Parasitism and the Platyhelminths

ISBN-13: 9780412804601 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 544 str.

Graham C. Kearn;Kearn; G. C. Kearn

Opis

This book differs from most parasitology texts in concentrating in detail on one group- the symbiotic platyhelminths. As the majority of these symbiotes are parasitic, the author presents a detailed explanation of the nature of such associations. The book adopts an organismal systematic approach setting the biology of parasitic platyhelminthes in an evolutionary context. Factual material is supplemented by excellent illustrations and references. This text will be of wide appeal to parasitologists, evolutionary biologists and zoologists interested in animal associations.

Spis treści

The platyhelminth panorama. Symbiosis and the turbellarians. Origins of the major groups of parasites. The biology of the monogenean fish skin parasite Entobdella soleae. Other monogeneans parasitizing the skin of fishes. Monogeneans parasitizing the gill chambers of fishes. Endoparasitic monogeneans. Unravelling the cestode life cycle. The biology of Hymenolepis dimunuta. The fish tapeworms. The cyclophyllideans. Unravelling the digenean life cycle. The biology of Fasciola hepatica. Digenean germinal sacs, germinal lineage and genetic events. Digeneans with two hosts. Digeneans with invertebrates as second intermediate hosts. Digeneans with vertebrates, especially fishes, as second intermediate hosts. The schistosomes. Lesser lights - didymozoideans and aspidogastreans. Conclusions. References. Appendix.