Octangium sagitta

Overall Geographic Range

Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, eastern Atlantic Ocean, western Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean

Habitat-Biology

parasitic

References

Blair, D. 1987. A revision of the subfamily Octangiinae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea: Microscaphidiidae) parasitic in marine turtles (Reptilia: Chelonia). Australian Journal of Zoology 35: 75–92.
Dyer, W. G., E. H. Williams, and L. Bunkley-Williams. 1991. Some digeneans (Trematoda) of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from Puerto Rico. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 58: 176–180.
Nigrelli, R. F. 1941. Parasites of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas (L.), with special reference to the rediscovery of trematodes described by Looss from this host species. Journal of Parasitology (supplement): 15–16.

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, 04-26-2024.

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