Curriculum vitae Stephen S. Curran, Ph.D. Department of Coastal Sciences The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 703 East Beach Drive Phone: (228) 238-0208 Ocean Springs, MS 39564 Email: [email protected]

Research and Teaching Interests: I am an organismal biologist interested in the biodiversity of metazoan parasitic . I study their using traditional microscopic and histological techniques and their genetic interrelationships and systematics using ribosomal DNA sequences. I also investigate the effects of extrinsic factors on aquatic environments by using parasite prevalence and abundance as a proxy for total biodiversity in aquatic communities and for assessing food web dynamics. I am also interested in the epidemiology of viral diseases of crustaceans.

University Teaching Experience: •Instructor for Parasites of Marine Animals Summer class, University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (2011-present). •Co-Instructor (with Richard Heard) for Marine Invertebrate Zoology, University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (2007). •Intern Mentor, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. I’ve instructed 16 interns during (2003, 2007- present). •Graduate Teaching Assistant for Parasitology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut (Spring 1995). •Graduate Teaching Assistant for Introductory Biology for Majors, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut (Fall 1994).

Positions: •Assistant Research Scientist: Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi (2011-present). •Post-Doctoral Research Associate for National Science Foundation-Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy Project in Parasite Systematics for Robin Overstreet, University of Southern Mississippi (2007-2010).

Professional Service: •Manuscript Editor for Comparative Parasitology (April 2015-present). •Referee for: The Journal of Parasitology, Comparative Parasitology, International Journal for Parasitology, Systematic Parasitology, Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, Zootaxa, Zoo Keys, African Invertebrates, Acta Parasitologica, Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Sciences, Parasitology International, Journal of Natural History. •External reviewer for Ph.D. thesis, University of Queensland, Australia (Abigail J. Downie, 2011) •Lecturer for GCRL Marine Education Center on local biology for small community groups representing all ages and college students.

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•Mississippi Audubon Society All-Taxa Bioquest Initiative Participant involving the general public with biodiversity inventory of the Pascagoula River (September and December 2012) •Mentor for Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence Research Scholars Program 2012.

Education: Ph.D. in Coastal Sciences/Parasitology from University of Southern Mississippi (2006). M.S. in Zoology from University of Connecticut (1996). B.S. in Biological Sciences from University of Connecticut (1993).

Publications: (*Denotes undergraduate student co-author & collaborator; **Denotes graduate student co-author & collaborator)

Claxton, A.T**, A.D. Fuehring*, M.J. Andres, T.D. Moncrief**, and S.S. Curran. 2017. Parasites of the Vermilion Snapper, Rhomboplites aurorubens (Cuvier), from the western Atlantic Ocean. Comparative Parasitology 84(1): (In Press). Fogg, A.Q.**, C.F. Ruiz, S.S. Curran, and S.A. Bullard. 2016. Parasites from the Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans from the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research 27: SC1−SC5. DOI: 10.18785/gcr.2701.07. Curran, S.S., A.J. Phillips, R.M. Overstreet, G.W. Benz, and A.D. Henningsen. 2016. Austrobdella cairae n. sp., an oioxenous marine leech (Clitellata: Piscicolidae) from the Banded Guitarfish, Zapteryx exasperata, in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Parasitology 102:179−186. Choudhury, A., L.M. Aguirre-Macedo, S.S. Curran, M. Ostrowski de Núñez, R.M. Overstreet, G. Pérez-Ponce de León, and C. Portes Santos. 2016. Trematodes of freshwater of the Globe II: 'New World' (the Americas), a summary. Systematic Parasitology 93:271−283. Fayton, T.J.**, S.S. Curran, M.J. Andres, R.M. Overstreet, and C.T. McAllister. 2016. Two new species of Homalometron (: ) from Nearctic freshwater fundulids, elucidation of the life cycle of H. cupuloris, and molecular phylogenetic analysis of some congeners. Journal of Parasitology 102:94−104. Nolan, M.J., S.S. Curran, T.L. Miller, S.C. Cutmore, C. Cantacessi, and T.H. Cribb. 2015. Dollfustrema dura n. sp. and Heterobucephalopsis perarduum n. sp. (Digenea: ) from the giant moray eel, Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker) (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), and proposal of a new subfamily, the Heterobucephalopsinae n. subfam. Parasitology International 64:559−570. Andres, M.J., S.S. Curran, T.J. Fayton**, E.E. Pulis, and R.M. Overstreet. 2015. An additional and two additional species of Forticulcitinae (Haploporidae). Folia Parasitologica 62: 025 10.14411/fp.2015.025. Tkach, V.V., and S.S. Curran. 2015. Prosthenystera oonastica n. sp. (Digenea: Callodistomidae) from ictalurid in southeastern United States and molecular evidence differentiating species in the genus across Americas. Systematic Parasitology 90:39−51.

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Curran, S. S., and E.E. Pulis. 2014. Confirmation of Pseudolepidapedon balistis in the Acanthocolpidae (Digenea) based on phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal DNA. Journal of Parasitology 100:856−859. Andres, M.J.**, C.L. Ray*, E.E. Pulis, S.S. Curran, and R.M. Overstreet. 2014. Molecular characterization of two opecoelid species from the Gulf of Mexico, with a description of a new species of Helicometra. Acta Parasitologica 59:405−412. Greiman, S.E.**, V.V. Tkach, E.E. Pulis, T.J. Fayton**, and S.S. Curran. 2014. Large scale screening of digeneans for Neorickettsia endosymbionts using real-time PCR reveals new Neorickettsia genotypes, host associations and geographic records. PLOS ONE 9:e98453. Pulis, E.E., S.S. Curran, M.J. Andres**, and R.M. Overstreet. 2014. Change in rank of Megaperidae () to Megaperinae within the Apocreadiidae and description of Haintestinum amplum n. g., n. sp. Parasitology International 63:269−274. Curran, S.S., R.M. Overstreet, D.E. Collins, and G.W. Benz. 2014. Levisunguis subaequalis n. g., n. sp., a tongue worm (Pentastomida: Porocephalida: Sebekidae) infecting softshell turtles, Apalone spp. (Testudines: Trionychidae) in the southeastern United States. Systematic Parasitology 87:33−45. Tkach, V.V., S.S. Curran, J.A. Bell**, and R.M. Overstreet. 2013. A new species of Crepidostomum (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) from Hiodon tergisus in Mississippi and molecular comparison with three congeners. Journal of Parasitology 99:1114−1121. Orélis-Ribeiro, R., C.F. Ruiz, S.S. Curran, and S.A. Bullard. 2013. Blood flukes (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) of epipelagic lamniforms: Redescription of Hyperandrotrema cetorhini from basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and description of a new congener from shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) off Alabama. Journal of Parasitology 99:835−846. Cutmore, S.C., T.L. Miller, S.S. Curran, M.B. Bennett, and T.H. Cribb. 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of the Gorgoderidae (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) including the proposal of a new subfamily (Degeneriinae n. subfam.) Parasitology Research 112:3063−3074. Calhoun, D.M.**, S.S. Curran, E.E. Pulis**, J.M. Provaznik*, and J.S. Franks. 2013. Hirudinella ventricosa (Pallas, 1774) Baird, 1853 represents a species complex based on ribosomal DNA. Systematic Parasitology 86:197−208. Curran, S.S., V.V. Tkach, and R.M. Overstreet. 2013. Molecular evidence for two cryptic species of Homalometron (Digenea: Apocreadiidae) in freshwater Fishes of the southeastern United States. Comparative Parasitology 80:186−195. Pulis, E.E.**, T.J. Fayton**, S.S. Curran, and R.M. Overstreet. 2013. A new species of Intromugil (Digenea: Haploporidae) and redescription of Intromugil mugilicolus. Journal of Parasitology 99:501−508. Curran, S. S., V. V. Tkach, and R. M. Overstreet. 2013. A new species of Homalometron (Digenea: Apocreadiidae) from fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Parasitology 99:93−101. Curran, S. S., E. E. Pulis**, D. O. Hugg, J. P. Brown*, L. C. Manuel*, and R. M. Overstreet. 2012. Phylogenetic position of Creptotrema funduli in the Allocreadiidae based on partial 28S rDNA sequences. Journal of Parasitology 98:873−875. Bullard, S.A., A.M. Barse, S.S. Curran, and J.A. Morris, Jr. 2011. First record of a digenean from invasive lionfish, Pterois cf. volitans, (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) in the northwestern Atlantic. Journal of Parasitology 97:833–837. Curran, S.S., V.V. Tkach, and R.M. Overstreet. 2011. Phylogenetic affinities of Auriculostoma

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(Digenea: Allocreadiidae), with descriptions of two new species from Peru. Journal of Parasitology 97:661–670. Parker, J.H.*, S.S. Curran, R.M. Overstreet, and V.V. Tkach. 2010. Examination of Homalometron elongatum Manter, 1947 and description of a new congener from Eucinostomus currani Zuhuranec, 1980 in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica. Comparative Parasitology 77:154–163. Driggers, W.B., III, J.M. Henden, M.J. Andres**, S.S. Curran, C.T. Glendhill, M.A. Grace, M.D. Hendon, C.M. Jones, B.T. Noble, and K.R. Rademacher. 2010. Notes on the biology of an adult female Chimaera cubana captured off St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Gulf and Caribbean Research 22:67–69. Brookins, M.D., J.F.X. Wellehan Jr., J.F. Roberts, K. Allison, S.S. Curran, A.L. Childress, and E.C. Greiner. 2009. Massive visceral pentastomiasis caused by Porocephalus crotali in a dog. Veterinary Pathology 46:460–463. Curran, S.S. and R.M. Overstreet. 2009. Rhipidocotyle tridecapapillata n.sp. and Prosorhynchoides potamoensis n.sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from Inland Fishes in Mississippi, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology 76:24–33. Curran, S.S. and R.M. Overstreet. 2009. Caecincola longiscens n. sp. (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from the white crappie, Pomoxis annularis, in Mississippi, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology 76:19–23. Curran, S.S., C.K. Blend, and R.M. Overstreet. 2009. Nagmia rodmani n. sp., Nagmia cisloi n. sp., and Probolitrema richiardii (López, 1888) (Gorgoderidae: Anaporrhutinae) from elasmobranchs in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Comparative Parasitology 76:6–18. Curran, S.S. 2008. Two new species of Creptotrema (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) from South America. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 79 Suplemento: 15S-21S. Curran, S.S., R.M. Overstreet, and V.V. Tkach. 2007. Phylogenetic affinities of Plagiocirrus Van Cleave and Mueller, 1932 with the description of a new species from the Pascagoula River, Mississippi. Journal of Parasitology 93:1,452–1,458. Curran, S.S., V.V. Tkach, and R.M. Overstreet. 2006. A review of Polylekithum Arnold, 1934 and its familial affinities using morphological and molecular data, with description of Polylekithum catahoulensis sp. nov. Acta Parasitologica 51:238–248. Overstreet, R.M. and S.S. Curran. 2005. Chapter 13: Family Atractotrematidae Yamaguti, 1939. In Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2, edited by Arlene Jones, Rodney A. Bray, and David I. Gibson. CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, Wallingford, United Kingdom, pp. 167–174. Overstreet, R.M. and S.S. Curran. 2005. Chapter 12: Family Haploporidae Nicoll, 1914. In Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2, edited by Arlene Jones, Rodney A. Bray, and David I. Gibson. CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, Wallingford, United Kingdom, pp. 129–165. Overstreet, R.M. and S.S. Curran. 2005. Parasites of the American white pelican. Gulf and Caribbean Research 17:31–48. Overstreet, R.M. and S.S. Curran. 2004. Defeating diplostomoid dangers in USA aquaculture. Folia Parasitologica 51:153–165. Curran, S.S., C.K. Blend, and R.M. Overstreet. 2003. Anaporrhutum euzeti sp. n. (Gorgoderidae: Anaporrhutinae) from rays in the Gulf of California, Mexico. In Taxonomy, Ecology and Evolution of Metazoan Parasites (Livre Hommage B Louis

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Euzet), Tome I, edited by C. Combes and J. Jourdane. Les Presses Universitaires de Perpignan. Perpignan, France, 225–234. Overstreet, R.M., S.S. Curran, L.M. Pote, D.T. King, C.K. Blend, and W.D. Grater. 2002. Bolbophorus damnificus n. sp. (Digenea: Bolbophoridae) from the channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus and American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos in the USA based on life-cycle and molecular data. Systematic Parasitology 52:81–96. Overstreet, R.M. and S.S. Curran. 2002. Superfamily Bucephaloidea La Rue, 1926. Chapter 15. In Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 1, edited by David I. Gibson, Arlene Jones, and Rodney A. Bray. CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, Wallingford, United Kingdom, pp 67–110. Curran, S.S., R.M. Overstreet, and W.F. Font. 2002. Thometrema lotzi sp. n. (Digenea: Derogenidae) from freshwater and brackish water fishes of Louisiana and Mississippi (USA). Acta Parasitologica 47:14–19. Curran, S.S., R.M. Overstreet, D.T. The, and N.T. Le. 2001. Singhiatrema vietnamensis sp. n. (Digenea: Ommatobrephidae) and Szidatia taiwanensis (Fischthal and Kuntz, 1975) comb. n. (Digenea: Cyathocotylidae) from colubrid snakes in Vietnam. Comparative Parasitology 68:219–227. Curran, S.S., and R.M. Overstreet. 2000. Syncoelium vermilionensis sp. n. (Hemiuroidea: Syncoeliidae) and new records for members of Azygiidae, Ptychogonimidae, and Syncoeliidae parasitizing elasmobranchs in the Gulf of California. In Metazoan Parasites in the Neotropics: A Systematic and Ecological Perspective, edited by Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado, Alfonso N. García Aldrete, and Victor M. Vidal-Martínez. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F., pp. 117–133. Ruhnke, T.R., S.S. Curran, and T. Holbert. 2000. Two new species of Duplicibothrium Williams & Campbell, 1978 (Tetraphyllidea: Serendipidae) from the Pacific cownose ray Rhinoptera steindachneri. Systematic Parasitology 47:135–143. Benz, G.W. and S.S. Curran. 1997. Results of an ongoing survey of metazoan symbionts of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) from Kentucky Lake, Tennessee. In Proceedings of the seventh symposium on the natural history of lower Tennessee and Cumberland River Valleys, edited by A. F. Scott, S.W. Hamilton, E.W. Chester, and D.S. White. The Center for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee. pp. 39–66. Curran, S.S., and J.N. Caira. 1995. Attachment site specificity and the tapeworm assemblage in the spiral intestine of the blue shark, Prionace glauca. Journal of Parasitology 81:149–157.

Successful and Pending Funding and Solicitation efforts: Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) BP Gulf Research Initiative (GRI) Phase I 10-BP_GRI-USM: A Comprehensive Assessment of Oil Distribution, Transportation, Fate, and Impacts on Ecosystems and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Release-Task 6: Monitoring the impacts of dispersed oil exposure on ecologically and economically important species in the northern Gulf of Mexico using molecular biomarkers: Subtask: Parasites and lesions of Atlantic croaker as bio-indicators. (CO-PI) $43,949 (Sept 2010-March 2011).

NSF-RAPID 1055071: Preparing the USM/GCRL Museum invertebrate holdings data for physical and electronic access by the scientific community in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (CO-PI) $190,187 (August 2010-July 2011).

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University of Southern Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Sub-Grant S-11-USM- GCRL Red Snapper BP: Red Snapper Lesion Investigation. (CO-PI) $100,000 (June 2011-Dec 2012).

Mississippi Department of Marine Resources-Tidelands Trust Fund: Parasites as indicators of Mississippi reef habitat productivity. (Co-PI) $180,598 (June 2017-May 2019 Pending).

Conference Talks and Posters: Blaylock, R.J., J.M. Lotz, M. Muhammad, and S.S. Curran. July 2016. Reservoir communities and the maintenance of White spot syndrome virus in the northern Gulf of Mexico. American Society of Parasitology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Blaylock presenter). Bernard, C.D.*, S.S. Curran, E.E. Hofmann, J.A. Kastler, B.D. Keesee*, J.M. Lotz, C. Philippoff, and E.N. Powell. February 2016. Assessing virulence and transmission rates of White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in two ecologically important palaemonid shrimp. American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, Louisiana (Bernard presenter, poster format). Lotz, J.M., M. Muhammad, S.S. Curran, and R.B. Blaylock. Reservoirs of White spot syndrome virus in the northern Gulf of Mexico. November 2015. World Aquaculture Society, Las Vegas, Nevada (Lotz presenter). Curran, S.S., V.V. Tkach, M.J. Andres, E.E. Pulis, and T.J. Fayton. Molecular phylogeny of some intestinal flukes belonging in the Apocreadiidae (Digenea: Lepocreadioidea). April 2013. Southeastern Society of Parasitologists. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Manuel, L.C*., D.O. Hugg, and S.S. Curran. Partial elucidation of the life history of two parasitic flukes (Digenea: Bucephalidae), one from the Pascagoula River, and one from inshore waters of coastal Mississippi. February 2013. Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence annual meeting, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. (Manuel presenter). Franks, J. S., W. Stein III, P. Grammer, S. S. Curran, J. McKenzie, D. Gibson, J. Tilley, and M. Buchanan. Juvenile tarpon in Mississippi and Louisiana estuaries. January 2012. Southern Division Meeting, American Fisheries Society, Biloxi, Mississippi. Curran, S.S., and R.M. Overstreet. Changes in the parasite fauna of the Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, from coastal waters impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Southeastern Society of Parasitologists Annual Meeting at Unicoi State Park, Helen, Georgia, 8 April 2011. Curran, S.S., R.W. Heard, Jr., and R.M. Overstreet. Life cycles of two digeneans utilizing the redear sunfish, Lepomis microlophus, as a definitive host in tidalcreeks in Mississippi. April 2010. Southeastern Society of Parasitologists in conjunction with The Association of Southeastern Biologists. UNC Ashville, North Carolina. Parker, J.H., S.S. Curran, and R.M. Overstreet. Comparison of endohelminth parasite assemblages of the redear sunfish, Lepomis microlophus, from freshwater habitats and tidal creeks in southern Mississippi. April 2010. Southeastern Society of Parasitologists in conjunction with The Association of Southeastern Biologists. UNC Ashville, North Carolina. Poster Format. Curran, S.S., V.V. Tkach, and R.M. Overstreet. A North American species complex in Homalometron Stafford, 1904 (Digenea: Apocreadiidae) with comments on the

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taxonomy of some genera in the family. November 2005. New England Association of Parasitologists. Storrs, Connecticut. Curran, S.S. and R.M. Overstreet. Crassicutis cichlasomae Manter, 1936 (Digenea: Apocreadiidae) In Peru and Paraguay, with discussion of the biogeography of Crassicutis using cladistic analysis of morphological features. August 2002. International Congress of Parasitologists with the American Society of Parasitologists. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Curran, S.S., L.M. Pote, D.T. King and R.M. Overstreet. Experimental exposure of the prodiplostomulum of Bolbophorus sp. (Trematoda: Bolbophoridae) from farm-raised catfish to the American white pelican, great blue heron, great egret, and double crested cormorant. April 2002. Southeastern Society of Parasitologists in conjunction with The Association of Southeastern Biologists. Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. Curran, S.S. A species of Crassicutis Manter, 1937 (Digenea: Apocreadiidae) from a tributary of the Amazon River in Peru, with discussion of the Biogeography of Crassicutis and related genera using cladistic analysis of morphological features. January 2002. GCRL Graduate Student Symposium, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Curran, S.S. and R.M. Overstreet. Classifying subfamilies and genera in Bucephaloidea Poche, 1907 using morphological features. May 2001. Southeastern Society of Parasitologists. Berry College, Rome, Georgia. Curran, S.S. Distribution of aspidogastrids (Trematoda) in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from eastern North America. July 1995. American Society of Parasitologists and American Association of Veterinary Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Curran, S.S. and J.N. Caira. Site specificity of tapeworms parasitizing the spiral intestine of blue sharks (Prionace glauca), collected off Montauk, New York. August 1991. American Society of Parasitologists. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Poster format.

Invited Talks: Curran, S.S. Taxonomy and systematics of some American parasites and using parasites as biological indicators. 1 April 2014. Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. Curran, S.S. A novel “tongueworm” (Subclass Pentastomida) from some terrapins along the Gulf Coast. 17 July 2013. Summer Seminar Series, COA, USM. Curran, S.S. Taxonomy, systematics, and life history of some American trematodes, and the use of parasites as biolological indicators.28 Jan 2013. Department of Biological Sciences, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia. Curran, S.S. Parasite ecology and use as biological indicators 28 Oct 2012 Marine Education Center, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Curran, S.S. Trematode biodiversity in Gulf Coast drainages. 6 Sept 2012. Departmental seminar series, COA, USM. Curran, S.S. Parasites as indicators of environmental health after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico-a lecture and workshop for visiting university students. March 2011. Marine Education Center, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

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Curran, S.S. Lecture on Platyhelminthes for Ruth Carmichael’s Invertebrate Biology Class. 8 June 2009. Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama. Curran, S.S. Investigating the systematics of some trematodes using morphology and molecules. April 2008. Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois. Curran, S.S. and E.E. Pulis. Progresse reciente en Systematics de Allocreadiidae y una plan para la investigacion de Haploporidae. March 2008. Universidad De La Plata, La Plata, Argentina. Curran, S.S. An introduction to the trematodes infecting in West Virginia. May 2003. West Virginia State College, Charleston, West Virginia. Curran, S.S. An introduction to trematode morphology and life history with emphasis on species from the coastal environment of the Gulf of Mexico. May 2002. Texas A&M University- Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas. Curran, S.S. and R.M. Overstreet. The identification of strigeoid metacercariae in farm raised catfish from Louisiana. March 2000. 7th Biennial Fish Diagnostician's Workshop at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Curran, S.S. and R.M. Overstreet. Results of experimentally infecting fledgling white pelicans with the strigeoid tentatively identified as Bolbophorus confusus (Krause, 1914). September 1999. Catfish Trematode Meeting. Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center, MSU Extension Service, Stoneville, Mississippi. Curran, S.S. and R.M. Overstreet. Taxonomic features important for identifying leeches in Florida. October 1998. North American Oligochaete Conference and Workshop. Keys Marine Laboratory, Long Key, Florida.

Taxonomic Patronyms: Cardicola currani Bullard & Overstreet, 2004 (Digenea: Aporocotylidae). Saccocoelium currani Blasco-Costa, Montero, Gibson, Antonio-Balbuena, Antonio-Raga, & Kostadinova, 2009 (Digenea: Haploporidae). Anthocephalum currani Ruhnke & Seaman, 2009 (: Rhinebothriidea). Homalometron currani Barger & Wellenstein, 2015 (Digenea: Apocreadiidae). Promonobothrium currani Oros, Kuchta, Choudhury, & Scholz, 2016 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea). Isorchis currani Andres, Pulis, & Overstreet, 2016 (Digenea: Atractotrematidae).

Societies: •American Society of Parasitologists •Southeastern Society of Parasitologists •Helminthological Society of Washington

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