Institute of Parasitology

Biology Centre, ASCR, v.v.i.

Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Education

Collections

Collections of parasitic organisms

Helminthological collection

Curator: RNDr. F. Moravec, DrSc.

A large collection of helminths comprising about 3000 species (partly not yet registered) from around the world, including numerous type specimens, is available for comparative studies to helminthologists from various countries. Exceptionally, some parasitic crustaceans and pentastomids are included in the collection.

List of registered species

List of plathelminths and acanthocephalants with host species

List of types deposited:
Monogenea
Cestoda
Trematoda
Nematoda
Acanthocephala
Crustacea

Loan conditions

Type collection of parasitic arthropods

Curator: prom.biol. Vladimír Bukva CSc.

A collection of holotypes and paratypes of about 300 species of parasitic arthropods on 430 microscopic slides is deposited at the Laboratory of Parasitic Arthropods. A large collection of several thousand specimens of parasitic mites and fleas from mammals, birds and reptiles, and a small collection of ticks in alcohol, are deposited in the same laboratory. The Institute maintains laboratory colonies of ticks (8 species), mosquitoes (4 species, 5 lines) and arboviruses (33 species and strains).

Type collection of ARTHROPODS

Collection of cryopreserved cultures of blood flagellates and amphizoic amoebae

An extensive collection of cryopreserved cultures of blood flagellates and amphizoic amoebae is maintained at the Department of Eukaryotic Microorganisms Infecting Fish.