Gulf of Mexico, northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada, Atlantic coast of South America
Habitat-Biology
parasitic
References
Beck, C. A., and D. J. Forrester. 1988. Helminths of the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, with a discussion and summary of the parasites of sirenians. Journal of Parasitology 74: 628–637.
Blair, D. 1981. The monostome flukes (Digenea: Families Opisthotrematidae Poche and Rhabdiopoeidae Poche) parasitic in sirenians (Mammalia: Sirenia). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 29(81): 1–54.
Forrester, D. J. 1992. Parasites and Diseases of Wild Mammals in Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 460 pp.
Price, E. W. 1936. A new heterophyid trematode of the genus Ascocotyle (Centrocestinae). Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 3: 31–34.
Endnotes
Also found in the nares of Trichechus manatus. Price (1932) reported as Opisthotrema cochleotrema from tropical America; exact location unknown.
Species Notes
Added keyword "parasitic"
Source
Overstreet, R. M., J. O. Cook, and R. W. Heard. 2009. Trematoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 419–486 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
GulfBase Citation
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-13-2024.