Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes

EARLY ORIGINS OF BASAL TAXA The Early Worm - Origins and Relationships of the Lower Flatworms Seth Tyler Contributions to the Phylogeny and Systematics of the Acoelomorpha Olga I. Raikova, Maria Reuter and Jean-Lou Justine The Nemertodermatida Kennet Lundin and Wolfgang Sterrer Phylogenetic Systematics of the Macrostomorpha Reinhard M. Rieger FREE-LIVING GROUPS The Proseriata Marco Curini-Galletti Molecular Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Tricladida Jaume Baguna, Salvador Carranza, Jordi Paps, Inaki Ruiz-Trillo and Marta Riutort Towards a Phylogenetic Classification and Characterisation of Dugesiid Genera (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) - a morphological perspective Ronald Sluys SYMBIONTS AND PARASITES The Prolecithophora Ulf Jondelius, Michael Noren and Jan Hendleberg The Temnocephalida Lester R.G. Cannon and Boris I. Joffe Phylogenetic Relationships of the Monogenoidea Walter A.Boeger and Delane C. Kritsky The Gyrocotylidea, Amphilinidea and the Early Evolution of Cestoda Willi E.R. Xylander Phylogeny Among the Orders of the Eucestoda (Cercomeromorphae): Integrating Morphology, Molecules and Total Evidence Eric P. Hoberg, Jean Mariaux and Dan R. Brooks Cestode Systematics in the Molecular Era Jean Mariaux and Peter D. Olsen Interrelationships Among Tetraphyllidean and Lecanicephalidean Cestodes Janine N. Caira, Kirsten Jensen and Claire J. Healy The Aspidogastrea, an Archaic Group of Platyhelminthes Klaus Rohde The Digenea Thomas H. Cribb, Rodney A.Bray, D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Sylvie P. Pichelin, Elizabeth A. Herniou Molecular Phylogeny of the Suborder Plagiorchiata and its Position in the System of Digenea Vasyl V. Tkach, Jan Pawlowski, Jean Mariaux and Zdzislaw Swiderski The Schistosomatidae: Advances in Phylogenetics and Genomics Scott D. Snyder, Eric S. Loker, David A. Johnston and David Rollinson CHARACTERS AND TECHNIQUES Protonephridia as Phylogenetic Characters Klaus Rohde 20. Insights from Comparative Spermatology in the "Turbellarian" Rhabdocoela Nikki A. Watson Spermatozoa as Phylogenetic Characters for the Platyhelminthes Jean Lou-Justine Comparative Neurobiology of the Platyhelminthes Maria Reuter and David W. Halton The Use of Life Cycle Characters in Studies of the Evolution of Cestodes Ian Beveridge Embryology and Developmental Genes as Clues to Flatworm Relationships Maximilian J. Telford Small Subunit rDNA and the Platyhelminthes: Signal, Noise, Conflict and Compromise D. Timothy J. Littlewood and Peter D.Olson Flatworm Phylogeneticist: Between Molecular Hammer and Morphological Anvil Boris I. Joffe and Elena E. Kornakova Towards a Phylogenetic Supertree of the Platyhelminthes Mark Wilkinson, Joseph L. Thorley, D. Timothy J. Littlewood and Rodney A. Bray