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Paradeontacylix sanguinicoloides
Paradeontacylix sanguinicoloides McIntosh
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Family:  Sanguinicolidae ()
Max. size:  0.35 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  host; marine
Distribution:  Western Central Atlantic: USA.
Diagnosis:  Uniformly wide; elongate worm with a blunt anterior end and pointed posterior end. Ceca: X-shaped. Middle of the body: filled with 2 long irregular rows of testes (Ref. 359).
Biology:  Maximum Length: 0.35 cm (Ref. 359). Damage to Host: Two similar species from Asia cause mass mortalities of greater amberjack in aquaculture in Japan. Habitat (vertebrate): greater amberjack (Ref. 359).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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