Position
Principal Research Scientist, Parasitology Section
The South Australian Museum and
Reader in Parasitology, The University of Adelaide
Environmental Biology, Darling Bldg. (DP418)
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, The University of Adelaide
North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Tel: 08-8207-7463
Fax: 08-8207-7222
Email: whittington.ian@saugov.sa.gov.au
Museum web page: http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au
University web page: www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/ian.whittington
Research interests
Communication and recognition between organisms determine "choice" by, for example, parasites for particular host species and govern "preferences" for a particular site on in the host. I use monogenean parasites of fishes as "models" for manipulative biological research to examine events at the parasite-host interface that maintain the association.
Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons) 1982, University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K.
PhD 1986 University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K.
Ten Most Significant Publications
Glennon V., Chisholm L.A. & WHITTINGTON I.D. 2006. Three unrelated species, 3 sites, same host – monogenean parasites of the southern fiddler ray, Trygonorrhina fasciata, in South Australia: egg hatching strategies and larval behaviour. Parasitology 133: 55-66.
WHITTINGTON I.D. 2005. Monogenea Monopisthocotylea (ectoparasitic flukes). In: Marine Parasitology. Rohde K (Ed.), pp. 63-72. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.
Ernst I., WHITTINGTON I.D., Corneillie S. & Talbot C. 2005. Effects of temperature, salinity, desiccation and chemical treatments on egg embryonation and hatching success of Benedenia seriolae (Monogenea: Capsalidae), a parasite of farmed Seriola spp. Journal of Fish Diseases 28: 157-164.
WHITTINGTON I.D. 2004. The Capsalidae (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea): a review of diversity, classification and phylogeny with a note about species complexes. Folia Parasitologica 51: 109-122.
WHITTINGTON I.D., Deveney M.R., Morgan J.A.T., Chisholm L.A. & Adlard R.D. 2004. A preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the Capsalidae (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea) inferred from large subunit rDNA sequences. Parasitology 128: 511-519.
Chisholm L.A. & WHITTINGTON I.D. 2002. Effectiveness of praziquantel bath treatments for monogenean infections on the shovelnose ray, Rhinobatos typus. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 14: 230-234.
WHITTINGTON I.D. & Ernst I. 2002. Migration, site-specificity and development of Benedenia lutjani (Monogenea: Capsalidae) on the surface of its host, Lutjanus carponotatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae). Parasitology 124: 423-434.
WHITTINGTON I.D., Cribb B.W., Hamwood T.E. & Halliday J.A. 2000. Host-specificity of monogenean (platyhelminth) parasites: a role for anterior adhesive areas? International Journal for Parasitology 30: 305-320
WHITTINGTON I.D., Chisholm L.A. & Rohde K. 2000. The larvae of Monogenea (Platyhelminthes). Advances in Parasitology 44: 139-232.
WHITTINGTON I.D. & Horton M.A. 1996. A revision of Neobenedenia Yamaguti, 1963 (Monogenea: Capsalidae) including a redescription of N. melleni (MacCallum, 1927) Yamaguti, 1963. Journal of Natural History 30: 1113-1156.
Currently Held Grants
ARC Discovery grant
Phylogeny and radiation of flatworm ectoparasites from marine fish using morphology and genetics, with novel approaches to identify pathogenic species
Whittington, Donnellan
2005-2007
ARC Discovery grant
Marine flatworm parasites of elasmobranchs: a unique model for experiments exploring invasion strategies, biology and specificity to help understand parasitism
Whittington
2005-2007
Hutson K.S., Whittington
Metazoan parasites of selected macro-inshore fish of Australia, including species of commercial importance
Co-funded by ABRS and FRDC
07/2007 - 06/2010
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