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The coquina,  Donax variabilis , is a known intermediate host of monorchiid and gymnophallid digeneans. Limited morphological criteria for the host and the digeneans’ larval stages have caused confusion in records. Herein, identities of coquinas from the United States (US) Atlantic coast were verified molecularly. We demonstrate that the current GenBank sequences for  D. variabilis  are erroneous, with the US sequence referring to  D. fossor . Two cercariae and three metacercariae previously described in the Gulf of Mexico and one new cercaria were identified morphologically and molecularly, with only metacercariae occurring in both hosts. On the Southeast Atlantic coast,  D. variabilis ’ role is limited to being a facultative second intermediate host, and  D. fossor,  an older species, acts as both first and second intermediate hosts. Sequencing demonstrated 100% similarities between larval stages for each of the three digeneans. Sporocysts, single tail cercariae, and metacercariae in the incurrent siphon had sequences identical to those of monorchiid  Lasiotocus trachinoti , for which we provide the complete life cycle. Adults are not known for the other two digeneans, and sequences from their larval stages were not identical to any in GenBank. Large sporocysts, cercariae ( Cercaria choanura ) ,  and metacercariae in the coquinas’ foot were identified as  Lasiotocus choanura  (Hopkins, 1958) n. comb. Small sporocysts, furcocercous cercariae, and metacercariae in the mantle were identified as gymnophallid  Parvatrema  cf.  donacis . We clarify records wherein authors recognized the three digenean species but confused their life stages, and probably the hosts, as  D. variabilis  is sympatric with cryptic  D. texasianus  in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Molecular data reshape our understanding of the life cycles of three digeneans (Monorchiidae and Gymnophallidae) infecting the bivalve, <i>Donax variabilis</i>: it’s just a facultative host!

Molecular data reshape our understanding of the life cycles of three digeneans (Monorchiidae and Gymnophallidae) infecting the bivalve, Donax variabilis: it’s just a facultative host!