologists and contribute to their closer cooperation.
 
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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease
 
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Confirmation of the presence of zoonotic Trichobilharzia franki following a human cercarial dermatitis outbreak in recreational water in Slovakia
Kristián Gulyás, Miroslava Soldánová, Martina Orosová, Mikuláš Oros
Parasitology Research
 
10.
The taxonomic identity and phylogenetic relationships of Cercaria pugnax and C. helvetica XII (Digenea: Lecitho-dendriidae) based on morphological and molecular data
Olena Kudlai, Virmantas Stunzenas, Vasyl Tkach
Folia Parasitologica
 
11.
Phylogeography and genetics of the globally invasive snail Physa acuta Draparnaud 1805, and its potential to serve as an intermediate host to larval digenetic trematodes
Erika Ebbs, Eric Loker, Sara Brant
BMC Evolutionary Biology
 
12.
Host-parasite interactions in non-native invasive species are dependent on the levels of standing genetic variation at the immune locus
Aleksandra Biedrzycka, Marcin Popiołek, Andrzej Zalewski
BMC Evolutionary Biology
 
13.
Natural prevalence in Cuban populations of the lymnaeid snail Galba cubensis infected with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica: small values do matter
Antonio Vázquez, Jorge Sánchez, Annia Alba, Jean-Pierre Pointier, Sylvie Hurtrez-Boussès
Parasitology Research
 
14.
Host Manipulations by Parasites and Viruses
Elżbieta Żbikowska, Anna Cichy
 
15.
Thermal preferences of bird schistosome snail hosts increase the risk of swimmer's itch
Elżbieta Żbikowska, Anna Marszewska
Journal of Thermal Biology
 
16.
Ketoprofen-induced inhibition of symptoms of behavioural fever observed in wintering Planorbarius corneus (L.) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)
Elżbieta Żbikowska, Paola Lombardo, Janusz Żbikowski, Grażyna Jabłońska, Anna Marszewska, Anna Cichy
Journal of Molluscan Studies
 
17.
Infection of Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) (Gastropoda: Tateidae) by trematodes in Poland, including the first record of aspidogastrid acquisition
Anna Cichy, Anna Marszewska, Joanna Parzonko, Janusz Żbikowski, Elżbieta Żbikowski
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
 
18.
Potamopyrgus antipodarumas a potential defender against swimmer’s itch in European recreational water bodies—experimental study
Anna Marszewska, Anna Cichy, Jana Bulantová, Petr Horák, Elżbieta Żbikowska
PeerJ
 
19.
Isabel Blasco-Costa, Sean Locke
 
20.
Digenean larvae—the cause and beneficiaries of the changes in host snails’ thermal behavior
Elżbieta Żbikowska, Janusz Żbikowski
Parasitology Research
 
21.
The Taxonomic Survey of the Cercarial Fauna (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda) in the Molluscs of Uzbekistan
Shakarbaev, Akramova, Azimov
Zoodiversity
 
22.
Trematode diversity reflecting the community structure of Danish freshwater systems: molecular clues
Yajiao Duan, Azmi Al-Jubury, Per Kania, Kurt Buchmann
Parasites & Vectors
 
23.
Notocotylus ikutai n. sp. (Digenea: Notocotylidae) from lymnaeid snails and anatid birds in Hokkaido, Japan
Mizuki Sasaki, Mari Kobayashi, Tomoo Yoshino, Mitsuhiko Asakawa, Minoru Nakao
Parasitology International
 
24.
The Ponto-Caspian parasite Plagioporus cf. skrjabini reaches the River Rhine system in Central Europe: higher infestation in the native than in the introduced Danubian form of the gastropod Theodoxus fluviatilis
Louisa Rothmeier, René Sahm, Burkard Watermann, Karsten Grabow, Meike Koester, Anna Cichy, Andreas Martens
Hydrobiologia
 
25.
Avian schistosome species in Danish freshwater lakes: relation to biotic and abiotic factors
A. Al-Jubury, Y. Duan, P.W. Kania, E.S. Tracz, A. Bygum, L.v.G. Jørgensen, P. Horák, K. Buchmann
Journal of Helminthology
 
26.
Freshwater Trematodes Sanguinicola (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) in Europe: Distribution, Host Range, and Characteristics of Fish and Snail Infestation (Review)
A. Zhokhov, M. Pugacheva, L. Poddubnaya
Inland Water Biology
 
27.
Annotated and Updated Checklist of Land and Freshwater Molluscs from Asturias (Northern Spain) with Emphasis on Parasite Transmitters and Exotic Species
Omar Sánchez, Jairo Robla, Andrés Arias
Diversity
 
28.
Life history strategies of Cotylurus spp. Szidat, 1928 (Trematoda, Strigeidae) in the molecular era – Evolutionary consequences and implications for taxonomy
Ewa Pyrka, Gerard Kanarek, Julia Gabrysiak, Witold Jeżewski, Anna Cichy, Anna Stanicka, Elżbieta Żbikowska, Grzegorz Zaleśny, Joanna Hildebrand
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
 
29.
Hidden in plain sight: novel molecular data reveal unexpected genetic diversity among paramphistome parasites (Digenea: Paramphistomoidea) of European water frogs
Michal Benovics, Peter Mikulíček, Zuzana Žákovicová, Petr Papežík, Camila Pantoja
Parasitology
 
30.
Molecular identification of trematode parasites infecting the freshwater snail Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos in Thailand
O. Pitaksakulrat, P. Sithithaworn, K.Y. Kopolrat, N. Kiatsopit, W. Saijuntha, R.H. Andrews, T.N. Petney, D. Blair
Journal of Helminthology
 
31.
Diversity of European lissorchiid trematodes from fish and snail hosts with comments on the validity of the genus Parasymphylodora Szidat, 1943
R. Petkevičiūtė, V. Stunžėnas, G. Stanevičiūtė
Journal of Helminthology
 
32.
Bithyniid Abundance in the South of Western Siberia Water-Courses and Water Reservoirs (Russia)
Elena Serbina
Diversity
 
33.
Effects of minimum Strigea robusta (Digenea: Strigeidae) cercariae doses and localization of cysts on the anomaly P manifestation in Pelophylax lessonae (Anura: Ranidae) tadpoles
Anton Svinin, Ivan Bashinskiy, Oleg Ermakov, Spartak Litvinchuk
Parasitology Research
 
34.
Diversity of trematode cercariae among naturally infected lymnaeid snails from Phayao, Thailand
Chittakun Suwancharoen, Chorpaka Phuangsri, Pannawich Siriwechviriya, Thanakon Bunsong, Ornampai Japa
Parasitology Research
 
35.
Checklist of digeneans (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea) of Georgia
Lela Arabuli, Lali Murvanidze, Anna Faltynkova, Levan Mumladze
Biodiversity Data Journal
 
36.
Molecular Diversity of the Genus Plagiorchis Lühe, 1899 in Snail Hosts of Central Europe with Evidence of New Lineages
Petra Kundid, Camila Pantoja, Kristýna Janovcová, Miroslava Soldánová
Diversity
 
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