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11 July 2019 Occurrence of Phyllodistomum superbum Stafford, 1904 (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae), in the Urinary Bladder of Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens, from Lake St. Clair, Michigan, U.S.A.
Patrick M. Muzzall, Jan-Michael Hessenauer
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Abstract

A total of 196 yellow perch, Perca flavescens (Percidae), from 3 locations (100 from Strawberry Light in September 2015, 73 from Clinton River Cutoff in November 2017, and 23 from New Baltimore in November 2017) in Lake St. Clair, Michigan, U.S.A., were examined for the digenetic trematode Phyllodistomum superbumStafford, 1904 (Gorgoderidae Looss, 1901). The prevalence, mean intensity, and mean abundance of P. superbum in yellow perch were highest at Strawberry Light (30%, 1.5, and 0.45, respectively) and lowest at Clinton River Cutoff (7%, 1.2, and 0.08, respectively). The maximum intensity of P. superbum varied from 2 to 5 worms per infected fish. Individuals of P. superbum infected the urinary bladder and ureters of perch. Lake St. Clair is a new locality record for P. superbum.

Patrick M. Muzzall and Jan-Michael Hessenauer "Occurrence of Phyllodistomum superbum Stafford, 1904 (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae), in the Urinary Bladder of Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens, from Lake St. Clair, Michigan, U.S.A.," Comparative Parasitology 86(2), 164-168, (11 July 2019). https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-86.2.164
Published: 11 July 2019
KEYWORDS
Digenea
Gorgoderidae
Lake St. Clair
Michigan
Perca flavescens
Phyllodistomum superbum
Yellow perch
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