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Caira, J. N. and M. Pickering. In press. Cestodes from deep-water squaliform sharks in the Azores. Deep Sea Research II.
Caira, J. N., N. Rodriguez, and M. Pickering. In press. New African species of Echinobothrium (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) and implications for the identities of their skate hosts. Journal of Parasitology. Journal of Parasitology.
Caira, J. N., K. Jensen, A. Waeschenbach, P. D. Olson, and D. T. J. Littlewood. In review. Orders out of chaos– molecular phylogenetics reveals the complexity of shark and stingray tapeworm relationships. International Journal for Parasitology.
Pickering, M. and J. N. Caira. In review. Differences in microthrix form between stomach and spiral intestine stages of the tapeworm Trilocularia gracilis: Interspecific variation or development? Journal of Parasitology.
2013
Caira, J. N. and D. T. J. Littlewood. 2013. Diversity of the Platyhelminthes, In S. A. Levin (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2nd edition. 7: 437–469. Academic Press.
Caira, J. N., F. P. L. Marques, K. Jensen, R. Kuchta, and V. A. Ivanov. 2013. Phylogenetic analysis and reconfiguration of genera in the cestode order Diphyllidea. International Journal for Parasitology. 43: 621–639.
Caira, J. N., M. Pickering, A. D. Schulman, and N. Hanessian. 2013. Two new species of Echinobothrium (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from batoids off South Africa. Comparative Parasitology. 80: 22–32.
Ivanov, V. A. and J. N. Caira. 2013. Two new species of Halysioncum Caira, Marques, Jensen, Kuchta et Ivanov, 2013 (Cestoda, Diphyllidea) from Indo-Pacific rays of the genus Aetomylaeus Garman (Myliobatiformes, Myliobatidae). Folia Parasitologica 60: 321–330.
Mojica, K. R., K. Jensen, and J. N. Caira. 2013. Revision of Anteropora (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) and descriptions of five new species from stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in Borneo. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum. 61: 39–54.
2012
Caira, J. N., C. J. Healy, and K. Jensen. 2012. Elasmobranchs as hosts of metazoan parasites: A revised look. Pp. 547–578. In. The Biology of Sharks and their Relatives. J. Carrier, J. Musack, E. Heithaus (eds). CRC Press. Boca Raton.
Eyring, K. L., C. J. Healy, and F. B. Reyda. 2012. A new genus and species of cestode (Rhinebothriidea) from Mobula kuhlii (Rajiformes: Mobulidae) from Malaysian Borneo. Journal of Parasitology 98: 584-591.
Ivanov, V.A. and J. N. Caira. 2012. Description of 3 new species of Echinobothrium (Cestoda, Diphyllidea) from Indo–Pacific elasmobanchs of the genus Glaucostegus (Rajiformes, Rhinobatidae). Journal of Parasitology 98: 365–377.
Koch, K., K. Jensen and J. N. Caira. 2012. Three new genera and six new species of lecanicephalideans (Cestoda) from eagle rays of the genus Aetomylaeus (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from Northern Australia and Borneo. Journal of Parasitology 98: 175–198.
Marques, F., K. Jensen, and J. N. Caira. 2012. Ahamulina n. gen. (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from the Polkadot catshark, Scyliorhinus besnardi (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae), in Brazil. Zootaxa 3352: 51–59.
Naylor, G. J. P., J. N. Caira, K. Jensen, K. A. M. Rosana, N. Straube and C. Lakner. 2012. Elasmobranch Phylogeny: A mitochondrial estimate based on 595 species. Pp. 31–56. In. The Biology of Sharks and their Relatives. J. Carrier, J. Musack, E. Heithaus (eds). CRC Press. Boca Raton.
Naylor, G. J. P., J. N. Caira, K. Jensen, K. A. M. Rosana, W. T. White, and P. R. Last. 2012. A DNA sequence based approach to the identification of shark and ray species and its implications for global elasmobranch diversity and parasitology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. No. 754. 261 pp.
Pickering, M. and J. N. Caira. 2012. A new hyperapolytic species, Trilocularia eberti sp. n. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea), from Squalus cf. mitsukurii (Squaliformes: Squalidae) off South Africa with comments on its development and fecundity. Folia Parasitologica. 59: 107–114.
Phillips, A. J., J. Mariaux, and B. B. Georgiev. 2012. Cucolepis cincta gen. n. et sp. n. (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from the squirrel cuckoo Piaya cayana Lesson (Aves: Cuculiformes) from Paraguay. Folia Parasitologica 59(4): 287-294.
2011
Caira, J. N. 2011. The American Society of Parasitologists: Who are we now? Journal of Parasitology 96: 967-973.
Caira, J. N. 2011. Synergy advances parasite taxonomy and systematics: an example from elasmobranch tapeworms. Parasitology 138: 1675–1687. (invited)
Caira, J. N., M. Malek, T. Ruhnke. 2011. A new genus of Phyllobothriidae (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from carcharhiniform sharks from Iran and Australia. Journal of Helminthology. 85: 40–50.
Desjardins, L. and J. N. Caira. 2011. Three new species of Spiniloculus (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Chiloscyllium punctatum (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes) off Borneo with clarification of the identity of the type of the genus. Folia Parasitologica. 58: 55–68.
Jensen, K., P. Nikolov, and J. N. Caira. 2011. A new genus and two new species of Anteroporidae (Lecanicephalidea, Cestoda) from the Darkspotted numbfish (Narcine maculata, Narcinidae, Torpediniformes) in Malaysian Borneo. Folia Parasitologica. 58:95–107.
Rodriguez, N., M. Pickering, and J. N. Caira. 2011. Echinobothrium joshuai n. sp. (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from the roughnose skate, Cruriraja hulleyi, (Rajiformes: Rajidae) off South Africa. Comparative Parasitology. 78: 306–311.
Zschoche, M., J. N. Caira, and C. A. Fyler. 2011. A new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1850 (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from Pastinachus atrus (Macleay) (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) in Australian waters, with reassessment of host associations of Acanthobothrium parasitizing Pastinachus spp. Systematic Parasitology. 78: 109–116.
2010
Caira, J. N., R. Kuchta, and L. Desjardins. 2010. A new genus and two new species of Aporhynchidae (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from catsharks (Carcharhiniforms: Scyliorhinidae) off Taiwan. Journal of Parasitology 96: 1185–1190.
Fyler, C. A. and J. N. Caira. 2010. Phylogenetic status of four new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) parasitic on the wedgefish Rhynchobatus laevis (Elasmobranchii: Rhynchobatidae): implications for interpreting host associations. Invertebrate Systematics. 24: 419–433.
Kuchta, R. and J. N. Caira. 2010. Three new species of Echinobothrium (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from Indo–Pacific stingrays of the genus Pastinachus (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae). Folia Parasitologica. 57: 185–196.
Last, P.R., W. T. White, J. N. Caira, Dharmadi, Fahmi, K. Jensen, A. P. K. Lim, B. M. Manjaji–Matsumoto, G. J. P. Naylor, J. J. Pogonoski, J. D. Stevens & G. K. Yearsley. 2010. Sharks and Rays of Borneo. CSIRO Publishing. 298 pp.
Malek, M., J. N. Caira, and M. Haseli. 2010. Two new species of Paraorygmatobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the carcharhinid shark Carcharhinus cf. dussumieri in the Persian Gulf. Systematic Parasitology. 76: 59–68.
Noever, C., J. N. Caira, R. Kuchta, and L. Desjardins. 2010. Two new species of Aporhynchus (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from deep water lanternsharks (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) in the Azores, Portugal. Journal of Parasitology. 96: 1,176–1184.
Olson, P. D., J. N. Caira, K. Jensen, R. M. Overstreet, H. W. Palm, and I. Beveridge. 2010. Evolution of the trypanorhynch tapeworms: parasite phylogeny supports independent lineages of sharks and rays. International Journal for Parasitology. 40: 223–242.
White, W.T., Last, P.R., Naylor, G.J.P., Jensen, K. & Caira, J.N. 2010. Clarification of Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823) as a valid species, and a comparison with Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (Rajiformes: Myliobatidae), pp. 141–164. In: P.R. Last, W.T. White, J.J. Pogonoski (eds) Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 032, 165 pp.
2009
Caira, J. N. and K. Jensen. 2009. Erection of a new onchobothriid genus (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) and the description of five new species from whaler sharks (Carcharhinidae). Journal of Parasitology. 95: 924–940.
Chervy, L. 2009. Unified terminology for cestode microtriches: a proposal from the participants of the International Cestode Workshops in 2002–2008. Folia Parastiologica. 56: 199–230.
Fyler, C. A., J. N. Caira, and K. Jensen. 2009. Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from an unusual species of Himantura (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) from northern Australia. Folia Parasitologica. 56: 107–128.
Healy, C. J., J. N. Caira, K. Jensen, B. L. Webster, and T. J. Littlewood. 2009. Proposal for a new tapeworm order, Rhinebothriidea. International Journal for Parasitology. 39: 497–511.
2008
Jensen, K. and J. N. Caira. 2008. A revision of Uncibilocularis Southwell, 1925 (Tetraphyllidea; Onchobothriidae) with the description of four new species. Comparative Parasitology. 75: 157–173.
Palm, H. W. and J. N. Caira. 2008. Host specificity of adult versus larval cestodes of the elasmobranch tapeworm order Trypanorhyncha. International Journal for Parasitology. 38: 381–388.
Pickering, M. and J. N. Caira. 2008. Calliobothrium schneiderae n. sp. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the Spotted Estuary Smooth–hound shark, Mustelus lenticulatus, from New Zealand. Comparative Parasitology. 75: 174–181.
Reyda, F. B. 2008. Intestinal helminths of freshwater stingrays in southeastern Peru, and a new genus and two new species of cestode. Journal of Parasitology. 94: 684-699.
Ruhnke, T. R. and J. N. Caira 2008. Two new species of Anthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae) from carcharhinid sharks, with a redescription of Anthobothrium laciniatum. Systematic Parasitology. 72: 217–227.
Twohig, M. E., J. N. Caira, and C. A. Fyler. 2008. Two new cestode species from the Dwarf whipray, Himantura walga (Batoidea: Dasyatidae), from Borneo with comments on site and mode of attachment. Journal of Parasitology. 94: 1118–1127.
2007
Caira, J. N., K. Jensen, and C. Rajan. 2007. Seven new Yorkeria species (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Borneo and Australia and their implications for Chiloscyllium (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes) identification. Journal of Parasitology. 93: 357–376.
Caira, J. N., F. B. Reyda, and J. D. Mega. 2007. A revision of Megalonchos (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with description of two new species and transfer of two species to Biloculuncus. Systematic Parasitology. 67: 211–223.
Fyler, C. A. 2007. Comparison of microthrix ultrastructure and morphology on the plerocercoid and adult scolex of Calliobothrium cf. verticillatum (Tetraphyllidea: Oncobothriidae). Journal of Parasitology. 93: 4-11.
2006
Borucinska, J. D. and J. N. Caira. 2006. Mode of attachment and lesions associated with trypanorhynch cestodes in the gastrointestinal tracts of two species of sharks collected from coastal waters of Borneo. Journal of Fish Diseases. 29: 395–407.
Caira, J. N. and S. M. Durkin. 2006. A new genus and species of tetraphyllidean cestode from the Spadenose shark, Scoliodon laticaudus, in Malaysian Borneo. Comparative Parasitology 43: 42–48.
Caira, J. N., T. Scholz and B. B. Georgiev. 2006. Cestode systematics and phylogeny move forward. Systematic Parasitology 65: 171–174.
Fyler, C. and J. N. Caira. 2006. Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the freshwater stingray Himantura chaophraya (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) in Malaysian Borneo. Journal of Parasitology. 92: 105–125.
Healy, C. J. 2006. Three new species of Rhinebothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the freshwater whipray, Himantura chaophraya, in Malaysian Borneo. Journal of Parasitology. 92: 364–374.
Jensen, K. and J. N. Caira. 2006. The status of Rhoptrobothrium Shipley et Hornell, 1906 (Cestoda: Tetraphylidea), with redescription of the type species, R. myliobatidis, and description of three new species from eagle rays in the genus Aetomylaeus from Malaysian Borneo. Folia Parasitologia 53: 189–207.
Reyda, F. and J. N. Caira. 2006. Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Himantura uarnacoides (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) in Malaysian Borneo. Comparative Parasitology. 43: 49–71.
Ruhnke, T. R., J. N. Caira, and S. D. Carpenter. 2006. Orectolobicestus n. g. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea), with description of five new species, and transfer of Phyllobothrium chiloscyllii to the new genus. Systematic Parasitology 65: 215–233.
2005
Caira, J. N. and T. Bogea. 2005. Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902. Pp. 413–436. Keys to the Digenean Parasites of Vertebrates. R. Bray, A. Jones, and D. Gibson (eds). CABI International. London.
Caira, J. N., J. Mega, and T. R. Ruhnke. 2005. An unusual blood sequestering tapeworm (Sanguilevator yearsleyi n. gen., n. sp.) from Borneo with description of Cathetocephalus resendezi n. sp. from Mexico and molecular support for the recognition of the order Cathetocephalidea (Platyhelminthes: Eucestoda). International Journal for Parasitology. 35:1135–1152.
Caira, J. N. and F. Reyda. 2005. Marine eucestodes. Pp. 92–104. In Marine Parasitology. K. Rohde (ed). CSIRO Press.
Caira, J. N., C. Richmond, and J. Swanson. 2005. A revision of Phoreiobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with descriptions of five new species. Journal of Parasitology. 91: 1153–1174.
2004
Caira, J. N. and C. J. Healy. 2004. Elasmobranchs as hosts of metazoan parasites. Pp. 523–551. In. The Biology of Sharks and their Relatives. J. Carrier, J. Musack, E. Heithaus (eds). CRC Press. Boca Raton.
Caira, J. N., R. Tracy, and L. Euzet. 2004. Five new species of Pedibothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the Tawny nurse shark, Nebrius ferrugineus, in the Pacific Ocean. Journal of Parasitology. 90: 286–300.
Seville, S., R., L. Couch, R. Seed, C. Chappell, J. N. Caira, S. Patton. 2004. Infection in the classroom: Parasites as models to teach biology. The American Biology Teacher. 66: 43–49.
Williams, H.H., M. Burt, and J. N. Caira. 2004. Anthobothrium lesteri n. sp. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) in Carcharhinus melanopterus from Heron Island, Australia, with comments on its site, mode of attachment and reproductive strategy and membership of the genus. Systematic Parasitology. 59: 211–221.
2003
Caira, J. N., K. Jensen, and K. Holsinger. 2003. On a new index of host specificity. Pp. 161–201. In. Taxonomy, Ecology, and Evolution of Metazoan Parasites. (Livre hommage à Louis Euzet). Tome I. Combes C. & J. Jordan (eds). PUP, Perpignan France. Presses Universitaires de Perpignan, France.
Healy, C. J. 2003. A revision of Platybothrium Linton, 1890 (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae), with a phylogenetic analysis and comments on host-parasite associations. Systematic Parasitology. 56: 85-139.
Reyda, F. B. and P. D. Olson. 2003. Cestodes of cestodes of Peruvian freshwater stingrays. Journal of Parasitology. 89: 1018-1024.
2002
Caira, J. N. and R. Tracy. 2002. Two new species of Yorkeria (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) From Chiloscyllium punctatum (Elasmobanchii: Hemiscyllidae). Journal of Parasitology. 88: 1172–1180.
2001
Bogea, T. and J. N. Caira. 2001. Chaetotaxy and ultrastructure of sensory receptors in the cercaria of a species of Allassogonoporus Oliver, 1938 (Digenea: Lecithodendriidae). Systematic Parasitology. 50: 1–11.
Bogea, T. and J. N. Caira. 2001. Ultrastructure and chaetotaxy of sensory receptors in the cercaria of a species of Allopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966 (Digenea: Opecoelidae). Memoirs of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. 96: 205–214.
Bogea, T. and J. N. Caira. 2001. Ultrastructure and chaetotaxy of sensory receptors in the cercariae of a species of Crepidostomum Braun, 1900 and Bunodera Railliet, 1896 (Digenea: Allocreadiidae). Journal of Parasitology. 87: 273–286.
Caira, J. N. and A. Burge. 2001. Three new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the Ocellated electric ray, Diplobatis ommata, in the Gulf of California, México. Comparative Parasitology. 68: 52–65.
Caira, J. N. and L. Euzet. 2001. Age of association between the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, and tapeworms of the genus Pedibothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae): implications from geography. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 72: 609–614.
Caira, J. N. and K. Jensen. 2001. An investigation of the coevolutionary relationships between onchobothriid tapeworms and their elasmobranch hosts. International Journal for Parasitology. 31: 960–975 (Invited).
Caira, J. N., K. Jensen and C. J. Healy. 2001. Interrelationships among tetraphyllidean and lecanicephalidean cestodes. Pp. 135–158. In: Littlewood, D.T.J., Bray, R. (Eds.), Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes, Taylor and Francis.
Caira, J. N. and S. D. Zahner. 2001. Two new species of Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from horn sharks in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Systematic Parasitology. 50: 219–229.
Ghoshroy, S. and J. N. Caira. 2001. Four new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the whiptail stingray Dasyatis brevis in the Gulf of California. Journal of Parasitology. 87: 354–372.
Healy, C. J., T. Scholz and J. N. Caira. 2001. Erudituncus n. gen. (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with a redescription of E. musteli (Yamaguti, 1952) n. comb. and comments on its hook homologies. Journal of Parasitology. 87: 833–837.
Jensen, K. 2001. Four new genera and five new species of Lecanicephalideans (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) from elasmobranchs in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Journal of Parasitology. 87: 845-861.
Neifar, L., G. A. Tyler, and L. Euzet. 2001. Two new species of Macrobothrium (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from Rhinobatid elasmobranches in the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia, with notes on the status of the genus. Journal of Parasitology. 87: 673-680.
Olson, P. D. and J. N. Caira. 2001. Two new species of Litobothrium Daily, 1969 (Cestoda: Litobothriidea) from thresher sharks in the Gulf of California, Mexico, with redescriptions of two species in the genus. Systematic Parasitology. 48: 159–177.
Tyler, G. A. 2001. Diphyllidean cestodes of the Gulf of California, Mexico with descriptions of two new species of Echinobothrium (Cestoda: Diphyllidea). Journal of Parasitology. 87: 173-184.
2000
Caira, J. N. and T. J. Littlewood. 2000. Diversity of the Platyhelminthes, In Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Academic Press. 5: 863–899. (Invited).
Bush, A., J. N. Caira, D. J. Minchella, S. A. Nadler, and J. R. Seed. 1995. Parasitology in the Year 2000. J. Parasitol. 81: 835–842. (Invited).
Faliex, E., G. A. Tyler, and L. Euzet. 2000. A new species of Ditrachybothridium (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from Galeus sp. (Selachii, Scyliorhynidae) from the South Pacific Ocean, with a revision of the diagnosis of the order, family, and genus and notes on descriptive terminology of microtriches. Journal of Parasitology. 86(5): 1078-1084.
1999
Caira, J. N., K. Jensen and C. J. Healy. 1999. On the phylogenetic relationships among the tetraphyllidean, lecanicephalidean and diphyllidean tapeworm genera. Systematic Parasitology. 42: 77–151.
Olson, P. D. and J. N. Caira. 1999. Evolution of the major lineages of tapeworms (Platyhelminths: Cestoidea) inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA and Elongation Factor–1. Journal of Parasitology. 85: 1134–1159.
Tyler, G. and J. N. Caira. 1999. Two new species of Echinobothrium (Cestoidea: Diphyllidea) from myliobatiform elasmobranchs in the Gulf of California, México. J. Parasitol. 85: 327–335.
1998
Caira, J. N. 1998. Acceptance of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal. Journal of Parasitology. 84: 1075–1077.
Caira, J. N. and R. Rasolofonirina. 1998. A new species of Pedibothrium (Cestoidea: Tetraphyllidea) from the short–tail nurse shark, Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum (Elasmobranchii: Orectilobiformes), from Southwest Madagascar. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 65: 50–55.
McKenzie, V. J. and J. N. Caira. 1998. Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with description of their modes of attachment to the spiral intestine. Journal of Parasitology. 84: 409–421.
1997
Borucinska, J., H. Van Kruiningen and J. Caira. 1997. Clinicopathological features and histopathology of experimental hepatic capillariasis in muskrats. (Ondatra zibethicus). Journal of Wildlife Disease. 33: 122–130.
Caira, J. N., G. W. Benz, J. Borucinska, and N. E. Kohler. 1997. Pugnose eels Simenchelys parasiticus (Synaphobranchidae) from the heart of a shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus (Lamnidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 49: 139–144.
Caira, J. N., K. Jensen, Y. Yamane, A. Isobe and K. Nagasawa. 1997. On the tapeworms of Megachasma pelagios: description of a new genus and species of lecanicephalidean and additional information on the trypanorhynch Mixodigma leptaleum. pp. 181–191. In Biology of the Megamouth Shark. K. Yano, J. F. Morrissey, Y. Yabumoto, and K. Nakaya eds. Tokai University Press.
Nasin, C., J. N. Caira and L. Euzet. 1997. Analysis of Calliobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with descriptions of three new species and erection of a new genus. Journal of Parasitology. 83: 714–733.
1996
Caira, J. N. and T. Bardos. 1996. Further information on Gymnorhynchus isuri (Trypanorhyncha: Gymnorhynchidae from the Shortfin mako shark. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 63: 188–192.
Caira, J. N., C. J. Healy and J. Swanson. 1996. A new species of Phoreiobothrium (Cestoidea: Tetraphyllidea) from the Great Hammerhead shark Sphyrna mokarran and its implications for the evolution of the onchobothriid scolex. Journal of Parasitology 82: 431–438.
Caira, J. N. and C. P. Keeling. 1996. On the status of the genus Pinguicollum (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with a redescription of P. pinguicollum. Journal of Parasitology 82: 423–430.
1995
Barber, K. and J. N. Caira. 1995. Investigation of the life cycle and adult morphology of the avian blood fluke Austrobilharzia variglandis (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) from Connecticut. Journal of Parasitology 81: 584–592.
Caira, J. N. 1995. Review of: Keys to the Cestode Parasites of Vertebrates. International Journal of Parasitology. 25: 118–119.
Caira, J. N. and D. Orringer. 1995. Additional information on the morphology of Potamotrygonocestus magdalenensis from Potamotrygon magdalenae in Colombia. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 62: 22–26.
Curran, S. and J. N. Caira. 1995. Attachment site specificity of the tapeworm assemblage in the spiral intestine of the blue shark (Prionace glauca). Journal of Parasitology 81: 149–157.
1994
Adamson, M. L. and J. N. Caira. 1994. Evolutionary factors influencing the nature of parasite specificity. Parasitology. 109: 85–95 (Invited).
Caira, J. N. 1994. Parascript: Paragon or Parody? Bioscience. 44: 771–773.
Freidenfelds, E. V., J. N. Caira and B. Campbell. 1994. A redescription of Telorchis auridistomi (Digenea: Telorchiidae) with comments on the oral sucker papillae. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 61: 200–204.
1993
Borucinska, J. and J. N. Caira. 1993. A comparison of mode of attachment and histopathogenicity of four tapeworm species representing two orders infecting the spiral intestine of the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum. Journal of Parasitology 79: 238–246.
Caira, J. N. and L. Ruhnkle. 1993. Two new tapeworms from the Goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni off Australia. Systematic Parasitology 26: 81–90.
Cislo, P. R. and J. N. Caira. 1993. The parasite assemblage in the spiral intestine of the shark Mustelus canis. Journal of Parasitology 79: 886–889.
1992
Caira, J. N. 1992. Verification of multiple species of Pedibothrium in the Atlantic Nurseshark with comments on the Australasian members of the genus. Journal of Parasitology 78: 289–308.
1991
Adamson, M. L. and J. N. Caira. 1991. Lockenloia sanguinis n.gen., n.sp. (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) from the heart of a nurse shark, Ginglymostona cirratum, in Florida. Journal of Parasitology 77: 663–665.
Caira, J. N. and T. R. Ruhnke. 1991. A comparison of scolex morphology between the plerocercoid and the adult of Calliobothrium verticillatum (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 1484–1488.
Richmond, C. and J. N. Caira. 1991. Morphological investigation of Floriceps minicanthus (Trypanorhyncha: Dasyrhynchidae) with comments on the systematic utility of scolex microtriches. Systematic Parasitology 15: 1–8.
1990
Caira, J. N. Metazoan parasites as indicators for elasmobranch biology. 1990. Proc. U.S./Japan workshop on elasmobranchs as living resources. NOAA Technical Report N. M. F. S. 90: 71–96.
Caira, J. N. 1990. The tapeworm Spiniloculus mavensis (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the brown banded bambooshark in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 705–710.
Caira, J. N. and M. M. Gavarrino. 1990. Grillotia simile (Linton, 1808) n. comb. (Cestoda:Trypanorhyncha) from nurse sharks in the Florida Keys. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 57: 15–20.
Caira, J. N. and T. R. Ruhnke. 1990. A new species of Calliobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the Whiskery shark (Furgaleus macki) in Australia. Journal of Parasitology 76: 319–324.
Crow, G. L., J. C. Howe, S. Uchida, S. Kamolnick, M. Wisner, and J. Caira. 1990. Protrusion of the valvular intestine through the cloaca in sharks of the family Carcharinidae. Copeia. 1990: 226–229.
1989
Caira, J. N. 1989. A revision of the North American papillose Allocreadiidae with independent cladistic analyses of larval and adult forms. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 11:96 pp.
Caira, J. N. and E. C. Jolitz. 1989. Gut pH in the nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Copeia. 1989:192–194.
1988
Nock, A. M. and J. N. Caira. 1988. Disculiceps galapagoensis n. sp. (Lecanicephalidea: Disculicepitidae) from the shark, Carcharhinus longimanus with comments on Disculiceps piliatum. Journal of Parasitology 74: 153–158.
1987
Caira, J. N. 1987. Disculiceps Joyeux & Baer, 1935 (Cestoidea): Proposed conservation. Bulletin Zoological Nomenclature 44: 168–169.
Caira, J. N. 1987. Scolex structural homologies and the systematic position of the genus Spiniloculus Southwell, 1925 within the Onchobothriidae (Tetraphyllidea). Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 54: 115–117.
Caira, J. N. and G. G. E. Scudder. 1987. Hemocyte encapsulation of epon implants in larvae of Psychoglypha alascensis (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 106: 120–125.
1986
Caira, J. N. and M. Machida. 1986. Onchobothrium convolutum (Yoshida, 1917) Southwell, 1925 and O. triacis (Yamaguti, 1952) n. comb. (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from sharks in Japanese waters. Bulletin of the National Science Museum of Japan. 12: 1–7.
Caira, J. N. and M. H. Pritchard. 1986. A review of the genus Pedibothrium Linton, 1909 (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with description of two new species and comments on the related genera Pachybothrium Baer and Euzet, 1962 and Balanobothrium Hornell, 1912. Journal of Parasitology 72: 62–70.
1985
Caira, J. N. 1985. Calliobothrium evani n. sp. (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the Gulf of California, with a redescription of the hooks of C. lintoni and a proposal for onchobothriid hook terminology. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 52: 166–174.
Caira, J. N. 1985. Crepidostomum opeongoensis n. sp. (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) from Hexagenia limbata (Serville in Guerin) in Algonquin Park. Canadian Journal of Zoology 63: 1810–1812.
Caira, J. N. 1985. An emendation of the generic diagnosis of Phoreiobothrium Linton, 1889 (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with a detailed description of bothridia and hooks. Canadian Journal of Zoology 63: 1199–1206.
Caira, J. N. and G. G. E. Scudder. 1985. Pseudoallocreadium alloneotenicum (Wootton, 1957) Yamaguti, 1971 (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) from Psychoglypha alascensis Banks (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Research Note, Journal of Parasitology 71: 524.
1984
Brooks, D. R., J. N. Caira, T. R. Platt and M. H. Pritchard. 1984. Principles and Methods of Phylogenetic Systematics: Cladistics Workbook. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Pub. No. 12. 92 pp. (English version of: 1983. Principios y Metodos de Sistematica Filogenetica, Cuaderno de Practicas Cladistica. Pub. Lab. Ictiol. 1(1), Instituto de Zoologica Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela.)
1982
Brooks, D. R. and J. N. Caira. 1982. Atrophecaecum lobacetabulare n. sp. (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae: Acanthostominae) with discussion of the generic status of Paracanthostomum Fischthal and Kuntz, 1975, and Ateuchocephala Coil and Kuntz, 1960. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95: 223–231.