| Hemiuridae () |
| 0.35 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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host; marine |
| Western Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. Tropical to temperate. |
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Length: 0.14 - 0.35cm. An elongate fluke with a short; deeply invaginated tail. Oral and ventral suckers: close together but separated by about 1 width of the ventral sucker. Deep striations (cuticular denticulations): occur on the sides from the oral sucker to 2/3 of the way down the body. Uterus: with eggs either does not extend into the tail or just barely does; intestinal ceca extend into the tail. Vitellaria: reduced to a rounded lump near the ovary (Ref. 359). |
| Length: 0.14 to 0.35cm (Ref. 359). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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