| cardicola opisthorchis n. sp. (trematoda: aporocotylidae) from the pacific bluefin tuna, thunnus orientalis (temminck & schlegel, 1844), cultured in japan. | a new aporocotylid blood fluke is described, based on specimens from the ventricle of the pacific bluefin tuna, thunnus orientalis (temminck et schlegel), cultured in wakayama and nagasaki prefectures, japan. the new species is morphologically similar to the members of the genus cardicola short, 1953, but shows distinct differences in the body form, location of the testis and the orientation of the ootype. the body of the new species is long and slender, whereas other cardicola species are small ... | 2011 | 21616163 |
| developmental stages of fish blood flukes, cardicola forsteri and cardicola opisthorchis (trematoda: aporocotylidae), in their polychaete intermediate hosts collected at pacific bluefin tuna culture sites in japan. | farming of pacific bluefin tuna (pbt), thunnus orientalis, is a rapidly growing industry in japan. aporocotylid blood flukes of the genus cardicola comprising c. orientalis, c. opisthorchis and c. forsteri are parasites of economic importance for pbt farming. recently, terebellid polychaetes have been identified as the intermediate hosts for all these parasites. we collected infected polychaetes, terebella sp., the intermediate host of c. opisthorchis, from ropes and floats attached to tuna cage ... | 2017 | 27835838 |