Molicola_horridus

<i>Molicola horridus</i>

Molicola horridus

Species of flatworm

Molicola horridus is a species of tapeworm. The adult worm is found in the spiral valve in the lower part of the intestine of the blue shark (Prionace glauca). The larvae are found infesting the livers and muscles of ray-finned fishes such as the ocean sunfish (Mola mola),[2] and the spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix).

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This tapeworm has been found parasitising sharks from France, the Mediterranean region, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan and New Zealand.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Bray, Rod (2018). "Molicola horridus (Goodsir, 1841) Dollfus, 1935". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. [2]
    Khanna, D.R. (2004). Biology Of Helminthes. Discovery Publishing House. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-81-7141-909-8.
  3. [3]
    KnoffI, Marcelo; Carmona de São Clemente, Sérgio; Pinto, Roberto Magalhães; Lanfredi, Reinalda Marisa; Gomes, Delir Corrêa (2004). "Taxonomic reports of Otobothrioidea (Eucestoda, Trypanorhyncha) from elasmobranch fishes of the southern coast off Brazil". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 99 (1): 31–36. doi:10.1590/S0074-02762004000100006. hdl:1807/1799. PMID 15057344.
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