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List of works by Isabel Blasco-Costa

A first insight into the barcodes for African diplostomids (Digenea: Diplostomidae): brain parasites in Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae).

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A new genus and two new species of dactylogyrid monogeneans from gills of Neotropical catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae and Loricariidae).

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A new species of Atriophallophorus Deblock & Rosé, 1964 (Trematoda: Microphallidae) described from in vitro-grown adults and metacercariae from Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) (Mollusca: Tateidae)

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

A revision of the Haploporinae Nicoll, 1914 (Digenea: Haploporidae) from mullets (Mugilidae): Dicrogaster Looss, 1902 and Forticulcita Overstreet, 1982

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A revision of the Haploporinae Nicoll, 1914 (Digenea: Haploporidae) from mullets (Mugilidae): Haploporus Looss, 1902 and Lecithobotrys Looss, 1902

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A revision of the Haploporinae Nicoll, 1914 (Digenea: Haploporidae) from mullets (Mugilidae): Saccocoelium Looss, 1902

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A revision of the Haploporinae Nicoll, 1914 (Digenea: Haploporidae) from mullets (Mugilidae): two new haploporine genera and a key to the genera of the subfamily

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A revision of the species of Saturnius Manter, 1969 (Digenea: Hemiuridae), parasites of mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae).

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Assembly rules of helminth parasite communities in grey mullets: combining components of diversity

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Author Correction: Evaluation of three methods for biomass estimation in small invertebrates, using three large disparate parasite species as model organisms.

scientific article published on 31 May 2018

Biogeography of parasitism in freshwater fish: spatial patterns in hot spots of infection

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Description and morphometrical variability of a new species of Ligophorus and of Ligophorus chabaudi (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) on Mugil cephalus (Teleostei) from the Mediterranean basin

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Description of Tylodelphys darbyi n. sp. (Trematoda: Diplostomidae) from the threatened Australasian crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus australis, Gould 1844) and linking of its life-cycle stages

scientific article published on 21 February 2019

Description, microhabitat selection and infection patterns of sealworm larvae (Pseudoterranova decipiens species complex, nematoda: ascaridoidea) in fishes from Patagonia, Argentina

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Determinants of parasite distribution in Arctic charr populations: catchment structure versus dispersal potential

scientific article published on 18 June 2018

Diplostomum von Nordmann, 1832 (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in the sub-Arctic: descriptions of the larval stages of six species discovered recently in Iceland

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Echinostoma 'revolutum' (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) species complex revisited: species delimitation based on novel molecular and morphological data gathered in Europe

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Evaluation of three methods for biomass estimation in small invertebrates, using three large disparate parasite species as model organisms

scientific article published in March 2018

Fish pathogens near the Arctic Circle: molecular, morphological and ecological evidence for unexpected diversity of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in Iceland

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Four marine digenean parasites of Austrolittorina spp. (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in New Zealand: morphological and molecular data

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Genetic structure and host-parasite co-divergence: evidence for trait-specific local adaptation

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Genetic structure in a progenetic trematode: signs of cryptic species with contrasting reproductive strategies

scientific article published on 21 July 2014

High diversity of metazoan parasites in carp gudgeons (Eleotridae: Hypseleotris spp.) from Eastern Australia

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

Histopathological characterisation of retinal lesions associated to Diplostomum species (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) infection in polymorphic Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus.

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Host traits explain the genetic structure of parasites: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 18 July 2013

Improving detection of avian malaria from host blood: a step towards a standardised protocol for diagnostics.

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Integrating parasitology and marine ecology: Seven challenges towards greater synergy

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Interrelationships of the Haploporinae (Digenea: Haploporidae): a molecular test of the taxonomic framework based on morphology

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Kudoa trifolia sp. n. - molecular phylogeny suggests a new spore morphology and unusual tissue location for a well-known genus

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Life History, Systematics and Evolution of the Diplostomoidea Poirier, 1886: Progress, Promises and Challenges Emerging From Molecular Studies

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Life cycles, molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the 'pygmaeus' microphallids (Digenea: Microphallidae): widespread parasites of marine and coastal birds in the Holarctic

scientific article published in May 2012

Microphallus ochotensis sp. nov. (Digenea, Microphallidae) and relative merits of two-host microphallid life cycles

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Molecular approaches to trematode systematics: 'best practice' and implications for future study.

scientific article published on 22 February 2016

Molecular characterisation of four echinostomes (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) from birds in New Zealand, with descriptions of Echinostoma novaezealandense n. sp. and Echinoparyphium poulini n. sp.

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Molecular evidence of shared hookworm Ancylostoma tubaeforme haplotypes between the critically endangered Iberian lynx and sympatric domestic cats

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Molecular phylogeny of Neotropical monogeneans (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) from catfishes (Siluriformes)

scientific article published on 18 March 2015

Molecular phylogeny of species of Ligophorus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) and their affinities within the Dactylogyridae

scientific article published on 25 June 2012

Molecules and morphology reveal cryptic variation among digeneans infecting sympatric mullets in the Mediterranean

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Morphological and molecular characterisation of a new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 (Monogenoidea: Gyrodactylidae) of cichlid fishes (Perciformes) from Mexico

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

Morphological description and molecular analyses of Tylodelphys sp. (Trematoda: Diplostomidae) newly recorded from the freshwater fish Gobiomorphus cotidianus (common bully) in New Zealand

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Native and invasive hosts play different roles in host–parasite networks

scientific article published on 17 January 2020

Neither Diplectanum nor specific: a dramatic twist to the taxonomic framework of Diplectanum (Monogenea: Diplectanidae)

scientific article published on 15 February 2019

PACo: a novel procrustes application to cophylogenetic analysis

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Parasciadicleithrum octofasciatum n. gen., n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae), parasite of Rocio octofasciata (Regan) (Cichlidae: Perciformes) from Mexico characterised by morphological and molecular evidence

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Parasite life-cycle studies: a plea to resurrect an old parasitological tradition

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Parasite prevalence in an intermediate snail host is subject to multiple anthropogenic stressors in a New Zealand river system

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Random Tanglegram Partitions (Random TaPas): An Alexandrian Approach to the Cophylogenetic Gordian Knot

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Robinia aurata n. g., n. sp. (Digenea: Hemiuridae) from the mugilid Liza aurata with a molecular confirmation of its position within the Hemiuroidea

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Saturnius minutus n. sp. and S. dimitrovi n. sp. (Digenea: Hemiuridae) from Mugil cephalus L. (Teleostei: Mugilidae), with a multivariate morphological analysis of the Mediterranean species of Saturnius Manter, 1969.

scientific article published on 5 May 2006

Spatial structure of helminth communities in the golden grey mullet, Liza aurata (Actinopterygii: Mugilidae), from the Western Mediterranean

scientific article published on 27 April 2012

Species of Apatemon Szidat, 1928 and Australapatemon Sudarikov, 1959 (Trematoda: Strigeidae) from New Zealand: linking and characterising life cycle stages with morphology and molecules

scientific article published on 18 September 2015

Swimming against the current: genetic structure, host mobility and the drift paradox in trematode parasites ⬇️

scientific article published on November 25, 2011

Testing the radiation cascade in postglacial radiations of whitefish and their parasites: founder events and host ecology drive parasite evolution

scientific article published in 2024

Towards a Unified Functional Trait Framework for Parasites

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Two new species of Maritrema Nicoll, 1907 (Digenea: Microphallidae) from New Zealand: morphological and molecular characterisation

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Upstream-downstream gradient in infection levels by fish parasites: a common river pattern?

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