N. Kmentova

Mitogenomics, phylogenetic position, and updated distribution of Ergasilus kandti, an ergasilid copepod parasitizing African cichlid fishes

This study updates the distribution of Ergasilus kandti and investigates the phylogenetic relationships of African ergasilids using mitochondrial genomes and microscopy.

All Quiet on the Western Front? The evolutionary history of monogeneans (Dactylogyridae: Cichlidogyrus, Onchobdella) infecting a West and Central African tribe of cichlid fishes (Chromidotilapiini)

This study examines the evolutionary history of monogenean parasites infecting cichlid fishes in West and Central Africa, finding monophyletic parasite lineages and evidence of sympatric and allopatric speciation.

Host lifestyle and parasite interspecific facilitation mediate co-infection in a species-poor host-parasite system

The paper studies co-infection dynamics in a simple host-parasite system, finding that parasite distribution and infection patterns depend on host mobility, lifestyle changes, and interspecific parasite interactions.

The black goby Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758 in the Marchica lagoon (Alboran Sea, Morocco): Spatial-temporal distribution and its environmental drivers, and the site-related footprint

This study examines the spatial-temporal distribution of black goby in the Marchica lagoon and its environmental drivers, finding depth as the main predictor of abundance.

A monogenean parasite reveals the widespread translocation of the African Clawed Frog in its native range

This study uses parasite data to reveal widespread translocation of the African Clawed Frog in its native range, showing that co-introduced parasites can trace host movement and invasion dynamics.

Ectoparasitism in Polystomatidae (Neodermata, Monogenea): phylogenetic position and mitogenome of Sphyranura euryceae, a parasite of the Oklahoma salamander

This paper identifies Sphyranura euryceae as a new distributional record, provides molecular data, and resolves its phylogenetic position within Polystomatidae, suggesting ectoparasitism is ancestral in the group.

Like host, like parasite: intraspecific divergence in a polystomatid flatworm parasite across South Africa echoes that of its frog host

The study shows that the polystomatid flatworm Protopolystoma xenopodis exhibits phylogeographic divergence mirroring that of its host Xenopus laevis in South Africa.

Intraspecific diversification and mitonuclear discordance in native versus introduced areas: co-introduction of Dolicirroplectanum lacustre, a monogenean gill parasite of the invasive Nile perch Lates niloticus

The paper examines morphological and genetic diversity of Dolicirroplectanum lacustre in native and introduced ranges, finding reduced diversity in Lake Victoria due to founder effects.

Parasitic flatworms infecting thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata: infection by the monogeneans Acanthocotyle verrilli and Rajonchocotyle emarginata in Svalbard

The paper identifies two monogenean species infecting thorny skate in Svalbard, providing the northernmost records for these parasites and suggesting connectivity between skate populations.