Petr A. Smirnov

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Academic degree: Candidate of Biological Sciences
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Position: Researcher
E-mail: Petr.Smirnov@zin.ru
Contact phone: +7 (812) 764-17-14
Educational background: SPbU
Research interests: Parasitology, morphology of parasites, digenea, evolution of complex life cycles, miniaturization.
Field studies: WSBS “Kartesh”, MBS “Belomorskaia”.
Professional membership: Saint Petersburg Society of Naturalists
Pedagogical activity: Winter and summer courses in SPbU teaching assisstant
Scientific projects and grants:
  • RFBR 18-04-00075. Shatrov A. The leading tendencies of morpho-ecological specialization in mites and ticks (Acariformes, Parasitiformes) in the light of elaboration of their host-parasite relationships.
  • RFBR 18-04-00138. Frolov A. Trypanosomatids and their prokaryotic endosymbionts: cophylogeny and a diversity of symbiotic associations.
  • RFBR 16-04-00593. Raikova O.Ways of evolution of neuromuscular systems of turbellaria and questions of the origin of parasitic flatworms.
  • RFBR 20-34-90113. Trends in evolutionary modifications of miracidia im the group Bucephalata (Trematoda: Digenea) related to transition to passive strategy of infection.
  • DAAD short-term grant. 2023
Selected Publications:
  • Smirnov P.A., Gonchar A. 2024. Why has ‘miracidium’ of Notocotylidae (Trematoda: Digenea) lost all stage-specific traits? Researchsquare. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3958977/v1
  • Smirnov P.A., Gonchar A. 2023. Miracidium of Steringophorus furciger (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) and other passive Bucephalata larvae. Zoomorphology 142(1):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-022-00580-6
  • Smirnov P.A., Krupenko, D.Y. 2023. Reconstruction of Derogenes varicus miracidium (Digenea: Derogenidae): first ultrastructural description of spines on the surface of Hemiurata larvae. Parazitologiâ. 57(2):108-123. https://doi.org/10.31857/S0031184723020023
  • Smirnov P.A., Dobrovolskij A.A. 2021. Fine structure of a tiny gymnophalloid miracidium (Digenea). Journal of Morphology, 282(9): 1374-1381. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21392
  • Smirnov P.A., Dobrovolskij A.A. 2019. What is hidden under an eggshell? Ultrastructural evidence on morphology of “passive” Prosorhynchus squamatus miracidium (Digenea: Bucephalidae). Invert. Zool., 16(4): 361–376. https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.16.4.04