Kearn, G.C. & Whittington, I.D. & Evans-Gowing, R. (2012)
Spermatophores in Dermopristis cairae Whittington et Kearn, 2011 (Monogenea, Microbothriidae). Acta Parasitologica, 56(4), 371–376
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-011-0078-y
Kearn, G.C. & Whittington, I.D. & Thomas, P. (2012)
A new species of Asthenocotyle Robinson, 1961 (Monogenea: Microbothriidae), a skin parasite of the great lanternshark Etmopterus princeps Collett from the Azores, with a redescription of A. kaikourensis Robinson, 1961 and observations on A. taranakiensis Beverley-Burton, Klassen & Lester, 1987. Systematic Parasitology, 83(2), 145–158
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-012-9378-3
Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. (2011)
A new species of Dermopristis Kearn, Whittington & Evans-Gowing, 2010 (Monogenea: Microbothriidae), with observations on associations between the gut diverticula and reproductive system and on the presence of denticles in the nasal fossae of the host Glaucostegus typus (Bennett) (Elasmobranchii: Rhinobatidae). Systematic Parasitology, 80(1), 41–51
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-011-9308-9
Kearn, G.C. (2011)
Monogeneans - the ultimate fish parasites. The Biologist, 58: 28–32
Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. (2011)
Hatching strategies in monogenean (platyhelminth) parasites that facilitate host infection. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 51: 91–99
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr003
Kearn, G.C. & Whittington, I.D. & Evans-Gowing, R. (2010)
A new genus and new species of microbothriid monogenean (Platyhelminthes) with a functionally enigmatic reproductive system, parasitic on the skin and mouth lining of the largetooth sawfish, Pristis microdon, in Australia. Acta Parasitologica, 55(2), 115–122
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-010-0019-1
Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. (2009)
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. Acta Parasitologica, 54(1), 12–21
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-009-0013-7
Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. (2009)
Two new species of Neoentobdella (Monogenea: Capsalidae: Entobdellinae) from the skin of Australian stingrays (Dasyatidae). Folia Parasitologica, 56(1), 29–35
Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. (2008)
Trimusculotrema heronensis sp. nov. (Monogenea, Capsalidae) from the skin of the pink whipray Himantura fai (Elasmobranchii, Dasyatidae) from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia. Acta Parasitologica, 53(3), 251–257
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-008-0044-5
Kearn, G.C. & Whittington, I.D. & Euzet, L. (2006)
The handling and fate of spermatophores in Neoentobdella diadema and N. apiocolpos (Monogenea: Capsalidae: Entobdellinae). Folia Parasitologica, 53(1), 57–62
Kearn, G.C. (2005)
Leeches, Lice and Lampreys. A Natural History of Skin and Gill Parasites of Fishes. 432 pp. Springer, Dordrecht.
Kearn, G.C. & Whittington, I.D. (2005)
Neoentobdella gen. nov. for species of Entobdella Blainville in Lamarck, 1818 (Monogenea, Capsalidae, Entobdellinae) from stingray hosts, with descriptions of two new species. Acta Parasitologica, 50(1), 32–48
Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. (2005)
The precocious oncomiracidium of Neoentobdella parvitesticulata (Monogenea: Capsalidae: Entobdellinae). Parasitology Research, 96(5), 331–334
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1399-2
Kearn, G.C. (2003)
Monogenea. In Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Lower Metazoans and Lesser Deuterostomes, pp. 213 – 224. Edited by Michael Hutchins, Dennis A. Thoney, and Neil Schlager. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group.
Hamwood, T.E. & Cribb, B.W. & Halliday, J.A. & Kearn, G.C. & Whittington, I.D. (2002)
Preliminary characterisation and extraction of anterior adhesive secretion in monogenean (platyhelminth) parasites. Folia Parasitologica, 49(1), 39–49
Chisholm, L.A. & Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. (2001)
Dendromonocotyle colorni sp. n. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of Himantura uarnak (Dasyatididae) from Israel and a new host record for D. octodiscus from the Bahamas. Folia Parasitologica, 48(1), 15–20
Kearn, G.C. & Evans-Gowing, R. & Rees, J. (2001)
An ultrastructural study of the haptor of the microbothriid monogenean Leptocotyle minor from the skin of the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula (Scyliorhinidae). Acta Parasitologica, 46, 254–260
Burreson, E.M. & Kearn, G.C. (2000)
Rhopalobdella japonica n. gen., n. sp. (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) from Dasyatis akajei (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatididae) in the northwestern Pacific. Journal of Parasitology, 86(4), 696–699
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0696:RJNGNS]2.0.CO;2
Kearn, G.C. (1999)
The survival of monogenean (platyhelminth) parasites on fish skin. Parasitology, 119(Suppl. 1), S57–S88
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200008464X
Kearn, G.C. (1998)
Parasitism and the Platyhelminths. Chapman & Hall, London, 544 pp.
Kearn, G.C. (1994)
Evolutionary expansion of the Monogenea. International Journal for Parasitology, 24(8), 1227–1271
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(94)90193-7
Kearn, G.C. (1993)
Triloculotrema japanicae n.g., n.sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the olfactory sacs of the Japanese topeshark Hemitriakis japanica (Müller & Henle, 1839) (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae). Systematic Parasitology, 26(1), 53–57
DOI: 10.1007/BF00009648
Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. (1992)
Empruthotrema dasyatidis n.sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the olfactory sacs of Dasyatis fluviorum (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Systematic Parasitology, 22(3), 159–165
DOI: 10.1007/BF00009663
Kearn, G.C. & Whittington, I.D. (1992)
Diversity of reproductive behaviour in platyhelminth parasites : insemination in some benedeniine (capsalid) monogeneans. Parasitology, 104(3), 489–496
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000063757
Tappenden, T. & Kearn, G.C. (1991)
Spermiogenesis and sperm ultrastructure in the monocotylid monogenean Calicotyle kroyeri. International Journal for Parasitology, 21(1), 57–63
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(91)90120-V
Kearn, G.C. & Whittington, I.D. (1991)
Swimming in a sub-adult monogenean of the genus Entobdella. International Journal for Parasitology, 21(6), 739–741
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(91)90090-T
Kearn, G.C. & Gowing, R. (1990)
Vestigial marginal hooklets in the oncomiracidium of the microbothriid monogenean Leptocotyle minor. Parasitology Research, 76(5), 406–408
DOI: 10.1007/BF00933548
Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. (1990)
Effects of urea analogs on egg hatching and movement of unhatched larvae of the monogenean parasite Acanthocotyle lobianchi from the skin of Raja montagui. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 16(12), 3523–3529
DOI: 10.1007/BF00982115
Kearn, G.C. & Beverley-Burton, M. (1990)
Mycteronastes undulatae gen. nov., sp. nov. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the nasal cavities of Raja undulata in the eastern Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 70(4), 747–753
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400059026
Tappenden, T. & Kearn, G.C. (1990)
Spermiogenesis and sperm ultrastructure in the monogenean parasite Acanthocotyle lobianchi. International Journal for Parasitology, 20(6), 747–753
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(90)90008-B
Kearn, G.C. (1987)
The site of development of the monogenean Calicotyle kroyeri, a parasite of rays. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 67(1), 77–87
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400026370
Kearn, G.C. (1986)
The eggs of monogeneans. Advances in Parasitology, 25, 175–273
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-308X(08)60344-9
Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. (1986)
Rhythmical hatching and oncomiracidial behaviour in the hexabothriid monogenean Rajonchocotyle emarginata from the gills of Raja spp. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 66(1), 93–111
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400039679
Kearn, G.C. (1986)
Role of chemical substances from fish hosts in hatching and host-finding in monogeneans. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 12, 1651–1658
DOI: 10.1007/BF01022371
Llewellyn, J. & Green, J.E. & Kearn, G.C. (1984)
A check-list of monogenean (platyhelminth) parasites of Plymouth hosts. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 64(4), 881–887
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400047299
Rees, J.A. & Kearn, G.C. (1984)
The anterior adhesive apparatus and an associated compound sense organ in the skin parasitic monogenean Acanthocotyle lobianchi. Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde, 70(5), 609–625
DOI: 10.1007/BF00926591
Kearn, G.C. & Green, J.E. (1983)
Squalotrema llewellyni gen. nov., sp. nov., a monocotylid monogenean from the nasal fossae of the spur-dog, Squalus acanthias, at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 63(1), 17–25
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400049766
Kearn, G.C. (1982)
Rapid hatching induced by light intensity reduction in the monogenean Entobdella diadema. Journal of Parasitology, 68(1), 171–172
Kearn, G.C. (1981)
Behaviour of oncomiracidia. Parasitology, 82(1), 57–59
Kearn, G.C. & Vasconcelos, M.E. (1979)
Preliminary list of monogenean parasites of Portuguese marine fishes, with a note on Enoplocotyle minima Tagliani, 1912. Boletim Instituto Nacional de Investigaçao das Pescas, Lisboa, 1, 25–36
Kearn, G.C. (1979)
Studies on gut pigment in skin-parasitic monogeneans, with special reference to the monocotylid Dendromonocotyle kuhlii. International Journal for Parasitology, 9, 545–552
Kearn, G.C. (1978)
Entobdella australis, sp. nov., a skin-parasitic monogenean from the Queensland stingrays Taeniura lymma and Amphotistius kuhlii. Australia Journal of Zoology, 26(1), 207–214
DOI: 10.1071/ZO9780207
Kearn, G.C. (1978)
Early development and microhabitat of the monogenean Horricauda rhinobatidis, with observations on the related Troglocephalus rhinobatidis, from Rhinobatos batillum from Queensland, Australia. International Journal for Parasitology, 8(4), 305–311
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(78)90095-4
Kearn, G.C. (1978)
Predation on a skin-parasitic monogenean by a fish. Journal of Parasitology, 64(6), 1129–1130
Kearn, G.C. (1976)
Observations on monogenean parasites from the nasal fossae of European rays: Empruthotrema raiae (MacCallum, 1916), Johnston and Tiegs, 1922 and E. torpedinis sp. nov. from Torpedo marmorata. Proceedings of the Institute of Biology and Pedology, Far–East Science Centre, Vladivostock, USSR. 34: 45–54.(In Russian, with English summary).
Kearn, G.C. (1976)
Body surface of fishes. In Ecological Aspects of Parasitology(edited by Kennedy C.R.): 185–208
Kearn, G.C. & MacDonald, S. (1976)
The chemical nature of host hatching factors in the monogenean skin parasites Entobdella soleae and Acanthocotyle lobianchi. International Journal for Parasitology, 6(6), 457–466
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(76)90082-5
Kearn, G.C. (1975)
Hatching in the monogenean parasite Dictyocotyle coeliaca from the body cavity of Raja naevus. Parasitology, 70(1), 87–93
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000048897
Kearn, G.C. & MacDonald, S. (1974)
Hatching rhythms and hatching factors in monogeneans. In Proceedings of the Third International Congress of Parasitology, 1: 327–328
Kearn, G.C. (1974)
A comparative study of the glandular and excretory systems of the oncomiracidia of the monogenean skin parasites Entobdella hippoglossi, E. diadema and E. soleae. Parasitology, 69(2), 257–269
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000048095
Kearn, G.C. (1970)
The oncomiracidia of the monocotylid monogeneans Dictyocotyle coeliaca and Calicotyle kroyeri. Parasitology, 61(1), 153–160
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000040944
Kearn, G.C. (1968)
The larval development of Merizocotyle sp., a monocotylid monogenean from the nasal fossae of Raia undulata. Parasitology, 58(4), 921–928
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000069687
Kearn, G.C. (1967)
The life-cycles and larval development of some acanthocotylids (Monogenea) from Plymouth rays. Parasitology, 57(1), 157–167
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000071961
Kearn, G.C. (1965)
The biology of Leptocotyl minor, a skin parasite of the dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Parasitology, 55(3), 473–480
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000069183
Kearn, G.C. (1963)
Feeding in some monogenean skin parasites: Entobdella soleae on Solea solea and Acanthocotyle sp. on Raia clavata. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 43(3), 749–767
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400025662