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Overview

Janine N. Caira is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States, focusing primarily on environmental science with an emphasis on parasite biology and marine biology. Their research spans various interconnected fields and subfields, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach to understanding ecological dynamics and host-parasite relationships.

Their main fields of study include Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Aquatic Science, and Oceanography. This range highlights a broad engagement with both terrestrial and marine ecosystems.

The core topics in their research are:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Helminth infection and control

Janine N. Caira has published extensively in several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Parasitology
  • Zootaxa
  • International Journal for Parasitology
  • Journal of Helminthology
  • Folia Parasitologica

Notable recent papers exemplify their research focus on cestode parasites and their evolutionary and ecological relationships with marine hosts. These papers are:

  • Intrigue surrounding the life-cycles of species of Clistobothrium (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) parasitising large pelagic sharks, 2020, International Journal for Parasitology
  • Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera - at last!, 2020, Journal of Helminthology
  • Emerging global novelty in phyllobothriidean tapeworms (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) from sharks and skates (Elasmobranchii), 2020, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Electron microscopy reveals novel external specialized organs housing bacteria in eagle ray tapeworms, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Novelty and phylogenetic affinities of a new family of tapeworms (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidea) from endangered sawfish and guitarfish, 2023, International Journal for Parasitology

The research collaboration environment of Janine N. Caira includes frequent co-authors such as Kirsten Jensen, Veronica M. Bueno, Maria Pickering, T. R. Ruhnke, and Kaitlin Gallagher. These collaborative relationships suggest a networked approach to advancing parasitological and marine biology research.

Best Publications

  • A DNA Sequence–Based Approach To the Identification of Shark and Ray Species and Its Implications for Global Elasmobranch Diversity and Parasitology

    G. J. P. Naylor;J. N. Caira;K. Jensen;K. A. M. Rosana

  • Elasmobranch Phylogeny: A Mitochondrial Estimate Based on 595 Species

    Gavin J.P. Naylor;Janine N. Caira;Kirsten Jensen;Kerri A.M. Rosana

  • Orders out of chaos--molecular phylogenetics reveals the complexity of shark and stingray tapeworm relationships.

    Janine N. Caira;Kirsten Jensen;Andrea Waeschenbach;Peter D. Olson

  • Evolutionary factors influencing the nature of parasite specificity

    M. L. Adamson;J. N. Caira

  • On the phylogenetic relationships among tetraphyllidean, lecanicephalidean and diphyllidean tapeworm genera

    J.N. Caira;K. Jensen;C.J. Healy

  • Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008–2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth

    Janine N. Caira;Kirsten Jensen

  • Evolution of the Major Lineages of Tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoidea) Inferred From 18S Ribosomal DNA and Elongation factor-1alpha

    P D Olson;J N Caira

  • Evolution of the trypanorhynch tapeworms: parasite phylogeny supports independent lineages of sharks and rays.

    Peter D. Olson;Janine N. Caira;Kirsten Jensen;Robin M. Overstreet

  • Proposal for a new tapeworm order, Rhinebothriidea

    Claire J. Healy;Janine N. Caira;Kirsten Jensen;Bonnie L. Webster

  • A digest of elasmobranch tapeworms.

    Janine N. Caira;Kirsten Jensen

  • A REVISION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PAPILLOSE ALLOCREADIIDAE WITH INDEPENDENT CLADISTIC ANALYSES OF LARVAL AND ADULT FORMS

    Janine N Caira

  • Host specificity of adult versus larval cestodes of the elasmobranch tapeworm order Trypanorhyncha.

    Harry W. Palm;Janine N. Caira

  • An investigation of the co-evolutionary relationships between onchobothriid tapeworms and their elasmobranch hosts.

    J.N Caira;K Jensen

  • FOUR NEW SPECIES OF ACANTHOBOTHRIUM (CESTODA: TETRAPHYLLIDEA) FROM THE WHIPTAIL STINGRAY DASYATIS BREVIS IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

    Sohini Ghoshroy;J. N. Caira

  • Clarification of Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823) as a valid species, and a comparison with Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (Rajiformes: Myliobatidae)

    William White;Gavin Naylor;Kirsten Jensen

  • 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

    Francisco J. Concha;Janine N. Caira;David A. Ebert;Joost H. W. Pompert

  • Morphological investigations into Floriceps minacanthus (Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae) with analysis of the systematic utility of scolex microtriches.

    Cynthia Richmond;J. N. Caira

  • Emerging global novelty in phyllobothriidean tapeworms (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) from sharks and skates (Elasmobranchii)

    Janine N Caira;Veronica Bueno;Kirsten Jensen

  • Three new species of Echinobothrium (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from Indo-Pacific stingrays of the genus Pastinachus (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae).

    Roman Kuchta;Janine N. Caira

  • Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from an unusual species of Himantura (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) from northern Australia

    Carrie A. Fyler;Janine N. Caira;Kirsten Jensen

  • FIVE NEW SPECIES OF ACANTHOBOTHRIUM (TETRAPHYLLIDEA: ONCHOBOTHRIIDAE) FROM THE FRESHWATER STINGRAY HIMANTURA CHAOPHRAYA (BATOIDEA: DASYATIDAE) IN MALAYSIAN BORNEO

    C. A. Fyler;J. N. Caira

  • 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.

    Timothy R. Ruhnke;Janine N. Caira;Allison Cox

  • Keys to the cestode parasites of vertebrates

    J.N. Caira

Frequent Co-Authors

D. Timothy J. Littlewood
D. Timothy J. Littlewood Natural History Museum
Gavin J. P. Naylor
Gavin J. P. Naylor Florida Museum of Natural History
Steven A. Nadler
Steven A. Nadler University of California, Davis
William T. White
William T. White Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
David A. Ebert
David A. Ebert South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Roman Kuchta
Roman Kuchta Czech Academy of Sciences
Robin M. Overstreet
Robin M. Overstreet University of Southern Mississippi
Ian Beveridge
Ian Beveridge University of Melbourne
Tomáš Scholz
Tomáš Scholz Czech Academy of Sciences
Bonnie L. Webster
Bonnie L. Webster Natural History Museum

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