February 1995
ROBERT BROWN SHORT
I. PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth: 28 February 1920 Citizenship: U.S.A.
Place of Birth: Changsha, China (missionary parents)
Marital Status: Married Name of spouse: Lavinia L. Mullinnix
Names and Birthdates of Children:
Sally B. Short — 1951
Rebecca A. Short — 1953
R. Timothy Short — 1956
Sally now lives in Tallahassee, Fla., with her husband and two daughters.
Rebecca is married and is a CPA in charge of financial matters in the
Cumberland County school system near Fayetteville, N.C. She and
her husband live on a farm.
Timothy has a Ph.D. in physics and is conducting research in Oak Ridge,
Tenn. He has two sons.
Home Address: 2407 Miranda Avenue, Tallahassee Phone: 576-1537
University Address: Department of Biological Science Phone: 644-1735
103 Biology Unit I, 3050
II. EDUCATION AND DEGREES
Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn. B.A. (magna cum laude), June 1941.
Valedictorian (Alpha Gamma Sigma).
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. M.A., June 1945
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Ph.D., June 1950 (Phi Beta Kappa).
III. FELLOWSHIPS
Horace H. Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1949–1950.
NIH Special Research Fellowship (at Tulane University), 1970–1971.
IV. ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POSITIONS
Instructor (mathematics and Latin)< Suwannee Military Academy, Sewannee,
Tenn., 1941–1943.
Teacher (mathematics and biology), Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Va.,
1943–1944.
Assistant Professor, Florida State University, 1950–1953.
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IV. ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POSITIONS (continued)
Associate Professor, Florida State University, 1953–1957.
Professor, Florida State University, 1957–1990.
Professor Emeritus, Florida State University, 1990–present.
V. PROFESSIONAL HONORS & BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS
Member, National Institutes of Health Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Study
Section, 1965–1969
Meritorious Teacher Award of Association of Southeastern Biologists, 1980.
Meritorious Service Award of the Southeastern Society of Parasitologists, 1992.
Distinguished Emeritus Member, American Society of Parasitologists, 1992.
Invited papers:
"Dicyemid Mesozoa and Their Hosts" (XVI Int. Congr. Zool. Symposium on
Cephalopods, 1964).
"The Dicyemid Mesozoa" (AAAS Symposium on Parasites of Invertebrates).
Listed in American Men and Women in Science.
Listed in Who's Who in the South.
Invited symposium speaker, American Society of Parasitologists, Toronto, Canada:
Behavior of Parasites. June 1973.
Invited participant in JOINT PARASITIC DISEASES CONFERENCE, U.S.-
JAPAN COOPERATIVE MEDICAL SCIENCE PROGRAM, Pacific Grove,
Calif., 6–7 August 1973 (Sponsored by NIH).
Invited luncheon address, Southeastern Society of Parasitologists, Blacksburg, Va.
(VPI), April 1975.
Invited seminar speaker, University of Georgia, 28 April 1977.
Invited seminar speaker, Tulane University, 1969.
External Examiner for Ph.D. Dissertations:
Andra University, Waltair, India, 1967.
University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W., Australia, 1984.
University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia, 1975.
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VI. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Society of Parasitologists
Vice President, 1977
President-elect, 1981
President, 1982
Council member, 1967–1971
Program Committee, 1964
Program Officer and Member Editorial Board, 1962–1963
Chairman of Committee to Publish Index III to Journal of Parasitology, 1967–
1971
Member, Committee on Awards, 1969–70
Chairman, Committee on Awards, 1970–71
Member, Nominating Committee, 1965–66
Member, Committee on Nomenclatures and Terminology
Member, Special Awards Committee, 1973–
Member, Meeting Site Committee, 1973–
Associate Editor, ASP Newsletter, 1981–
Committee on World Federation of Parasitologists, 1977–
Communication between Council and Membership Committee, 1978
Member, Awards Committee, 1980
Public Responsibilities Committee, 1979
Committee on Priorities of Parasitology, 1983
ASP Representative to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases
Editorship Selection Committee, 1983
ASP Bylaws Revision Committee, 1993–94
World Federation of Parasitologists
Nominating Committee, 1982
American Microscopical Society
Member, Executive Committee, 1979
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Nominating Committee, 1979
Southeastern Society of Parasitologists
President, 1971–72
Nominating Committee, 1975–76, chairman, 1972–73
Representative (elected) to American Society of Parasitologists Council, 1978,
1979, 1980
Revision of By-Laws Committee, chairman, 1979–80
Awards Committee, 1981–82
Meritorious Service Award Committee, 1985–87
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VI. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (continued)
Association of Southeastern Biologists
President, 1968–69
Member, Executive Committee, 1958–1961, 1965–1968
Nominating Committee, 1970
Nominating Committee, Chairman, 1971
Nominating Committee, 1975
Nominating Committee, 1980–81
Meritorious Teaching Award Committee, 1983–1986, chairman 1985–86
Phi Beta Kappa
Nominating Committee, 1983
Membership Selection Committee, 1985–86, 1986–87
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Helminthological Society of Washington
Sigma Xi
Society for Tropical medicine and Hygiene
VII. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS COMMONLY ATTENDED
American Society of Parasitologists
Association of Southeastern Biologists
Southeastern Society of Parasitologists
Numerous papers presented over years since 1948 (see Abstracts)
VIII. REFEREE ACTIVITIES (papers and grant proposals)
Papers: Journal of Parasitology
American Midland Naturalist
Tulane Studies in Zoology
Experimental Parasitology
Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Iowa State Journal of Research
Science
Transactions of the American Microscopical Society
Grant Proposals:
NIH, many during term on NIH Study Section; a few others before and after
term on Study Section
NSF, several over the years
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IX. SUMMER AND SABBATICAL ACTIVITIES
Teaching at F.S.U. some summers.
Research on grant support, many summers at F.S.U.
Visiting investigator, University of Michigan Biological Station, summer 1957.
Participant, U.S. Antarctic Research Program, Expedition to New Zealand and
Antarctica, 1964–65.
Sabbatical year (1970–71) at Tulane University, New Orleans, La. Learned
techniques of electron microscopy and participated in graduate seminars.
Participant, Histochemistry Conference, Vanderbilt University, 3 weeks summer
1966.
Special National Institutes of Health Research Fellowship at Tulane University,
1970–71.
X. EDITORIAL BOARDS
Journal of Parasitology, 1962–63
Experimental Parasitology, 1977–79 (3 years)
XI. RESEARCH INTERESTS
Trematode systematics and life cycles.
Dicyemid Mesozoa: their systematics, development, and evolutionary
significance.
Sensory structures of parasitic flatworms: distribution, fine structure, function and
significance in host-finding and recognition.
Chromosomes, sex determination, and systematics of schistosomes (Trematoda,
Schistosomatidae).
XII. SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR RESEARCH
NSF Support:
Taxonomic Studies of Dicyemid Mesozoa 1957–59
Taxonomic Studies of Dicyemid Mesozoa from the Antarctic 1971–73
Sensory Structures of Schistosome Cercariae 1971–74
Chromosome Analyses of Blood Fluke Parasites and Their
Hybrids 3/15/79–8/21/81
NIH Support:
Embryology and Cytology of Schistosomes 1952–55
Cytotaxonomic Studies on Schistosomes 1956–1960
Life Cycle, Taxonomy, and Development of Dicyemid
Mesozoans 1962–65
Sensory Structures of Schistosomes 1972–75
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XII. SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR RESEARCH (continued)
WHO Support:
Cytogenetic characterization of schistosome species and strains 1981–83
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Travel Award to London for research on
schistosomes in the British Museum of Natural History 1983
FSU Research Council Support: 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1980, 1984, 1985
XIII. GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSITIONS HELD
Ph.D.
1954 W. J. Hargis, Jr. Former Dean of School of Fisheries and Director of
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Va. Now
Professor, William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. (Taxonomy of
monogenetic trematodes.)
1954 M. M. Nez. Chair (retired), Department of Biology, Pensacola Junior
College, Pensacola, Fla. (Gametogenesis in schistosomes.)
1959 Alvin Wagner. Rochester, N.Y. Stock broker. (Penetration of
schistosome cercariae into mammalian skin.)
1960 R. B. Holliman. Professor, Department of Biology, V.P.I., Blacksburg,
Va. (Taxonomy of marine trematode cercariae.)
1960 D. W. Dery (uncertain as to exact present position). (Effects of host
hibernation on schistosomes.)
1962 R. T. Damian. Franklin Professor and Chairman of Department of
Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. (Immunology of
schistosomiasis.)
1963 A,. J. MacInnis. Professor, University of California at Los Angeles,
Calif. (Chemotaxis in schistosome miracidia.)
1966 D. N. Kruse. Professor, Northwestern State College, Natchitoches, La.
(Life cycle of gregarinid parasites of shrimp.)
1967 R. K. Ridley. Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan. (Electron microscopy of
dicyemid mesozoa.)
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XIII. GRADUATE STUDENTS (continued)
Ph.D. (continued)
1971 John A. Couch. Senior Research Scientist, Environmental Research
Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, Fla.
(Pathology of marine parasites.) Adjunct Professor, Department of
Biology, University of West Florida.
1973 Glenn M. Sponholtz. Associate Professor, Florida A&M University.
(Attraction of snails for trematode miracidia.)
1973 Richard D. Garrity. Urban Environmental Coordinator, City of Tampa,
Fla.
1979 Kenneth S. Saladin. Professor, Georgia College, Milledgeville, Ga.
(Photosensitivity of cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni).
1983 James D. Liberatos. Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical University of South
Carolina. (Male-biased sex ratios in Schistosoma mansoni.) Assistant
Professor, Louisiana Tech, Ruston, La.
1987 Juville G. Dario. Associate Professor, Central Virginia Community
College, Lynchburg, Va. (Spermatogenesis and sperm structure of
schistosomes.); Instructor, Kaplan Educational Center.
Master's degrees
1952 P. C. White 1965 E. G. Powell
1954 J. H. Oliver 1967 J. B. Hamilton
1956 L. E. Womack 1967 D. A. Brickler
1958 R. T. Damian 1970 Janet R. Clarke
1959 D. N. Kruse 1973 Helena P. Nunn
1959 A. J. MacInnis 1976 Gundy B. Knos
1961 P. D. Lewis 1979 Walter S. Leedom
1963 R. J. Goldstein 1982 Henry S. Puente
1964 J. A. Couch 1982 James D. Liberatos
1964 S. S. Hendrix 1986 William H. Teehan
1964 G. M. Sponholtz 1987 Wan F. Z. Alauddin
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XIII. GRADUATE STUDENTS (continued)
A few accomplishments of former graduate students:
Dr. MacInnis was Editor of the Journal of Parasitology (1979–1984
Dr. Damian was President of the American Society of Parasitologists (1986)
and served as Chairman of the NIH Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
Study Section.
Dr. Oliver was a professor at Berkeley, Calif., University of Georgia, and was
President of the Entomological Society of America.
Postdoctoral Associates
Fuad M. Nahhas Professor, University of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif.
Premvati Gupta Professor, University of Lucknow, India
R. T. Damian Professor, University of Georgia
A. I. Grossman Neurological molecular genetics, University of Texas Health
Center, Dallas, Tex.
William H. Coil Professor, University of Kansas
XIV. COURSES TAUGHT AT FSU
Parasitology
Parasitism and Symbiosis
Human Parasitology
Helminthology
General Zoology
General Biology
Comparative Anatomy Lab
Seminar in Principles of Biology
Seminar in Parasitology
XV. SERVICE
Department of Biological Science, member and chairman of various committees
(examples below)
Undergraduate and graduate counselor
Self-study Biological Science Committee (chairman), 1971–72
Committee of Professors, 1972–
Graduate Performance Committee, Chairman, 1969–70
Graduate Curriculum Committee, 1972–73
Departmental (Biol. Sci.) Committee on annual Review, 1973–75
Committee of Professors, Chairman, 1974–76
Undergraduate Affairs and Curriculum Committee
Departmental Bylaws Writing Committee (chairman), 1981
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XV. SERVICE (continued)
Department of Biological Science (continued)
Promotion, Tenure, and Doctoral Directive Status Committee, 1980–81
Expense Allocation Committee, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85
Executive Committee
Academic Affairs Committee
Conradi Building Space Committee
Faculty Evaluation Committee, 1987
University Committees
Committee for Appeal of Denial of Certification to Teach
Committee to Form Instrument of Evaluation for University Administrators
Natural Science Area Committee for Promotion, Tenure, and Doctoral Status
FSU Program in Medical Sciences
FSU Graduate Research Council
Committee for COFRS Summer Appointments
FSU University Committee on Sabbaticals
Phi Beta Kappa Membership Committee
Community Activities
Secretary University School PTA
Treasurer University School PTA
Optimist Club Member, Secretary, President
Helping students with Science Fair projects and Science Fair Judge
Identifying parasites and nonparasites for private citizens and local physicians
Little League baseball coach
As a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Tallahassee, served on
Administrative Board and on two commissions, and participated in activities
such as Meals on Wheels and Cold Night Shelter for the homeless
Volunteer Tax Counselor for Elderly
XVI. POPULAR RECOGNITION
A couple of write-ups in local newspaper about trip by R. B. Short and student
(1964–65) to New Zealand and Antarctica in connection with research.
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XVII. PUBLICATIONS
*Short, R. B. 1945. Spindle twisting in the giant amoeba. Science 102:484.
*Short, R. B. 1946. Observations on the giant amoeba, Amoeba carolinensis
(Wilson, 1900). Biol. Bull. 80:8–18.
*Short, R. B. 1948. Hermaphrodites in a Puerto Rican strain of Schistosoma
mansoni. J. Parasitol. 34:240–242.
*Short, R. B. 1952. Hermaphroditic female Schistosomatium douthitti
(Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). J. Parasitol. 37:547–555.
*Short, R. B. 1952. Sex studies on Schistosomatium douthitti (Cort 1914) Price
1931 (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). Am. Midl. Nat. 47:1-54.
*Short, R. B. 1952. Uniparental miracidia of Schistosomatium douthitti and their
progeny (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). Am. Midl. Nat. 48:55-68.
*Short, R. B. 1953. A new blood fluke, Cardicola laruei n.g., n. sp.
(Aporocotylidae) from marine fishes. J. Parasitol. 39:304–309.
*Kagan, I. G., R. B. Short, and M. M. Nex. 1954. Maintenance of
Schistosomatium douthitti (Cort, 1914) in the laboratory. J. Parasitol. 41:1–16.
*Short, R. B. 1954. A new blood fluke, Selachohemecus olsoni, n.g., n. sp.
(Aporocotylidae) from the sharp-nosed shark, Scoliodon terra-novae. Proc.
Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 21L:78–82.
*Oliver, J. H., Jr. and R. B. Short. 1956. Longevity of miracidia of
Schistosomatium douthitti. Exp. Parasitol. 5:328–249.
*Short, R. B. 1957. Chromosomes and sex in Schistosomatium douthitti. J.
Hered. 48:2–6.
*Nez, M. M., and R. B. Short. 1957. Gametogenesis in Schistosomatium douthitti
(Cort) (Schistosomatidae: Trematoda). J. Parasitol. 43:167–182.
*Short, R. B., and M. Y. Menzel. 1959. Chromosomes in parthenogenetic
miracidia and embryonic cercariae of Schistosomatium douthitti. Exp. Parasitol.
8:249–264.
*Short, R. B., and M. Y. Menzel. 1960. Chromosomes of nine species of
schistosomes. J. Parasitol. 46:273–287.
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XVII. PUBLICATIONS (continued)
*Menzel, M. Y., and R. B. Short. 1960. Pachytene chromosomes in three species
of schistosomes. J. Hered. 51:2–12.
*Short, R. B. 1961. A new mesozoan from the Florida Keys. J. Parasitol. 47:273–
278.
*Short, R. B., and R. B. Holliman. 1961. Austrobilharzia penneri, a new
schistosome from marine snails. J. Parasitol. 47:447–452.
*Short, R. B. 1962. Two new dicyemid mesozoans from the Gulf of Mexico.
Tulane Stud. Zool. 9:101–111.
*Couch, J. A., and R. B. Short. 1964. Dicyema bilobum sp. n. (Mesozoa—
Dicyemidae) from northern Gulf of Mexico. J. Parasitol. 50:641–645.
*Short, R. B. 1964. Dicyema typoides sp. n. (Mesozoa—Dicyemidae) from
northern Gulf of Mexico. J. Parasitol. 50:646-651.
*Short, R. B., and A. L. Lewis. 1964. Sparganosis in north Florida. J. Parasitol.
50:800 (note).
*Nahhas, F. M., and R. b. Short. 1965. Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes
from Apalachee Bay, Gulf of Mexico. Tulane Stud. Zool. 12:39–50.
*Hendrix, S. S., and R. B. Short. 1965. Aspidogastrids from northeastern Gulf of
Mexico river drainages. J. Parasitol. 51:561-569.
Short, R. B. 1965. Systematics, host specificity and zoogeography of dicyemid
mesozoa. Bull. U.S. Antarctic Projects Office 6:27–28.
*Short, R. B., and R. T. Damian. 1966. Morphology of infusoriform larva of
Dicyema aegira (Mesozoa—Dicyemidae). J. Parasitol. 52:746–751.
*Short, R. B., and R. T. Damian. 1967. Oogenesis, fertilization, and first cleavage
of Dicyema aegira McConnaughey and Kritzler, 1952 (Mesozoa: Dicyemidae). J.
Parasitol. 53:757–760.
*Short, R. B., and E. C. Powell. 1968. Mature digenetic trematodes from New
Zealand octopuses. J. Parasitol. 54:757–760.
*Short, R. B., and F. C. Hochberg, Jr. 1969. Two new species of Dicyemennea
(Mesozoa: Dicyemidae) from Kaikoura, New Zealand. J. Parasitol. 55:583–596.
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XVII. PUBLICATIONS (continued)
*Short, R. B., and E. C. Powell. 1969. Dicyemennea eltanini sp.n. (Mesozoa:
Dicyemidae) from Antarctic waters. J. Parasitol. 55:794–799.
*Hochberg, F. G., and R. B. Short. 1970. Two new species of dicyemid Mesozoa
from Benthoctopus magellanicus Roson, 1930. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc. 89:216–
224.
*Short, R. B., and F. G. Hochberg, Jr. 1970. A new species of Dicyemennea
(Mesozoa: Dicyemidae) from near the Antarctic Peninsula. J. Parasitol. 56:517–
522.
*Short, R. B. 1971. Three new species of Dicyema (Mesozoa: Dicyemidae) from
New Zealand. Antarctic Res. Ser. 17, Biology of the Antarctic Seas, IV, 231–244.
*Hendrix, S. S., and R. B. Short. 1972. The juvenile of Lophotaspis interiora
Ward and Hopkins, 1931 (Trematoda: Aspidobothria). J. Parasitol. 58:63–67.
*Short, R. B., and M. L. Cartrett. 1973. Argentophilic "papillae" of Schistosoma
mansoni cercariae. J. Parasitol. 59:1041–1059.
*Sponholtz, G. M., and R. B. Short. 1975. Schistosoma mansoni miracidial
behavior: an assay system for chemostimulation. J. Parasitol. 61:228–232.
*Short, R. B., and H. T. Gagne. 1975. Fine structure of a possible photoreceptor
in cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni. J. Parasitol. 61:69–74.
*Sponholtz, G. M., and R. B. Short. 1976. Schistosoma mansoni miracidia:
stimulation by calcium and magnesium. J. Parasitol. 62:155–157.
*Short, R. B., and R. E. Kuntz. 1976. Patterns of argentophilic papillae of
Schistosoma rodhaini and S. mansoni cercariae. J. Parasitol. 62:420–425.
*Short, R. B., M. Y. Menzel, and S. Pathak. 1979. Somatic chromosomes of
Schistosoma mansoni. J. Parasitol. 65:471–473.
*Knos, G. B., and R. B. Short. 1979. Argentophilic papillae of Schistosomatium
douthitti cercariae (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). J. Parasitol. 65:350–356.
*Grossman, A. I., R. B. Short, and R. E. Kuntz. 1981. Somatic chromosomes of
Schistosoma rodhaini, S. mattheei, and S. intercalatum. J. Parasitol. 67:41–44.
*Leedom, W. S., and R. B. Short. 1981. Cercariae paludosae, n.sp., a dermatitis-
producing schistosome cercaria from Pomacea paludosa, the Florida apple snail. J.
Parasitol. 67:257–261.
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XVII. PUBLICATIONS (continued)
*Short, R. B., and A. I. Grossman. 1981. Chromosomes of S. mansoni and S.
rodhaini: conventional Giemsa and C-banded karyotypes. J. Parasitol. 67:661–
671.
*Grossman, A. I., R. B. Short, and G. D. Cain. 1981. Karyotypic evolution and
sex chromosome differentiation in schistosomes (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae).
Chromosoma 84:413–430.
Short, R. B. 1983. Sex and the single schistosome. J. Parasitol. 69:4–22.
(presidential address)
*Hochberg, F. G., and R. B. Short. 1984. A new species of Dicyemennea
(Mesozoa: Dicyemidae) in a finned octopod from the Antarctic. J. Parasitol.
69:963–966.
*Liberatos, J. D., and R. B. Short. 1984. Identifying sex of larval stages of
schistosomes (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). J. Parasitol. 69:1084–1089.
*Puente, H. S. and R. B. Short. 1985. Redescription of chromosomes of
Schistosomatium douthitti (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). J. Parasitol. 71:345–
348.
*Short, R. B., and A. I. Grossman. 1986. Chromosomes of Heterobilharzia
americana (Digenea: Schistosomatidae) from Texas. J. Parasitol. 72:807–809.
*Short, R. B. W. H. Teehan, and J. D. Liberatos. 1987. Chromosomes of
Heterobilharzia americana (Digenea: Schistosomatidae), with ZWA sex
determination, from Louisiana. J. Parasitol. 73:941–946.
*Malek, E. A., R. B. Short, W. H. Teehan, and A. Jama. 1987. Differential
susceptibility of snail hosts to Heterobilharzia americana from Texas and
Louisiana. J. Parasitol. 73:872–873.
*Teehan, W. H., and R. B. Short. 1989. Mitotic chromosomes of a species of
Spirorchis (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae). J. Parasitol. 75:474–476.
*Short, R. B., J. D. Liberatos, W. H. Teehan, and J. I. Bruce. 1989. Conventional
Giemsa and C-banded chromosomes of seven strains of Schistosoma mansoni. J.
Parasitol. 75:920–926.
*Short, R. B. 1991. Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States:
Dicyemida. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 100, Seattle, Washington. 15 pp.
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XVIII. OTHER PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Short, R. B. 1965. Review of The Biology of Animal Parasites, by T. C. Cheng.
W. B. Saunders. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 14:335–336.
Short, R. B. 1972. Presentation of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal, 1971. J.
Parasitol. 58:198.
Short, R. B., and R. E. Kuntz. 1978. A note correcting sources given for
Schistosoma rodhaini. J. Parasitol. 64264.
Short, R. B. 1981. Review of Snail-Transmitted Parasitic Diseases, by Emile A.
Malek. Vol. I, 362 pp.; vol. 2, 336 pp. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 30:1147–1148.
Short, R. B. 1981. Review of Snail-Transmitted Parasitic Diseases, by Emile A.
Malek. J. Wildlife Diseases.
XIX. PUBLICATIONS: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS
Short, R. B. 1947. Unisexual infections with Schistosomatium douthitti
(Trematoda). J. Parasitol. 33, suppl.:9.
Short, R. B. 1948. Intergeneric crosses among schistosomes (Trematoda:
Schistosomatidae). J. Parasitol. 34, suppl.:30.
Short, R. B. 1948. Infective uniparental miracidia of Schistosomatium douthitti
(Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). J. Parasitol. 34, suppl.:30.
Short, R. B. 1950. Studies on sex in Schistosomatium douthitti (Cort, 1914) Price,
1931 (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). Microfilm Abstr. 10:363–364.
Short, R. B. 1951. Hermaphroditic female Schistosomatium douthitti (Trematoda:
Schistosomatidae)). J. Parasitol. 37, suppl.:26.
Short, R. B. 1952. A new species of blood fluke from marine fish (Trematoda:
Aporocotylidae). J. Parasitol. 38, suppl.:36.
Short, R. B. 1954. Longevity of Schistosomatium douthitti miracidia. J. Parasitol.
40, suppl.:37.
Short, R. B. 1955. Chromosomes of Schistosomatium douthitti (Cort) (Trematoda:
Schistosomatidae). ASB Bull. 2:10.
Short, R. B. 1955. Chromosomes and sex determination in Schistosomatium
douthitti (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). J. Parasitol. 41, suppl.:24.
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XIX. PUBLICATIONS: ABSTRACTS (continued)
Short, R. B. 1955. Chromosomes in parthenogenetic miracidia of
Schistosomatium douthitti (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) and their progeny in
snails. J. Parasitol. 41, suppl.:24–25.
Short, R. B. 1957. Unexpected pachytene behavior in Schistosomatium douthitti.
ASB Bull. 4:14.
Short, R. B. 1957. Chromosomes of Schistosoma mansoni and Ornithobilharzia
canaliculata (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). ASB Bull. 4:15.
Short, R. B. 1957. Dicyemid mesozoans from the Gulf of Mexico. J. Parasitol.
43, suppl.:37.
Short, R. B., and R. T. Damian. 1958. Dicyemid mesozoans from the northern
gulf coast of Florida and the Florida Keys. ASB Bull. 5:15.
Short, R. B., and M. Y. Menzel. 1959. Chromosomes in parthenogenetic
miracidia and embryonic cercariae of Schistosomatium douthitti. ASB Bull. 6:32.
Holliman, R. B., and R. B. Short. 1961. Studies on the life cycle of a new avian
schistosome in the genus Austrobilharzia. ASB Bull. 8:30.
Short, R. B., and R. T. Damian. 1963. Development of the infusoriform stage of
Dicyema aegira McConnaughey and Kritzler, 1952 (Mesozoa: Dicyemidae). J.
Parasitol. 49, suppl.:31.
Damian, R. T., and R. B. Short. 1963. Development of the infusoriform stage of
Dicyema aegira. ASB Bull. 10:26.
Short, R. B., and M. L. Cartrett. 1973. Presumed sensory structures of
schistosome cercariae (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). ASB Bull. 20:82.
Terrel, G. K., R. B. Short, and K. Shull. 1974. Presumed sensory papillae of
Schistosomatium douthitti cercariae (Trematoda: Digenea). ASB Bull. 21:87.
Short, R. B., and H. T. Gagne. 1975. Presumed photoreceptors in cercariae of
Schistosoma mansoni. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc. 94:438.
Leedom, W. S., and R. B. Short. 1979. A new dermatitis producing schistosome
cercaria from the apple snail, Pomacea paludosa. ASB Bull. 26:60.
Short, R. B. , and A. I. Grossman. 1980. Karyotypes of two closely related blood
flukes: Schistosoma mansoni and S. rodhaini (Trematoda). Program and
Abstracts, 55th Ann. Meeting, Am. Soc. Parasitologists, August 4–8.
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XIX. PUBLICATIONS: ABSTRACTS (continued)
Grossman, A. I., and R. B. Short. 1980. Karyotype evolution and sex chromosome
differentiation in digenetic trematodes. Program and Abstracts, 55th Ann.
Meeting, Am. Soc. Parasitologists, August 4–8.
Contos, N., and R. B. Short. 1980. S.E.M. and T.E.M. observations of the
tegument and sensory structures of the cercaria of Schistosomatium douthitti
(Trematoda). ASB Bull. 27:28-29.
Puente, H. S., R. B. Short, and A. I. Grossman. 1980. The chromosomes of
Schistosomatium douthitti (Trematoda) and its snail host, Lymnaea catascopium.
ASB Bull. 27:57.
Liberatos, J. D., and R. B. Short. 1983. Identification of sex in schistosome larval
stages. ASB Bull. 20(2):67.
Liberatos, J. D., and R. B. Short. 1983. Identification of sex in schistosome larval
stages. Program and Abstracts of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Am. Soc.
Parasitologists. p. 50.
Contos, N., and R. B. Short. 1986. Sensory receptor morphology in a schistosome
cercaria. Soc. Neuroscience Abstracts vol. 12, Nov. 1986.
Short, R. B., W. H. Teehan, and J. D. Liberatos. 1986. Chromosomes of
Heterobilharzia americana (Digenea: Schistosomatidae), with A1Z2W sex
determination, from Louisiana. Program and Abstracts of the 61st Annual Meeting
of the Am. Soc. Parasitologists. p. 36.
XX. OTHER PUBLICATIONS (IN REFEREED JOURNALS) BY STUDENTS AND
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES FROM R. B. SHORT'S LABORATORY
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1953. Chloretone as a trematode relaxer, and its use in mass-
collecting techniques. J. Parasitol. 39:224–225.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1955. A new species of Benedenia (Trematoda: Monogenea)
from Girella nigricans, the opaleye. J. Parasitol. 41:48–50.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1955. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part I.
The superfamily Gyrodactyloidea. Biol. Bull. 108:125–136.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1955. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part
II. The superfamily Gyrodactyloidea. J. Parasitol. 41:185–193.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1955. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part
III. The superfamily Gyrodactyloidea. Quart. J. Fla. Acad. Sci. 18:33–47.
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XX. OTHER PUBLICATIONS FROM R. B. SHORT'S LABORATORY (continued)
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1955. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part
IV. The superfamily Capsaloidea. Rev. Iberica Parasitol., Tomo Extr., pp. 1–16.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1955. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part
V. The superfamily Capsaloidea. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc. 74:203–225.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1955. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part
VI. The superfamilies Polystomatoidea Price, 1936, and Diclidophoroidea Price,
1936. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc. 74:361–377.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1955. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part
VII. The superfamily Diclidophoroidea. Quart. J. Fla. Acad. Sci. 18:113–119.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1956. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part
VIII. The superfamily Diclidophoroidea. Proc. Helminth. Soc. Wash. 23(2):5–13.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1956. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part
XI. The family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Proc. Helminth. Soc. Wash.
23(2):153–162.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1956. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part
XII. The family Gastrocotylidae Price, 1943. Bull. Mar. Sci. Gulf & Caribbean
6:28–43.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1957. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part
X. The family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc.
75:436–453.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1957. Monogenetic trematodes of Gulf of Mexico fishes, Part
XIII. The superfamily Gastrocotylidae Price, 1943. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc.
76:1–12.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1957. The homologies of the clamp sclerites of Hexostoma
(Hexostomatidae: Diclidophoroidea). (Abstr.) J. Parasitol. 43(5, sect 2):32.
*Hargis, W. J., Jr. 1957. The host-specificity of monogenetic trematodes. Exp.
Parasitol. 6:610–625.
*Dery, D. W. 1957. An unsuccessful attempt to infect bats with Schistosomatium
douthitti. J. Parasitol. 43:455.
*Dery, D. W. 1958. A description of Maritreminoides raminellae, n. sp.
(Trematoda: Microphallidae). Proc. Helminth. Soc. Wash. 25:40–44.
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XX. OTHER PUBLICATIONS FROM R. B. SHORT'S LABORATORY (continued)
*Dery, D. W. 1958. A revision of the genus Gynacotyla (Microphallidae:
Trematoda) with a description of Gynacotyla riggini n. sp. J. Parasitol. 44:110–
112.
*Holliman, R. B. 1959. An anomaly in the genitalia of Dipylidium caninum. J.
Parasitol. 45:238–239.
*Kruse, D. N. 1959. Parasites of the commercial shrimps, Penaeus aztecus Ives,
P. duorarum Burkenroad and P. setiferus (Linnaeus). Tulane Stud. Zool. 7:123–
144.
*Wagner, A. 1960. Maintenance of a marine snail in the laboratory. J. Parasitol.
46:186.
*Loftin, H. 1960. An annotated check-list of trematodes and cestodes and their
vertebrate hosts from northwest Florida. Quart. J. Fla. Acad. Sci. 23:302–314.
*Oglesby, L. C. 1961. A new cercaria from an annelid. J. Parasitol. 47:233–236.
*Oglesby, L. C. 1961. Ovoviviparity in the monogenetic trematode
Polystomoidella oblonga. J. Parasitol. 47:237–243.
*Damian, R. T. 1961. Macravestidulum kraatzi n. sp. (Trematoda:
Pronocephalidae) with revision of the genus Macravestibulum Mackin, 1930. J.
Parasitol. 47:503–508.
*Wagner, A. 1961. Papillae on three species of schistosome cercariae. J.
Parasitol. 47:614–618.
*Holliman, R. B. 1961. Larval trematodes from the Apalachee Bay area, Florida,
with a checklist of known marine cercariae arranged in a key to their superfamilies.
Tulane Stud. Zool. 9:2–74.
*Riggin, G. T., Jr., and A. K. Sparks. 1962. A new gasterostome, Bucephaloides
megacirrus, from the redfish, Sciaenops ocellata. Proc. Helminth. Soc. 29:27–29.
*Oglesby, L. C. 1960. Heavy nematode infestation of white pelican. The Auk
77:354.
*Goldstein, R. J. 1963. A note on the genus Poecilancistrium Dollfus, 1929
(Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha). J. Parasitol. 49:301–304.
*Regan, J. D. 1963. A cestode plerocercoid from the crowned conch. Quart. J.
Fla. Acad. Sci. 26:184–187.
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XX. OTHER PUBLICATIONS FROM R. B. SHORT'S LABORATORY (continued)
*Damian, R. T. 1964. Molecular mimicry: antigen sharing by parasite and host
and its consequences. Am. Nat. 98:129–149.
*Goldstein, R. J. 1964. Species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea)
from the Gulf of Mexico. J. Parasitol. 50:656–661.
*MacInnis, A. J. 1965. Responses of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia to chemical
attractants. J. Parasitol. 51:731–746.
*Nahhas, F. M., and E. C. Powell. 1965. Monorchiidae (Trematoda) from fishes
of Apalachee Bay, Gulf of Mexico. J. Parasitol. 51:16–20.
*Holliman, R. B. 1963. Cyrodactylus shortii, a new species of monogenetic
trematode from the brood pouch of the southern pipefish, Syngnathus scovellii
(Everman and Kendall). Tulane Stud. Zool. 10:83–86.
*MacInnis, A. J. 1966. Trematodes from marine shorebirds from the northwest
gulf coast of Florida. Zool. Anz. 176:52–68.
*Damian, R. T. 1966. An immunodiffusion analysis of some antigens of
Schistosoma mansoni adults. Exp. Parasitol. 18:255–265.
*Damian, R. T. 1967. Common antigens between adult Schistosoma mansoni and
the laboratory mouse. J. Parasitol. 53:60–64.
*Goldstein, R. J. 1967. The genus Acanthobothrium Van Beneden, 1849
(Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea). J. Parasitol. 53:455-483.
*Premvati, G. 1967. Multigonotylus micropteri gen. et sp. n. and Caecincola
wakullata sp. n. (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from freshwater bass, Micropterus
salmoides. J. Parasitol. 53:743–746.
*Ridley, R. K. 1968. Electron microscope studies on dicyemid mesozoa. I.
Vermiform stages. J. Parasitol. 54:975–998.
*Ridley, R. K. 1969. Electron microscope studies on dicyemid mesozoa. II.
Infusorigen and infusoriform stages. J. Parasitol. 55:779–793.
*Liberatos, J. D. 1987. Schistosoma mansoni: male-biased sex ratios in snails and
mice. Exp. Parasitol. 64:165–177.