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Cryptocotyle lingua (Creplin 1825)

Associations

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In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Animal / parasite / endoparasite
fluke of Cryptocotyle lingua endoparasitises small intestine of Larus argentatus

Animal / parasite / endoparasite
fluke of Cryptocotyle lingua endoparasitises small intestine of Sternidae

Animal / parasite / endoparasite
fluke of Cryptocotyle lingua endoparasitises small intestine of Laridae

Animal / parasite / endoparasite
cercaria of Cryptocotyle lingua endoparasitises Littorina littorea

Animal / parasite / endoparasite
cercaria of Cryptocotyle lingua endoparasitises Clupea harengus

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Diet

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parasitic on host

Reference

North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Kennedy, Mary [email]

Distribution

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Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), and the western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of NL.

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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parasitic

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Kennedy, Mary [email]