František Moravec (born 1 January 1939) is a Czech

parasitologist Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question but by their way of life. This means it f ...

who specialises on the

Nematodes The nematodes ( or ; ; ), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, but many are parasitic. Parasitic worms (he ...

, especially the nematodes

parasites Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The en ...

of fishes. His research is mainly in the field of

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of the Nematoda.

Education and career

Moravec was born on 1 January 1939 in

Velká Bystřice Velká Bystřice () is a town in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants. Geography Velká Bystřice is located about east of Olomouc. It lies on the border between the Upper Morava Valley and ...

. He was in high school in

Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...

then was a student in the

Masaryk University Masaryk University (MU) (; ) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno, it now consists of ten faculties and 35,115 students. It is named after To ...

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(at that time Czechoslovakia). For his Masters in 1962, he studied the parasitic worms of reptiles of

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. After graduation, he worked at the Institute of Parasitology of the

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, and in 1970 completed his thesis on

nematode The nematodes ( or ; ; ), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, but many are parasitic. Parasitic worms (h ...

s parasites in fish. He is a world authority on Nematodes, especially their systematics and biology.

Research

Among the most important works by Moravec, Tomáš Scholz mentions his revision of the genera ''

Rhabdochona ''Rhabdochona'' is a genus of nematode The nematodes ( or ; ; ), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, bu ...

'' and '' Anguillicola'', and also his clarification of the family Capillariidae, for which he proposed to split the old "catch-all" genus ''

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'' in 14 genera. In 2001, Moravec proposed a new revision of the Capillariidae,Moravec, F. 2001: Trichinelloid Nematodes parasitic in cold-blooded vertebrates. Academia, Praha, 432 pp () with 22 genera. In 1994, Moravec published a 500-page book, ''Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe'',Moravec, F. (1994). Parasitic nematodes of freshwater fishes of Europe. Kluwer Academic Publishers. which was considered a major contribution to the study of fish parasites. In 1996, Scholz reported that Moravec had already published nearly 270 papers — the number is now higher than 350, including eleven books. Moravec is a member of the Editorial Board of several international journals such as ''

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'', '' Helminthologia'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

Parasite Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted str ...

''.

Eponymous taxa

Many taxa of parasites have been named in the honour of František Moravec by parasitologists from various countries, such as two genera of nematodes, ''

Moravecia ''Moravecia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae The Pyronemataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. It is the largest family of the Pezizales, encompassing 75 genera and approximately 500 species. Phylogenetic anal ...

'' Ribu & Lester, 2004 and ''

Moravecnema ''Moravecnema'' is a genus of parasitic nematodes, belonging to the family Cystidicolidae. Species of ''Moravecnema'' are parasitic as adults in the gastrointestinal tract of fish. According to the World Register of Marine Species, the genus cu ...

'' Justine, Cassone & Petter, 2002 and many species of Nematodes such as ''

Aonchotheca moraveci ''Aonchotheca'' is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Capillariidae. The genus was first described by López-Neyra in 1947. The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America. Species include: * ''Aonchotheca forres ...

'' Esteban, Mas-Coma, Oltra-Ferrero & Botella, 1991, '' Camallanus moraveci'' Petter, Cassone & France, 1974, '' Dichelyne moraveci'' Petter, 1995,Petter, A. J. (1995). ''Dichelyne moraveci'' n. sp., parasite de ''Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum'' et notes sur les Cucullanidae du Paraguay.

Revue suisse de Zoologie The ''Revue suisse de Zoologie'' (English: ''Swiss Journal of Zoology'') is a biannual peer-reviewed scientific journal for zoological systematics. It is published by the Natural History Museum of Geneva (Switzerland). It is financed by the Swis ...

, 102(3), 769-778. PD

/ref> '' Freitascapillaria moraveci'' Caspeta-Mandujano, Salgado-Maldonado & Vazquez, 2009, '' Huffmanela moraveci'' Carballo & Navone, 2007, '' Oswaldocruzia moraveci'' Ben Slimane & Durette-Desset, 1995,Ben Slimane, B., & Durette-Desset, M.-C. (1995). Sur les ''Oswaldocruzia'' (Nematoda, Trichostrongylina, Molineoidea), parasites d'amphibiens et de lézards de Cuba et de Porto Rico. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animales, 17(1-2), 65-76. '' Philometroides moraveci'' Vismanis & Yunchis, 1994, '' Pseudocapillaria moraveci'' Iglesias, Centeno, Garcia & Garcia-Estevez, 2013, '' Pterothominx moraveci'' Baruš, Kajerová & Koubková, 2005, '' Royandersonia moraveci'' (Anderson & Lim, 1996) Moravec & Van As, 2004, '' Spinitectus moraveci'' Boomker & Puylaert, 1994,Boomker, J., & Puylaert, F. A. (1994). Eight new Afrotropical ''Spinitectus'' spp.(Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) from freshwater fishes with a key to the members of the genus in the region. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 61, 127-127. '' Goezia moraveci'' De & Dey, 1992, '' Moaciria moraveci'' Bursey, Goldberg & Kraus, 2007 and '' Raphidascaroides moraveci'' Pereira, Tavares, Scholz & Luque, 2015, and also species of

Monogenea Monogeneans, members of the class Monogenea, are a group of ectoparasitic flatworms commonly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish. They have a direct lifecycle and do not require an intermediate host. Adults are hermaphrodites, meaning they ...

such as '' Gyrodactylus moraveci'' Ergens, 1979 and''

Kritskyia moraveci ''Kritskyia'' is a genus of monogeneans in the family Ancyrocephalidae. Like other monogeneans, species of ''Kritskyia'' only have one host required to complete their life cycle. In contrast to most species of monogeneans which are parasitic o ...

'' Kohn, 1990 and of

Digenea Digenea (Gr. ''Dis'' – double, ''Genos'' – race) is a class of trematodes in the Platyhelminthes phylum, consisting of parasitic flatworms (known as ''flukes'') with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one or ...

such as '' Homalometron moraveci'' Bray, Justine & Cribb, 2007

Drawings of parasites by František Moravec

As a specialist of the

of parasitic worms, Moravec has drawn a large number of species. The gallery shows just a few of these. Parasite140132-fig1 Philometra protonibeae (Nematoda, Philometridae).png, '' Philometra protonibeae'' (

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, Philometridae) Parasite170008-fig2 - Philometra rara Moravec et al., 2017 - drawings.png, '' Philometra rara'' (

, Philometridae) Parasite180070-fig1 Rasheedia heptacanthi (Nematoda, Physalopteridae).png, '' Rasheedia heptacanthi'' (

, Physalopteridae) Parasite160062-fig2 - Nematode parasites of four species of Carangoides - Cucullanus bulbosus (drawings).png, ''

Cucullanus bulbosus ''Cucullanus bulbosus'' is a species of parasitic nematodes.Lane, M. O. (1916). The genus ''Dacnitis'' Dujardin, 1845. Ind. J. med. Res. 93-104.de Barreto, BAL. 1922. Revisão da familia Cucullanidae Barreto, 1916. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo ...

'' (

, Cucullanidae) Parasite180099-fig1 Cucullanus austropacificus (Nematoda, Cucullanidae).png, '' Cucullanus austropacificus '' (

, Cucullanidae)

References

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