Heavy Infection of the Round Ribbontail Ray Taeniura meyeni with Stibarobdella macrothela (Annelida: Hirudinida: Piscicolidae)

Takeo Yamauchi; Yuzo Ota

doi:10.1654/4559.1

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Takeo Yamauchi,^1,* Yuzo Ota²

¹1Toyama Institute of Health, Nakataikoyama 17-1, Imizu, Toyama, 939-0363 Japan
²2Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8511 Japan

^*Corresponding author (e-mail: cymothoid@yahoo.co.jp).

Abstract

Thirty-three juveniles of the piscicolid leech Stibarobdella macrothela were found infecting a round ribbontail ray, Taeniura meyeni, from Micronesia. Taeniura meyeni is a new host for S. macrothela. The findings of the present study constitute the first record of S. macrothela from Micronesia.

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Takeo Yamauchi and Yuzo Ota "Heavy Infection of the Round Ribbontail Ray Taeniura meyeni with Stibarobdella macrothela (Annelida: Hirudinida: Piscicolidae)," Comparative Parasitology 79(2), 350-351, (1 July 2012). https://doi.org/10.1654/4559.1

Published: 1 July 2012

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