Janine N. Caira

Janine N. Caira, Canadian parasitologist

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Unit 3043, 75 N. Eagleville Rd., Storrs, Connecticut 06269–3043.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Adamson, M.L. & Caira, J.N. 1991. Lockenloia sanguinis n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) from the Heart of a Nurse Shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, in Florida. Journal of Parasitology 77(5): 663–665. DOI: 10.2307/3282695, JSTOR Reference page.

Marques, F.P.L., Jensen, K. & Caira, J.N. 2012. Ahamulina n. gen. (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from the polkadot catshark, Scyliorhinus besnardi (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae), off Brazil. Zootaxa 3352: 51–59. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3352.1.5 Reference page.
Naylor, G.J.P., Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Rosana, K.A.M., Straube, N. & Lakner, C. 2012. Elasmobranch Phylogeny: A Mitochondrial Estimate Based on 595 Species. Pp. 31-56 in Carrier, J.C., Musick, J.A. & Heithaus, M.R. (eds). Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives. CRC Press. 666 pp. + 229 B/W illustrations. ISBN 9781439839249 Reference page.

Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. 2015. Insights on the identities of sharks of the Rhizoprionodon acutus (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes) species complex based on three new species of Phoreiobothrium (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea). Zootaxa 4059(2): 335–350. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Ruhnke, T.R., Caira, J.N. & Cox, A. 2015. The cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: A molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum. Zootaxa 3904(1): 51–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.1.3 Reference page.

Concha, F.J., Caira, J.N., Ebert, D.A. & Pompert, J.H.W. 2019. Redescription and taxonomic status of Dipturus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848), and description of Dipturus lamillai sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae), a new species of long-snout skate from the Falkland Islands. Zootaxa 4590(5): 501–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.5.1 PDF. Reference page.
Fernando, D., Bown, R.M.K., Tanna, A., Gobiraj, R., Ralicki, H., Jockusch, E., Ebert, D.A., Jensen, K. & Caira, J.N.. 2019. New insights into the identities of the elasmobranch fauna of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4585(2): 201–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.1 pdf Reference page.

Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. 2021. Two new species of Caulobothrium (Cestoda: “Tetraphyllidea”) from the duckbill eagle ray, Aetomylaeus bovinus (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae), off Senegal with new insights on morphological features of the genus. Zootaxa 4903(1): 127–139. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.1.8 Reference page.
Jensen, K., Pen, I.A.M. & Caira, J.N. 2021. A revision of the Rhoptrobothriidae (Cestoda: “Tetraphyllidea”). Zootaxa 4999(3): 201–218. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.3.1 full article pdf Reference page.