Cardicola forsteri (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the Heart of a Northern Bluefin Tuna, Thunnas thynnus (Scombridae), in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

• Main Authors: Bullard, Stephen A., Goldstein, Robert J., Goodwin, Robert H., III, Overstreet, Robin M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Aquila Digital Community 2004
• Subjects: Cardicola forsteri; Sanguinicolidae; Digenea; blood fluke; Thunnus thynnus; northern bluefin tuna; scombridae; heart; northewest Atlantic Ocean; cage; aquaculture; disease; Life Sciences; Marine Biology; Cape Lookout; Lookout; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/3089; http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1428&context=parasitologyfacpubs

We report a specimen of Cardicola forsteri Cribb, Daintith, and Munday, 2000 (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the lumen of the heart of a northern bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scombridae), that was 218 cm in total length (TL) and C caught in the northwest Atlantic Ocean 12 km South...