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Gymnophallus minor is a fluke that lives in the guts of eiders, but little is know about its molluscan intermediate hosts. This study reports on the larval stages of this fluke which have been found in the wavy clam (Liocyma fluctuosa). #WormWednesday cambridge.org/core/journals/…

During dry seasons, some freshwaters snails are able to enter aestivation to survive being left high and dry. 🐌 This study found that some species of trematode flukes are able to survive through the dry seasons in their aestivating snail hosts. 🐌 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Stephanofilaria is a genus of filarial worms that live in large mammals, and cause ulcerative lesions to develop on the skin of their hosts. This study looked at Stephanofilaria infecting the crtically endangered black rhinos. 🦏 #WormWednesday cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Hsiungia pekingensis is an extremely rare species of strongyle nematode worm. As such, very little is known about this parasite. This study reports on the first time that it has been recorded in North America, from a horse in Alberta. #WormWednesday cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Digenean flukes have life cycles that alternate between sexual and asexual reproduction. This study quantifies the lifespans of fluke asexual stages (parthenitae) and the rate at which they age, die and are replaced in the snail first intermediate host. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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Thometrema is a genus of flukes belonging to the Hemiuroidea - a family of flukes found in a wide range of teleost fish. This paper reports on the discovery and description of Thometrema patagonicum in the catfish Steindachneridion scriptum #WormWednesday cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Flukes got your tongue? Or flukes in your throat? 🐍👅 In this study, a Brazilian lancehead viper (Bothrops moojeni) was found to have over *400* Ochetosoma heterocoelium trematode flukes living in its mouth and oesophagus. #WormWednesday cambridge.org/core/journals/…

If you haven’t checked out our latest paper yet, take a look! It’s the first chapter of my PhD series which will elucidate fish parasites relations in Brazil’s semiarid region. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Azygia hwangtsiyui is a trematode fluke which has been introduced into Japan along with its snakehead fish host. This study reports on the life cycle of this parasite in Japan, and the types of host animals which are involved in its transmission. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Artificial reservoirs are widespread across the Brazilian semi-arid zone, and they are inhabited by many different species of fish. This study examined the parasite fauna of 21 fish species living in reservoirs at the Paraíba and Mamanguape River basins cambridge.org/core/journals/…

On this #WormWednesday, here's Odhnerium calyptrocotyle - a species of digenean trematode living in the intestine of the ocean sunfish (Mola mola). cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Fat stacks of Fat Worms from Fat Rats: Gerbillitaenia psammoma is a species of tapeworm found in the intestine of fat sand rats (Psammomys obesus), with some rats hosting over a hundred tapeworms. #WormWednesday cambridge.org/core/journals/…

This study reports on two species of Psilotrema fluke which have been found in muskrats: Psilotrema limosum, a species previously known from experimental infections in chicken, and P. elegans, a previously undescribed species of fluke. #WormWednesday cambridge.org/core/journals/…

What's up fluke fans - we have a special collection of articles on trematodes! This collection is composed of articles from the inaugural international meeting for trematodology, covering a wide range of topics relating to trematodes cambridge.org/core/journals/…

A fluke from flukes: In this study, researchers reexamined a species of fluke from Brazilian flounders, using fresh specimen and DNA analyses, and reclassified it into a new genus, Surianotrema, which belongs in the Cryptogonimidae family #WormWednesday cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Hey ya'll, new Impact Factors just dropped- Turns out that the Impact Factor for Journal of Helminthology has gone UP from 1.3 to 1.6! HUGE thanks to all the authors, editors and staff who helped make this happen!

#WormWednesday When there's flukes in the eyes, Of a fish like Arapaima, That's this paper: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

This study found that when exposed to copper polluted waters, snails infected with the asexual stage of Himasthla flukes are able to survive for longer than unparasitized snails, though this comes at a cost as the flukes damage the snail's digestive glands cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Black spot disease is found in a wide range of fishes. It is caused by fluke cysts which embed themselves in fish skin, and get encapsulated and surrounded by pigment cells. This study looked at black spot disease in eelpout, Hadropareia middendorffii cambridge.org/core/journals/…