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Journal of Plankton Research, Vol 21, 1005-1008, Copyright © 1999 by Oxford University Press

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Short communication. First record of Torticaecum sp. (Trematoda: Didymozoidae) in the chaetognath Serratosagitta serratodentata (Krohn, 1853) from Caribbean waters

M del CG del Prado-Rosas, J Alvarez-Cadena, L Segura-Puertas and R Lamothe-Argumedo
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento de Biología Marina, Apdo. Postal 19-B, CP 23080, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Estación Puerto Morelos, Apdo. Postal 1152, CP 77501, Cancún, Quintana Roo, México; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología, Apdo. Postal 70-153, CP 04510, México, DF México; Corresponding author at Apartado Postal 1152, CP 77501, Cancún, Quintana Roo, México

From samples collected in the Caribbean Sea during February, March, May and August 1991, a total of 22 508 holoplanktonic chaetognaths were caught. During the analyses of the samples, one non-cysted specimen of didymozoid metacercaria was found in the coelom of the chaetognath Serratosagitta serratodentata (prevalence 0.004%). Owing to the lack of an authentic stomach and the morphology of the intestine, this trematode seems to belong to the Torticaecum larval type. This is the first report of both the chaetognath species as a host and the geographical locality for this parasite.
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