Biodiversity in helminths and nematodes as a field of study: an overview

@article{Hugot2001BiodiversityIH,
  title={Biodiversity in helminths and nematodes as a field of study: an overview},
  author={Jean-Pierre Hugot and Pierre Baujard and Serge Morand},
  journal={Nematology},
  year={2001},
  volume={3},
  pages={199-208}
}
Despite their potential negative effects, parasites may be used as targets for biological conservation and studies on the evolutionary and ecological impact of parasitism. These purposes serve to increase our knowledge on the species diversity of parasites. In the present paper we try to precisely define the composite zoological group currently designated as 'helminths' and to address the question of how many known species there are in the different clades of parasitic worms, as compared with… 
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