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Integrating morphology and genetics to resolve the first reptilian liolopid life cycle in Africa, Paraharmotrema karinganiense (Digenea: Liolopidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2025

Nichole S-L. Donough ,
Marliese Truter ,
Victor Wepener ,
Luc Brendonck ,
Eli S.J. Thoré  and
Nico J. Smit
Nichole S-L. Donough
Affiliation:
Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa National Research Foundation-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Somerset Street, Makhanda, South Africa Animal Ecology, Global Change and Sustainable Development, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Marliese Truter
Affiliation:
Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa National Research Foundation-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Somerset Street, Makhanda, South Africa
Victor Wepener
Affiliation:
Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Luc Brendonck
Affiliation:
Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Animal Ecology, Global Change and Sustainable Development, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Eli S.J. Thoré
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Adaptive Biodynamics, Research Unit of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Life, Earth and Environment, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden TRANSfarm – Science, Engineering & Technology Group, KU Leuven, Lovenjoel, Belgium
Nico J. Smit*
Affiliation:
Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa National Research Foundation-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Somerset Street, Makhanda, South Africa
*
Corresponding author: Nico J. Smit, Email: nico.smit@nwu.ac.za
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Parasitology , Accepted manuscript , pp. 1 - 47
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