Cardicola forsteri (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the Heart of a Northern Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Scombridae), in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

A. Bullard, Stephen; Goldstein, R; H. Goodwin, R.; M. Overstreet, Robin

doi:10.1654/4135

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Cardicola forsteri (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the Heart of a Northern Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Scombridae), in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Published in Comparative Parasitology • Jul 1, 2004

Authors:

Stephen A. Bullard

R Goldstein

R. H. Goodwin

Abstract

We report a specimen of Cardicola forsteri Cribb, Daintith, and Munday, 2000 (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the lumen of the heart of a northern bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scombridae), that was 218 cm in total length (TL) and caught in the northwest Atlantic Ocean 12 km south o...

Subject

Scombridae

Tuna

Thunnus

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