Accacoeliidae () |
0.78 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
host; marine |
Western Central Atlantic and Northwest Pacific. |
Length: 0.23 - 0.78 cm. A minuscule to small; elongate fluke with the ventral sucker attached on a projection from the body. Oral sucker and ventral sucker: close together and of similar size. No tail is present (Ref. 359). |
Length: 0.23 to 0.78 cm (Ref. 359). It occurs in both offshore pelagic and inshore fishes, and thus must have a broad range of tolerances and intermediate hosts. Associations: variety of other worms occurred in the stomach and intestine of dolphin with this host. Host Specificity: occurs in dolphin and filefishes; a peculiar pattern considering that these 2 families of fishes are not closely related. It is a primary, but not a characteristic parasite of dolphin. The single records in wahoo from Puerto Rico and a porcupinefish, Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, from Jamaica probably represent false or accidental hosts (Ref. 359). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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