Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019;1154:321-355. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-18616-6_11.
The trematodes are a species-rich group of parasites, with some estimates suggesting that there are more than 24,000 species. However, recent interests on the biology of trematodes of wildlife indicate that the taxonomic status and nomenclature of many of the previous species descriptions of wildlife trematodes throughout the world are confusing and difficult to decipher. In this chapter, we review work on selected trematodes of amphibians, birds, mammals, and their snail intermediate hosts, in the hope of providing a tool kit on how to study trematodes of wildlife. We provide a brief introduction to each group of wildlife trematodes, followed by some examples of the challenges each group of trematodes has relative to the goal of their identification and understanding of their biology and interactions with their wildlife hosts.
吸虫是一类物种丰富的寄生虫，据估计，其种类超过 24000 种。然而，最近人们对野生动物吸虫生物学的研究表明，全世界野生动物吸虫的许多先前的物种描述在分类地位和命名法上令人困惑，难以解读。在本章中，我们回顾了对两栖动物、鸟类、哺乳动物及其蜗牛中间宿主的选定吸虫的研究工作，希望为如何研究野生动物的吸虫提供一个工具包。我们简要介绍了每一组野生动物吸虫，然后介绍了每组吸虫在鉴定其身份以及了解其生物学和与野生动物宿主相互作用的目标方面所面临的一些挑战。
