Selected literature supporting the public research overview.
This list supports the concepts presented on SEPS.org. Unpublished SEPS data and internal engineering records are described separately and are not substitutes for peer-reviewed evidence.
Miller, M. A., Kinsella, J. M., Snow, R. W., Hayes, M. M., Falk, B. G., Reed, R. N., Mazzotti, F. J., Guyer, C., & Romagosa, C. M. (2018). Parasite spillover: Indirect effects of invasive Burmese pythons. Ecology and Evolution, 8, 830–840.
Lymbery, A. J., Morine, M., Kanani, H. G., Beatty, S. J., & Morgan, D. L. (2014). Co-invaders: The effects of alien parasites on native hosts. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 3, 171–177.
Miller, M. A., et al. (2020). Highly competent native snake hosts extend the range of an introduced parasite beyond its invasive Burmese python host. Ecosphere, 11, e03153.
Palmisano, J. N., Bockoven, C., McPherson, S. M., Ossiboff, R. J., Walden, H. D. S., & Farrell, T. M. (2022). Infection experiments indicate that common Florida anurans and lizards may serve as intermediate hosts for the invasive pentastome parasite, Raillietiella orientalis. Journal of Herpetology, 56, 355–361.
Palmisano, J. N., Farrell, T. M., Hazelrig, C. M., & Brennan, M. N. (2023). Documenting range expansion of the invasive pentastome parasite, Raillietiella orientalis, using southern black racer and eastern coachwhip road mortality. Southeastern Naturalist, 22, N17–N22.
Palmisano, J. N., et al. (2025). Rapid spread of the invasive parasite Raillietiella orientalis in 14 new Florida counties and in pet-trade snakes. BioInvasions Records, 14, 261–269.
Palmisano, J. N., Hazelrig, C. M., Gazil, J. A., Hanco, J. K., Farrell, T. M., Bogan, J. E., Nemeth, N. M., & Savage, A. E. (2025). A novel PCR assay and sampling techniques for the detection of Raillietiella orientalis. Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science, 3, 1531792.
Palmisano, J. N., Farrell, T. M., Harman, M. E. A., et al. (2026). Discovery of novel definitive hosts broadens the known host range of the invasive pentastome, Raillietiella orientalis, across snakes, lizards, and chelonians. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 62(2).
Kuhl, F. P., & Giardina, C. R. (1982). Elliptic Fourier features of a closed contour. Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 18, 236–258.
Kelehear, C., et al. (2011). Using combined morphological, allometric and molecular approaches to identify species of the genus Raillietiella (Pentastomida). PLoS ONE, 6, e24936.
Dayrat, B. (2005). Towards integrative taxonomy. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 85, 407–415.
Wieczorek, J., et al. (2012). Darwin Core: An evolving community-developed biodiversity data standard. PLoS ONE, 7, e29715.
Rossner, M., & Yamada, K. M. (2004). What’s in a picture? The temptation of image manipulation. Journal of Cell Biology, 166, 11–15.
Falk, B. G., Snow, R. W., & Reed, R. N. (2017). A validation of 11 body-condition indices in a giant snake species that exhibits positive allometry. PLoS ONE, 12, e0180791.
Mazzotti, F. J., Cherkiss, M. S., Brandt, L. A., Fujisaki, I., Hart, K., Jeffery, B., McMurry, S. T., Platt, S. G., Rainwater, T. R., & Vinci, J. (2012). Body condition of Morelet’s crocodiles (Crocodylus moreletii) from northern Belize. Journal of Herpetology, 46, 356–362.
Lavrov, D. V., Brown, W. M., & Boore, J. L. (2004). Phylogenetic position of the Pentastomida and (pan)crustacean relationships. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 271, 537–544.
Siveter, D. J., Briggs, D. E. G., Siveter, D. J., & Sutton, M. D. (2015). A 425-million-year-old Silurian pentastomid parasitic on ostracods. Current Biology, 25, 1632–1637.