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December 5, 2025Journal of HelminthologyOpen Access

Monomyxum ligophori n. sp. in a ParasiteBlitz: monopisthocotylans as myxozoan hosts in South Carolina and monophyly of a cosmopolitan hyperparasitic clade

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KNKmentová NMTM. TopicMVM.P.M. Vanhove

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Implication

Observational analysis reveals myxozoan life cycle in flatworms, indicating monophyly of hyperparasitic clade.

Key Points

  • The study describes the life cycle of a hyperparasitic myxozoan infecting flatworms and corroborates its monophyletic characteristics.
  • Molecular data indicate myxozoans show host specificity, with findings from two out of four flatworm species.
  • Analysis employed DNA barcoding to clarify the stages of myxozoans in their hosts and life cycle dynamics.
  • These findings suggest a complex relationship where the newly described myxozoan does not require vertebrate hosts.

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N et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/693231368e51979591dceb53https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x25100904
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