Van der Spuy, L. & Smit, N.J. & Naidoo, K. & Schaeffner, B.C. (2023)
A new species of Phoreiobothrium Linton, 1889 (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from the spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Valenciennes) off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Systematic Parasitology, 100, 149–158
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-022-10077-x
Van der Spuy, L. & Smit, N.J. & Schaeffner, B.C. (2022)
Threatened, host-specific affiliates of a red-listed host: Three new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from the endangered white skate, Rostroraja alba (Lacepede). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 17, 114–126
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.12.010
Erasmus, J.H. & Smit, N.J. & Gerber, R. & Schaeffner, B.C. & Nkabi, N. & Wepener, V. (2022)
Total mercury concentrations in sharks, skates and rays along the South African coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 184, Article 114142
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114142
Oosthuizen, G. & Naidoo, K. & Smit, N.J. & Schaeffner, B.C. (2022)
Adding one more to the list: A new species of Eniochobothrium (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) from the Oman cownose ray in South Africa. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife, 19, 138–147
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.08.011
Oosthuizen, G. & Acosta, A.A. & Smit, N.J. & Schaeffner, B.C. (2021)
A new species of Grillotia Guiart, 1927 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from the spotted skate, Raja straeleni Poll, in South Africa. Parasitology International, 82, Article 102307
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102307
Hayes, P.M. & Christison, K.W. & Vaughan, D.B. & Smit, N.J. & Boxshall, G.A. (2021)
Sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) from South Africa, with descriptions of two new species of Caligus. Systematic Parasitology, 98(4), 369–397
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-021-09984-2
Pretorius, C. & Smit, N.J. & Schaeffner, B.C. & Cook, C.A. (2021)
The neglected diversity: Description and molecular characterisation of Trypanosoma haploblephari Yeld and Smit, 2006 from endemic catsharks (Scyliorhinidae) in South Africa, the first trypanosome sequence data from sharks globally. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 15, 143–152
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.04.008
Van der Spuy, L. & Smit, N.J. & Schaeffner, B.C. (2020)
Four new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from the spotted skate, Raja straeleni Poll, off the Western Cape, South Africa. Folia Parasitologica, 67, Article 036
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2020.036
Schaeffner, B.C. & Smit, N.J. (2019)
Parasites of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes) in South Africa - a neglected field of marine science. Folia Parasitologica, 66, Article 002
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2019.002
Coetzee, M.L. & Smit, N.J. & Grutter, A.S. & Davies, A.J. (2009)
Gnathia trimaculata n. sp. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae), an ectoparasite found parasitising requiem sharks from off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Systematic Parasitology, 72(2), 97–112
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-008-9158-2
Coetzee, M.L. & Smit, N.J. & Grutter, A.S. & Davies, A.J. (2008)
A new gnathiid (Crustacea: Isopoda) parasitizing two species of requiem sharks from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Journal of Parasitology, 94(3), 608–615
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1391.1
Hayes, P.M. & Smit, N.J. & Davies, A.J. (2007)
Pathology associated with parasitic juvenile gnathiids feeding on the puffadder shyshark, Haploblepharus edwardsii (Voight). Journal of Fish Diseases, 30(1), 55–58
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00777.x
Hayes, P.M. & Smit, N.J. & Davies, A.J. (2007)
Tissue responses to juvenile Gnathia pantherina feeding on the gill septa of the puffadder shyshark, Haploblepharus edwardsii, in South Africa [Abstract]. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 78(2), 102
Yeld, E.M. & Smit, N.J. (2006)
A new species of Trypanosoma (Kinetoplastida : Trypanosomatidae) infecting catsharks from South Africa. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 86(4), 829–833
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013750
Smit, N.J. & Davies, A.J. (2004)
The curious life-style of the parasitic stages of gnathiid isopods. Advances in Parasitology, 58, 289–391
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-308X(04)58005-3
Smit, N.J. & Basson, L. (2002)
Gnathia pantherina sp. n. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae), a temporary ectoparasite of some elasmobranch species from southern Africa. Folia Parasitologica, 49(2), 137–151