Janine N. Caira

Janine N. Caira, US 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)

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 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., Eberth, 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.