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Stephanostomum baccatum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Allocreadioidea

Genus
  
Stephanostomum

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Order
  
Plagiorchiida

Suborder
  
Xiphidiata

Family
  
Acanthocolpidae

Scientific name
  
Stephanostomum baccatum

Rank
  
Species

Subclass
  
Digenea

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Similar
  
Digenea, Bucephalidae, Bucephalus, Hysterothylacium, Microcotyle

Stephanostomum baccatum is a species of a parasitic flatworm in the family Acanthocolpidae.

S. baccatum is a marine hermaphroditic endoparasite that feeds on its host. Larval stages have been found in the digestive gland of Buccinum undatum.

Distribution

The distribution of S. baccatum includes:

  • Southern Gaspé 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)
  • Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(Esquiman Channel),
  • The lower Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone as far as Cabot Strait; Cape North, N.S., St. Paul Island to Cape Ray, NL).

    • References

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