1. Occurrence of Cryptosporidium hominis in pigeons (Columba livia)

   • Néstor Abreu-Acosta
   • Pilar Foronda-Rodríguez
   • Basilio Valladares

   OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 1 - 5

2. Two new species of Sciadicleithrum (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) parasites of Neotropical cichlid fishes from the Paraná River, Brazil

   • Fábio Hideki Yamada
   • Ricardo Massato Takemoto
   • Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli

   OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 6 - 11

3. Two new species of entobdelline skin parasites (Monogenea, Capsalidae) from the blotched fantail ray, Taeniura meyeni, in the Pacific Ocean, with comments on spermatophores and the male copulatory apparatus

   • Ian D. Whittington
   • Graham C. Kearn

   OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 12 - 21

4. Calydiscoides limae sp. nov. (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) from Pentapodus aureofasciatus (Perciformes, Nemipteridae) off New Caledonia

   • Jean-Lou Justine
   • Pierpaolo F. Brena

   OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 22 - 27

5. Cercarial dimensions and surface structures as a tool for species determination of Trichobilharzia spp.

   • Martin Podhorský
   • Zuzana Huůzová
   • Petr Horák

   OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 28 - 36

6. A new trematode species parasitizing the catfish Hoplosternum littorale (Osteichthyes, Callichthyidae) from Paraná River, Brazil, with an emendation of the diagnosis of Magnivitellinum (Trematoda, Macroderoididae)

   • Ana C. F. Lacerda
   • Ricardo M. Takemoto
   • Gilberto C. Pavanelli

   OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 37 - 40

7. A new species of Falcaustra (Nematoda, Kathlaniidae) from Cnemaspis aff. tro pidogaster (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka

   • Charles R. Bursey
   • Stephen R. Goldberg
   • A. M. Bauer

   OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 41 - 44

8. A new species of Dichelyne (Nematoda, Cucullanidae) parasitizing sciaenid fishes from off the South American Atlantic coast

   • Juan T. Timi
   • Ana L. Lanfranchi
   • José L. Luque

   OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 45 - 52

9. Occurrence of cystacanths of Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus (Acanthocephala) in the terrestrial isopods Trachelipus squamuliger and Armadillidium vulgare (Oniscidea) in Bulgaria

   • Zlatka M. Dimitrova

   OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 53 - 56

10. The mesoparasitic copepod Trifur tortuosus Wilson, 1917 (Pennellidae): Redescription with notes on its congeners

    • Jorge A. Etchegoin
    • Ana L. Lanfranchi
    • Juan T. Timi

    OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 57 - 63

11. New data on systematics of the quill mites of the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970 (Acari, Syringophilidae) from North American birds

    • Maciej Skoracki
    • Maureen E. Flannery
    • Greg S. Spicer

    OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 64 - 72

12. Prevalence of intestinal parasites in shelter dogs and cats in the metropolitan area of Barcelona (Spain)

    • Mercedes Gracenea
    • Maria Soledad Gómez
    • Jordi Torres

    OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 73 - 77

13. Historical account of the two family-group names in use for the single accepted family comprising the “fish blood flukes”

    • Stephen A. Bullard
    • Kirsten Jensen
    • Robin M. Overstreet

    OriginalPaper 08 January 2009 Pages: 78 - 84