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Plerocercoids of Nybelinia surmenicola (Cestoda: Tentacularidae) in Squids, Todarodes pacificus, from East Sea, the Republic of Korea

  • Lee, Joon Yup (Department of Environmental Medical Biology and Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Ji Woon (Department of Environmental Medical Biology and Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Gab Man (Department of Environmental Medical Biology and Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2015.11.08
  • Accepted : 2016.01.20
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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Abstract

A visceral helminth of the squid, Todarodes pacificus, is reported from the East Sea, the Republic of Korea. Total 39 squid samples were purchased from a fish market in Jumunjin-eup, Gangneung-si (City) from August 2014 to July 2015 and were examined for helminth parasites with naked eyes and under a stereomicroscope after opening the abdominal cavity with a pair of scissors. Whitish larval worms were mainly found in the stomach and abdominal cavity of the squid. They were detected in 25 (64.1%) out of 39 squids examined, and the infection density was 7 larvae per infected squid. Spatula-shaped larvae were $8.2{\times}2.0mm$ in average size, round to slightly flattened anteriorly, with round hatching posteriorly, and had characteristic 4 tentacles with numerous hooklets in the scolex. The larvae were identified as the plerocercoid stage of Nybelinia surmenicola by their morphological features. This finding represents a new host record and the first report of N. surmenicola infection in T. pacificus squids from the east coast of Korea.

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