Position

School of Molecular & Microbial Sciences and Centre for Marine Studies
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia

Tel: 61-7-33652581
Fax: 61-7-33654699
Email: t.Cribb@uq.edu.au
http://profiles.bacs.uq.edu.au/Thomas.Cribb.html

Research interests

My interests are in the parasites, mainly trematodes, of Australian wildlife, mainly fishes. Within this huge field I seek to understand and characterise parasite richness, life cycles, host specificity and biogeography. Most of my work is concentrated in the vast tropical Indo-West Pacific region.

Qualifications

BSc PhD

Ten Most Significant Publications

Nolan, M. & Cribb, T.H. (2005). The use and implications of ribosomal DNA sequencing for the discrimination of digenean species. Advances in Parasitology 60, 101-163.

Cribb, T.H. (2005) Family Opecoelidae. In: Gibson, D.I., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. (Eds) Keys to the trematodes of vertebrates. Volume 2. Wallingford: CAB International. Pp 443-532.

Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A., Olson, P.D. and Littlewood, D.T.J. (2003). Life Cycle Evolution in the Digenea: a new perspective from phylogeny. Advances in Parasitology 54, 197-254.

Olson, P.D., Cribb, T.H., Tkach, V., Bray, R.A. & Littlewood, D.T.J. (2003) Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology 33, 733-755.

Poulin, R. and Cribb, T.H. (2002). Abbreviated life cycles in trematodes: Short is sweet? Trends in Parasitology 18, 176-183.

Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Littlewood, D.T.J. (2001). The nature and evolution of the association among digeneans, molluscs and fishes. International Journal for Parasitology 31, 997-1011.

Cribb, T.H., Adlard, R.D., Anderson, G.R. & Bray, R.A. (1998) A DNA-based demonstration of a three-host life-cycle for the Bivesiculidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea). International Journal for Parasitology 28, 1791-5.

Cribb, T.H., R.A. Bray, S.C. Barker, R.D. Adlard & Anderson, G.R. (1994) Ecology and diversity of digenean trematodes of fishes of the Great Barrier Reef. International Journal for Parasitology 24, 851-860.

Cribb, T.H., R.A. Bray, S.C. Barker, R.D. Adlard & Anderson, G.R. (1994) Ecology and diversity of digenean trematodes of fishes of the Great Barrier Reef. International Journal for Parasitology 24, 851-860.

Adlard, R.D., Barker, S.C., Blair, D. & Cribb, T.H. (1993) Comparison of the second internal transcribed spacer (Ribosomal DNA) from populations and species of Fasciolidae (Digenea). International Journal for Parasitology 23, 423-425.

Currently Held Grants

ARC. Co-divergence or opportunism: the evolution of trematode parasitism in the sea. (Cribb, Beveridge, Littlewood)

ABRS. Taxonomy and host-specificity of Oipecoelidae of tropical Australian fishes (Cribb)