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Overview

Omar M. Amin is affiliated with the United States Naval Medical Research Unit III in Egypt. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to the subfields of ecology, parasitology, small animals, clinical psychology, and insect science.

The scientist has a substantial record of publications addressing various topics, including:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Crustacean biology and ecology

Omar M. Amin has frequently published in specific venues, reflecting their research interests and academic outreach. These venues include:

  • International Journal of Zoology and Animal Biology (21 publications)
  • Acta Parasitologica (8 publications)
  • Journal of Helminthology (8 publications)
  • Systematic Parasitology (5 publications)
  • Parasite (4 publications)

The work often involves collaboration, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Richard A. Heckmann (19 joint publications)
  • Anshu Chaudhary (17 joint publications)
  • Meysam Sharifdini (10 joint publications)
  • Nataliya Yu. Rubtsova (9 joint publications)
  • Hridaya Shanker Singh (7 joint publications)

Some of Omar M. Amin's recent research contributions include:

  • "Hooking the scientific community on thorny-headed worms: interesting and exciting facts, knowledge gaps and perspectives for research directions on Acanthocephala," 2023, published in Parasite
  • "On the Neoechinorhynchus agilis (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) complex, with a description of Neoechinorhynchus ponticus n. sp. from Chelon auratus in the Black Sea," 2020, published in Parasite
  • "Morphological and Molecular Description of Rhadinorhynchus hiansi Soota and Bhattacharya, 1981 (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) from Marine Fish off the Pacific Coast of Vietnam," 2020, published in Journal of Parasitology
  • "Morphological and Molecular Description of Immature Southwellina hispida (Van Cleave, 1925) Witenberg, 1932 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from the Body Cavity of the Paratenic Host Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper (Gobiidae) in California, with Analyses of the Chemical Composition of Hooks and Spines," 2022, published in Acta Parasitologica

Best Publications

  • Classification of the Acanthocephala

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  • Key to the Families and Subfamilies of Acanthocephala, with the Erection of a New Class (Polyacanthocephala) and a New Order (Polyacanthorhynchida)

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  • Revision of Neoechinorhynchus Stiles & Hassall, 1905 (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) with keys to 88 species in two subgenera.

    Omar M. Amin

  • Redescription of Rhadinorhynchus ornatus (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) from skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, collected in the Pacific Ocean off South America, with special reference to new morphological features.

    Omar M. Amin;Richard A. Heckmann;Nahla A. E. Radwan;Johan S. Mantuano Anchundia

  • The effect of host species on growth and variability of Echinorhynchus salmonis M�ller, 1784 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae), with special reference to the status of the genus

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  • Description of two new species of Rhadinorhynchus (Acanthocephala, Rhadinorhynchidae) from marine fish in Halong Bay, Vietnam, with a key to species

    Omar M. Amin;Richard A. Heckmann;Nguyen Van Ha

  • Hooking the scientific community on thorny-headed worms: interesting and exciting facts, knowledge gaps and perspectives for research directions on Acanthocephala

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  • Moniliformis cryptosaudi n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) from the Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus (Gmelin) (Erinaceidae) in Iraq; A Case of Incipient Cryptic Speciation Related to M. saudi in Saudi Arabia.

    Omar M Amin;Richard A Heckmann;Meysam Sharifdini;Nagham Yaseen Albayati

  • The morphology of an unique population of Corynosoma strumosum (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae) from the Caspian seal, Pusa caspica, in the land-locked Caspian Sea using SEM, with special notes on histopathology.

    Omar M. Amin;Richard A. Heckmann;Ali Halajian;Atif M. El-Naggar

  • Chemical Analysis of Metals in Acanthocephalans Using Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (EDXA) in Conjunction with a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

    Richard A. Heckmann;Omar M. Amin;Michael D. Standing

  • Morphological variability and molecular characterization of Pomphorhynchus zhoushanensis sp. nov. (Acanthocephala: Pomphorhynchidae), with comments on the systematic status of Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905

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  • New and Already Known Acanthocephalans from Amphibians and Reptiles in Vietnam, with Keys to Species of Pseudoacanthocephalus Petrochenko, 1956 (Echinorhynchidae) and Sphaerechinorhynchus Johnston and Deland, 1929 (Plagiorhynchidae)

    Omar M. Amin;Ngyuen Van Ha;Richard A. Heckmann

  • Acanthocephalans from fishes and amphibians in Vietnam, with descriptions of five new species

    Omar Mohamed Amin;Richard Anderson Heckmann;Nguyen Van Ha

  • Morphological and molecular description of Rhadinorhynchus laterospinosus Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2011 (Acanthocephala, Rhadinorhynchidae) from marine fish off the Pacific coast of Vietnam

    Omar Mohamed Amin;Richard Anderson Heckmann;Sara Dallarés;María Constenla

  • Intestinal helminths of some Nile fishes near Cairo, Egypt with redescriptions of Camallanus kirandensis Baylis 1928 (Nematoda) and Bothriocephalus aegyptiacus Rysavý and Moravec 1975 (Cestoda).

    Omar M. Amin

  • Acanthocephala from lake fishes in Wisconsin: ecology and host relationships of Pomphorhynchus bulbocolli (Pomphorhynchidae)

    Omar M. Amin

  • Morphological and molecular descriptions of Moniliformis saudi sp. n. (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) from the desert hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg) in Saudi Arabia, with a key to species and notes on histopathology.

    Amin Om;Heckmann Ra;Osama M;Evans Rp

  • Host and Seasonal Associations of <i>Echinorhynchus salmonis</i> (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) in Lake Michigan Fishes

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  • Variability in Acanthocephalus parksidei Amin, 1974 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae).

    Omar M. Amin

  • Description of Pomphorhynchus spindletruncatus n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Pomphorhynchidae) from freshwater fishes in northern Iraq, with the erection of a new pomphorhynchid genus, Pyriproboscis n. g., and keys to genera of the Pomphorhynchidae and the species of Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905.

    Omar M. Amin;Shamall M.A. Abdullah;Furhan T. Mhaisen

  • Host and seasonal associations of Acanthocephalus parksidei Amin, 1974 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) in Wisconsin fishes.

    Omar M. Amin

  • On three acanthocephalan species from some Arabian Gulf fishes off the coast of Kuwait.

    Omar M. Amin;Fuad M. Nahhas;Faiza Al-Yamani;Randa Abu-Hakima

  • ON THE CRUSTACEAN HOSTS OF LARVAL ACANTHOCEPHALAN AND CESTODE PARASITES IN SOUTHWESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN

    Omar M. Amin

  • Cavisoma magnum (Cavisomidae), a unique Pacific acanthocephalan redescribed from an unusual host, Mugil cephalus (Mugilidae), in the Arabian Gulf, with notes on histopathology and metal analysis.

    Omar M Amin;Richard A Heckmann;Majid A Bannai

  • The description of Mediorhynchus africanus n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Gigantorhynchidae) from galliform birds in Africa

    Omar M. Amin;Paul Evans;Richard A. Heckmann;Atif M. El-Naggar;Atif M. El-Naggar

  • Acanthocephala from lake fishes in Wisconsin: host and seasonal distribution of species of the genus Neoechinorhynchus Hamann, 1892

    Omar M. Amin

  • Description and pathology of Neoechinorhynchus idahoensis n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) in Catostomus columbianus from Idaho.

    Omar M. Amin;Richard A. Heckmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Heckmann
Richard A. Heckmann Brigham Young University
Horst Taraschewski
Horst Taraschewski Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Bernd Sures
Bernd Sures University of Duisburg-Essen
Guillermo D'Elía
Guillermo D'Elía Austral University of Chile

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