Ribeiroia (/raɪˈbɪəriːə/) is a genus of trematode parasites that sequentially infect freshwater snails in the family Planorbidae (ramshorn snails) as...
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Ribeiroia ondatrae, or the frog-mutating flatworm is a parasite in the genus Ribeiroia which is believed to be responsible for many of the recent increases...
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of hosts infected by Leucochloridium paradoxum, or malformed limbs of Ribeiroia-infected amphibians. The Flood's habit of altering its surroundings has...
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injury Deformity can occur in all organisms: Frogs can be mutated due to Ribeiroia (Trematoda) infection. Plants can undergo irreversible cell deformation...
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sometimes are affected by polymelia when attacked in the tadpole stage by the Ribeiroia parasite. A puppy, known as Lilly, was born in the United States with...
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declines of amphibians in some regions. These trematodes of the genus Ribeiroia have a complex life cycle with three host species. The first host includes...
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in sexual reproduction to produce eggs. In some species (for example Ribeiroia) the cercaria encysts, waits until their host is eaten by a third host...
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normal lifespan with only three limbs. Occasionally, a parasitic flatworm (Ribeiroia ondatrae) digs into the rear of a tadpole, causing a rearrangement of...
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able to reach maturity and if possible, reproduce sexually. For example, Ribeiroia ondatrae uses ramshorn snails as its first intermediate host, amphibians...
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Transformers Ten transformers capable of altering themselves in extreme ways. Ribeiroia 54 14 March 2006 Fashion Disasters Animals whose appearances can put them...
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nematodes Contracaecum multipapillatum and C. mexicanum and the trematode Ribeiroia ondatrae have caused illness and mortality in the Puerto Rican population...
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Luhe, 1909 Psilostomum Looss, 1899 Psilotornus Byrd & Prestwood, 1969 Ribeiroia Travassos, 1939 Sphaeridiotrema Odhner, 1913 Stephanoproraoides Price...
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end-early Ordovician turnover. Early, primitive rostroconchs such as Ribeiroia had a hinge in which all shell layers covered the dorsal region resulting...
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field of herpetology. The genus of trematode parasites of amphibians Ribeiroia is named after him. The South American catfish Glanidium ribeiroi Haseman...
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phenotype of their hosts; limb malformations in amphibians caused by Ribeiroia ondatrae, is one example. Some parasites have the capacity to manipulate...
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species of Planorbella host rediae and cercariae stages of the parasite Ribeiroia, prior to ultimate infection of the Rough-skinned Newt. Planorbella are...
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other trematodes are also natural parasites of Biomphalaria glabrata: Ribeiroia marini Candidatus Paenibacillus glabratella – this bacterial pathogen...
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