František Moravec (parasitologist)

František Moravec
František Moravec fishing for a parasitological survey
František Moravec fishing for a parasitological survey off New Caledonia, 2004
Born1 January 1939
Velká Bystřice
CitizenshipCzech
Alma materMasaryk University
Known forparasitology, Nematoda
Scientific career
FieldsParasitology
InstitutionsInstitute of Parasitology in České Budějovice
Author abbrev. (zoology)Moravec

František Moravec (born 1 January 1939) is a Czech parasitologist who specialises on the Nematodes, especially the nematodes parasites of fishes. His research is mainly in the field of taxonomy of the Nematoda.

Education and career

Moravec was born on 1 January 1939 in Velká Bystřice. He was in high school in Olomouc then was a student in the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic (at that time Czechoslovakia). For his Masters in 1962, he studied the parasitic worms of reptiles of Czechoslovakia. After graduation, he worked at the Institute of Parasitology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in České Budějovice, and in 1970 completed his thesis on nematodes parasites in fish. He is a world authority on Nematodes, especially their systematics and biology.[1]

Research

Among the most important works by Moravec, Tomáš Scholz[1] mentions his revision of the genera Rhabdochona and Anguillicola, and also his clarification of the family Capillariidae, for which he proposed to split the old "catch-all" genus Capillaria in 14 genera. In 2001, Moravec proposed a new revision of the Capillariidae,[2] with 22 genera. In 1994, Moravec published a 500-page book, Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe,[3] which was considered a major contribution to the study of fish parasites.[4]

In 1996, Scholz reported that Moravec had already published nearly 270 papers [1] — the number is now higher than 350, including eleven books.[5] Moravec is a member of the Editorial Board of several international journals such as Folia Parasitologica, Helminthologia, Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, Acta Parasitologica [1] and Parasite.

Eponymous taxa

Moravecnema segonzaci, a nematode species which honours František Moravec

Many taxa of parasites have been named in the honour of František Moravec by parasitologists from various countries, such as two genera of nematodes, Moravecia Ribu & Lester, 2004[6] and Moravecnema Justine, Cassone & Petter, 2002[7] and many species of Nematodes such as Aonchotheca moraveci Esteban, Mas-Coma, Oltra-Ferrero & Botella, 1991,[8] Camallanus moraveci Petter, Cassone & France, 1974,[9] Dichelyne moraveci Petter, 1995,[10] Freitascapillaria moraveci Caspeta-Mandujano, Salgado-Maldonado & Vazquez, 2009,[11] Huffmanela moraveci Carballo & Navone, 2007,[12] Oswaldocruzia moraveci Ben Slimane & Durette-Desset, 1995,[13] Philometroides moraveci Vismanis & Yunchis, 1994, Pseudocapillaria moraveci Iglesias, Centeno, Garcia & Garcia-Estevez, 2013,[14] Pterothominx moraveci Baruš, Kajerová & Koubková, 2005,[15] Royandersonia moraveci (Anderson & Lim, 1996) Moravec & Van As, 2004,[16] Spinitectus moraveci Boomker & Puylaert, 1994,[17] Goezia moraveci De & Dey, 1992,[18] Moaciria moraveci Bursey, Goldberg & Kraus, 2007[19] and Raphidascaroides moraveci Pereira, Tavares, Scholz & Luque, 2015,[20] and also species of Monogenea such as Gyrodactylus moraveci Ergens, 1979 andKritskyia moraveci Kohn, 1990[21] and of Digenea such as Homalometron moraveci Bray, Justine & Cribb, 2007 [22]

Drawings of parasites by František Moravec

As a specialist of the taxonomy of parasitic worms, Moravec has drawn a large number of species. The gallery shows just a few of these.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Scholz, Tomáš (1996). "Profile: František Moravec". Systematic Parasitology. 34 (2): 153–154. doi:10.1007/BF00009688. ISSN 0165-5752. S2CID 46107382.
  2. ^ Moravec, F. 2001: Trichinelloid Nematodes parasitic in cold-blooded vertebrates. Academia, Praha, 432 pp (ISBN 8020008055)
  3. ^ Moravec, F. (1994). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  4. ^ Anderson, Roy C. (1995). "F. Moravec: Parasitic Nematodes of Freshwater Fishes of Europe" (PDF). Folia Parasitologica. 42 (3): 240.
  5. ^ Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice. "František Moravec - Research scientist, Laboratory of Helminthology". Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
  6. ^ Ribu, Dalisay L.; Lester, Robert J.G. (2004). "Moravecia australiensis n. g., n. sp. (Dracunculoidea: Guyanemidae) from the gills of the green porcupine fish Tragulichthys jaculiferus (Cuvier) in Australia". Systematic Parasitology. 57 (1): 59–65. doi:10.1023/B:SYPA.0000010686.36122.98. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 14739676. S2CID 23684892.
  7. ^ Justine, Jean-Lou; Cassone, Jimmy; Petter, Annie (2002). "Moravecnema segonzaci gen. et sp. n. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) from Pachycara thermophilum (Zoarcidae), a deep-sea hydrothermal vent fish from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Folia Parasitologica. 49 (4): 299–303. doi:10.14411/fp.2002.055. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 12641204.
  8. ^ Esteban, J. G., Mas-Coma, S., Oltra-Ferrero, J. L., & Botella, P. (1991). Aonchotheca moraveci sp. n.(Nematoda: Trichuridae), a new nematode from the long-fingered bat, Myotis capaccinii, in Spain. Folia parasitologica, 38(4), 319-326.
  9. ^ Petter, Annie-J.; Cassone, J.; France, B.-M. (1974). "Un nouveau Nématode Camallanus pathogène dans des élevages de poissons exotiques". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 49 (6): 677–683. doi:10.1051/parasite/1974496677. ISSN 0003-4150.
  10. ^ Petter, A. J. (1995). Dichelyne moraveci n. sp., parasite de Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum et notes sur les Cucullanidae du Paraguay. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 102(3), 769-778. PDF=[1]
  11. ^ Caspeta-Mandujano, J. M., Salgado-Maldonado, G., & Vázquez, G. (2009). A new capillariid (Nematoda) parasitizing Heterandria bimaculata (Heckel, 1848)(Poeciliidae) in Mexico. Journal of Parasitology, 95(2), 392-395.
  12. ^ Carballo, María C.; Navone, Graciela T. (2007). "A new Huffmanela species (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) parasitizing atherinid fishes in north Patagonian gulfs, Argentina". Journal of Parasitology. 93 (2): 377–382. doi:10.1645/GE-971R.1. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 17539422. S2CID 33995872.
  13. ^ Ben Slimane, B., & Durette-Desset, M.-C. (1995). Sur les Oswaldocruzia (Nematoda, Trichostrongylina, Molineoidea), parasites d'amphibiens et de lézards de Cuba et de Porto Rico. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animales, 17(1-2), 65-76.
  14. ^ Iglesias, Raul; Centeno, Luisa; Garcia, Nuria; Garcia-Estevez, Jose M. (2013). "Pseudocapillaria (Pseudocapillaria) moraveci sp. n. (Nematoda: Capillariidae) from the stomach of Gobius paganellus (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Vigo estuary (NW Spain)". Folia Parasitologica. 60 (2): 135–140. doi:10.14411/fp.2013.014. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 23724732.
  15. ^ Baruš, Vlastimil; Kajerová, Vilma; Koubková, Božena (2005). "A new species of Pterothominx Freitas, 1959 (Nematoda: Capillariidae) parasitising psittacine birds (Psittaciformes)". Systematic Parasitology. 62 (1): 59–64. doi:10.1007/s11230-005-5482-y. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 16132871. S2CID 40118970.
  16. ^ Anderson, R. C.; Lim, L. H. S. (1996). "Synodontisia moraveci n. sp. (Oxyuroidea: Pharyngodonidae) from Osteochilus melanopleurus (Cyprinidae) of Malaysia, with a review of pinworms in fish and a key to species". Systematic Parasitology. 34 (3): 157–162. doi:10.1007/BF00009383. ISSN 0165-5752. S2CID 20498286.
  17. ^ Boomker, J., & Puylaert, F. A. (1994). Eight new Afrotropical Spinitectus spp.(Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) from freshwater fishes with a key to the members of the genus in the region. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 61, 127-127.
  18. ^ De, N. C.; Dey, J. (1992). "A new species of the genus Goezia Zeder, 1800 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the fish, Mastacembelus armatus (Lacep.) from West Bengal, India". Systematic Parasitology. 22 (3): 189–197. doi:10.1007/BF00009665. ISSN 0165-5752. S2CID 10414987.
  19. ^ Bursey, Charles; Goldberg, Stephen; Kraus, Fred (2007). "A new species of Moaciria (Nematoda, Heterakidae) and other helminths in the red Mawatta frog, Hylophorbus cf. rufescens (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea". Acta Parasitologica. 52 (3). doi:10.2478/s11686-007-0027-y. ISSN 1896-1851.
  20. ^ Pereira, Felipe B.; Tavares, Luiz E. R.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (2015). "A morphological and molecular study of two species of Raphidascaroides Yamaguti, 1941 (Nematoda: Anisakidae), parasites of doradid catfish (Siluriformes) in South America, with a description of R. moraveci n. sp". Systematic Parasitology. 91 (1): 49–61. doi:10.1007/s11230-015-9555-2. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 25862032. S2CID 16402286.
  21. ^ Kohn, Anna (1990). "Kritskyia moraveci n. g., n. sp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from the urinary bladder and ureters of Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Pisces: Pimelodidae) in Brazil". Systematic Parasitology. 17 (2): 81–85. doi:10.1007/BF00009794. ISSN 0165-5752. S2CID 43172581.
  22. ^ Bray, R. A.; Justine, J. L.; Cribb, T. H. (2007). "Homalometron moraveci n. sp (Digenea: Apocreadiidae) in the yellowfin goatfish, Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) (Perciformes checklist of digeneans of Mulloidichthys species". Zootaxa. 1525 (1): 41. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1525.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334.