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(Glaridacris catostomi, Eubothrium rugosum, E. salvelini, Bothriocephalus cuspidatus,<br />

Haplobothrium globuliforme, Corallobothrium fimbriatum, Corrallotaenia minutia,<br />

Megathylacoides giganteum, Proteocephalus ambloplitis, P. exiguus, P. fluviatilis, P. perplexus,<br />

P. pinguis, P. stizostethi, Triaenophorus nodulosus, T. stizostedionis) are host-specific to one fish<br />

species or family.<br />

Twelve species <strong>of</strong> larval/immature cestodes representing seven families were found. Four species<br />

are in <strong>the</strong> Diphyllobothriidae, and two species are in <strong>the</strong> Triaenophoridae. Eubothrium salvelini,<br />

Bothriocephalus sp., Cyathocephalus truncatus, Proteocephalus pearsei, and Triaenophorus<br />

crassus occurred as immature stages in <strong>the</strong> intestine. Diphyllobothrium ditremum, D. laruei,<br />

Ligula intestinalis, Schistocephalus solidus, Triaenophorus crassus, T. nodulosus, and<br />

Hymenolepis sp. were larval stages encysted in non-intestinal sites. Diphyllobothrium spp.<br />

infected salmonids, and Ligula intestinalis was found in eight fish species. Proteocephalus<br />

ambloplitis occurred in <strong>the</strong> liver and mesentery <strong>of</strong> six fish species. Triaenophorus crassus<br />

infected <strong>the</strong> muscle <strong>of</strong> coregonine species and Petromyzon marinus, and T. nodulosus infected <strong>the</strong><br />

liver <strong>of</strong> nine species plus S. fontinalis x S. namaycush.<br />

Nematodes<br />

Twenty-four species <strong>of</strong> adult nematodes in eight families were found in Lake Huron fish. Four<br />

species are in <strong>the</strong> Capillariidae, 3 in <strong>the</strong> Cucullanidae, 5 in <strong>the</strong> Cystidicolidae, and 4 in <strong>the</strong><br />

Rhabdochonidae. Hysterothylacium brachyurum occurred in 8 fish species plus S. fontinalis x S.<br />

namaycush, Dichelyne cotylophora in 5 species, Cystidicola farionis in 8 salmonid species plus S.<br />

fontinalis x S. namaycush and Osmerus mordax, Cystidicola stigmatura in 7 salmonid species<br />

plus S. fontinalis x S. namaycush, Cystidicoloides ephemeridarum in 7 salmonid species,<br />

Spinitectus gracilis in 12 species plus S. fontinalis x S. namaycush, and Rhabdochona cascadilla<br />

in 11 fish species. All adult nematodes were found in <strong>the</strong> digestive tract, except for<br />

Truttaedacnitis stelmoides (gills, gonads, liver, intestinal wall), C. farionis and C. stigmatura<br />

(swim bladder), Philometra cylindracea (body cavity, testes, mesentery and heart), and<br />

Philometroides nodulosa (subcutaneous tissue <strong>of</strong> head). Some nematode species (e.g., Philometra<br />

cylindracea, Philometroide nodulosa, Haplonema hamulatum, H. immutatum, and Rhabdochona<br />

cotti) are host-specific to one fish species or family.<br />

Thirteen species <strong>of</strong> larval/immature nematodes representing 10 families were reported.<br />

Spinitectus gracilis and Eustrongylides tubifex each infected four fish species. Raphidascaris<br />

acus occurred both in <strong>the</strong> liver as a larval stage and intestine as an immature stage. Immature<br />

stages <strong>of</strong> Capillaria salvelini, Capillaria sp., Truttaedacnitis clitellarius, Haplonema hamulatum,<br />

Haplonema sp., and Rhabdochona sp. were found in <strong>the</strong> digestive tract. Immature Cystidicola sp.<br />

occurred in <strong>the</strong> swim bladder. Contracaecum sp., Hysterothylacium brachyurum,<br />

Hysterothylacium sp., Raphidascaris sp., Camallanus oxycephalus, Camallanus sp., Spinitectus<br />

gracilis, Eustrongylides tubifex, Eustrongylides sp., Spiroxys contortus, Spiroxys sp., and<br />

Philometra sp. infected a variety <strong>of</strong> non-intestinal sites.<br />

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