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Udonella caligorum Johnston
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Monogenea | Gyrodactylidea | Udonellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Host. Subtropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Atlantic: USA and Puerto Rico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Short description Morphology
The cylindrical body has a posterior sucker-like attachment organ that is not divided into sections and is not armed with anchors, bars or spines.
Found in free swimming parasitic copepods captured in plankton nets.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Trematoda are parasitic, thus requires a host to survive. Life cycle: Eggs are passed on to the feces of the hosts. Embryos hatch into miracidia and penetrate the tissues of snails where they further undergo three stages: sporocysts
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Williams, E.H. Jr. and L. Bunkley-Williams. 1996. (Ref. 359)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.