WoRMS taxon details

Discocotyle sagittata (Leuckart, 1842) Diesing, 1850

119677  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119677)

accepted
Species
Octobothrium sagittatum Leuckart, 1842 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Placoplectanum sagittatum (Leuckart, 1842) Diesing, 1858 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
Distribution recorded in Canadian Atlantic waters  
Distribution recorded in Canadian Atlantic waters [details]
WoRMS (2023). Discocotyle sagittata (Leuckart, 1842) Diesing, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119677 on 2023-09-25
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basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). (1984). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part 1. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 74:1-209. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

redescription Pugachev, O. N.; Gerasev, P. I.; Gussev, A. V.; Ergens, R.; Khotenowsky, I. (2010). Guide to Monogenoidea of freshwater fish of Palaearctic and Amur regions. <em>Ledizion-Ledipublishing, Milan.</em> 562 pp. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Habitat Essentially in fresh (occasionally brackish) waters. [details]

From other sources
Diet parasitic on host [details]

Dimensions 5.5-7.0 mm long [details]

Distribution recorded in Canadian Atlantic waters [details]

Habitat on the gills of Atlantic salmon [details]

Reproduction hermaphroditic [details]