Publications

carbohydrate reserves and phosphatase activity in the mollusc-trematode relationship of mytilus edulis l. and proctoeces maculatus (looss, 1901) odhner, 1911.		1974	4825430
v4 region of small subunit rdna indicates polyphyly of the fellodistomidae (digenea) which is supported by morphology and life-cycle data.	there is no morphological synapomorphy for the disparate digeneans, the fellodistomidae nicoll, 1909. although all known life-cycles of the group include bivalves as first intermediate hosts, there is no convincing morphological synapomorphy that can be used to unite the group. sequences from the v4 region of small subunit (18s) rrna genes were used to infer phylogenetic relationships among 13 species of fellodistomidae from four subfamilies and eight species from seven other digenean families: ...	1999	10619059
parasite survey of the eastern oyster crassostrea virginica in coastal lagoons of the southern gulf of mexico.	a parasitological study of the eastern oyster crassostrea virginica from 11 coastal lagoons in the southern gulf of mexico in dry and rainy seasons between late 1999 and early 2001 revealed the presence of 36 bacterial, 2 protozoan (nematopsis prytherchi and perkinsus marinus), and 4 helminth species (urastoma cyprinae, proctoeces maculatus, a bucephalus sp., and a tylocephalum sp.). the prevalence and mean abundances for the protozoa and helminths varied widely between locations but were genera ...	2007	18333483
digenean diversity in labrid fish from the bay of bizerte in tunisia.	six species of digeneans (proctoeces maculatus (looss, 1901), helicometra fasciata (odhner, 1902), helicometra pulchella (odhner, 1902), macvicaria alacris (looss, 1901), peracreadium genu (nicoll, 1909) and zoogonus rubellus (olson, 1868)) were found for the first time in labrid fish (symphodus tinca (linnaeus, 1758), labrus merula (linnaeus, 1758) and labrus viridis (linnaeus, 1758)) from the bay of bizerte. except for p. maculatus and z. rubellus, which are limited to the rectum, these helmin ...	2010	19580692
development of quantitative pcr assay for detection of the trematode parasite proctoeces maculatus in the blue mussel mytilus edulis.	the digenean trematode proctoeces maculatus is an important parasite of the blue mussel mytilus edulis. the parasite reduces mussel quality and yield, negatively impacting mussel aquaculture efforts. typically, the trematode is detected by visual observation. to provide a better diagnostic tool able to detect this parasite at any life stage and at low intensities, we designed a species-specific molecular assay to detect p. maculatus in m. edulis tissue. primers targeting the 18s nuclear ribosoma ...	2016	28000603
morphology and molecular analysis of life-cycle stages of proctoeces maculatus (looss, 1901) (digenea: fellodistomidae) in the bizerte lagoon, tunisia.	the life cycle of proctoeces maculatus (looss, 1901) (digenea, fellodistomidae) was studied in bizerte lagoon (tunisia). three sequential hosts appear to be involved: the mediterranean mussel mytilus galloprovincialis lamarck, 1819 (mytilidae) as the first intermediate host; the polychaete sabella pavonina savigny, 1822 (sabellidae), as the second intermediate host; and fishes (lithognathus mormyrus (linnaeus, 1758) (sparidae), trachinotus ovatus (linnaeus, 1758) (carangidae) and sparus aurata l ...	2016	26694018