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(Sander vitreus, Perca flavescens, Aplodinotus grunniens, Lake Michigan), Apophallus brevis<br />

(several species, Lake Michigan), Crassiphiala bulboglossa (several species, Lake Michigan),<br />

Posthodiplostomum minimum (several species, Lake Michigan), Tylodelphys scheuringi (several<br />

species, Lake Michigan), Uvulifer ambloplitis (several species, Lake Michigan); monogeneans—<br />

Acolpenteron catostomi (catostomids, Lake Michigan), Anonchohaptor anomalus (catostomids,<br />

Lake Michigan), Diclybothrium armatum (A. fulvescens, Lake Michigan), Lyrodiscus rupestris<br />

(primarily Ambloplites rupestris, Lake Michigan), Octomacrum lanceatum (catostomids, Lake<br />

Michigan), Pseudomurraytrema copulatum (catostomids, Lake Michigan), Tetracleidus<br />

banghami (Micropterus dolomieu, Lake Michigan), Tetraonchus monenteron (Esox lucius, Lake<br />

Michigan), Urocleidus aculeatus (Sander spp., Lake Michigan); cestodes—Corallobothrium<br />

fimbriatum (ictalurids, Lake Michigan), Cyathocephalus truncatus (several species, Lake Erie),<br />

Eubothrium salvelini (coregonids and salmonids, Lake Erie), Diphyllobothrium laruei<br />

(Coregonus spp., Lake Michigan), Ligula intestinalis (several species, Lake Michigan);<br />

nematodes—Capillaria salvelini (coregonids and salmonids, Lake Erie), Cystidicola farionis<br />

(coregonids, salmonids, and Osmerus mordax, Lake Erie), Cystidicola stigmatura (coregonids,<br />

salmonids, and Osmerus mordax, Lake Ontario), Cystidicoloides ephemeridarum (coregonids and<br />

salmonids, Lake Michigan), Hysterothylacium brachyurum (several species, Lake Michigan),<br />

Philometroides nodulosa (primarily catostomids, Lake Michigan), Spinitectus carolini (several<br />

species, Lake Michigan), Eustrongylides tubifex (several species, Lake Superior), Spiroxys sp.<br />

(several species, Lake Michigan); acanthocephalans—Neoechinorhynchus cristatus (catostomids,<br />

Lake Michigan), N. rutili (several species, Lake Michigan), N. tenellus (several species, Lake<br />

Michigan); leeches—Actinobdella inequiannulata (catostomids, Lake Michigan), Myzobdella<br />

lugubris (several species, Lake Michigan), Piscicola punctata (several species, Lake Ontario);<br />

and copepods—Ergasilus centrarchidarum (centrarchids and Sander spp., Lake Huron),<br />

Salmincola extumescens (coregonids, Lake Erie). Of <strong>the</strong>se 49 parasite species, 33 species (67%)<br />

have not been reported in fish <strong>from</strong> Lake Michigan possibly due to <strong>the</strong> lack <strong>of</strong> studies, including<br />

extensive surveys on <strong>the</strong> parasites <strong>of</strong> fish <strong>from</strong> this lake.<br />

<strong>Fish</strong>-Transmitted <strong>Parasites</strong> <strong>of</strong> Public Health Importance<br />

Diphyllobothrium latum Life Cycle and Human Infection<br />

Of <strong>the</strong> larval cestodes found in fish in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> area with human health implications, <strong>the</strong><br />

genus Diphyllobothrium deserves comments. Its life cycle involves copepods that serve as first<br />

intermediate hosts when <strong>the</strong>y ingest <strong>the</strong> coracidium stage (free-swimming stage) in <strong>the</strong> water that<br />

emerges when <strong>the</strong> egg hatches. The larval parasite moves through <strong>the</strong> intestinal wall <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

copepod to <strong>the</strong> hemocoel and develops into a stage called a procercoid. The infected copepod is<br />

<strong>the</strong>n ingested by a large fish that <strong>the</strong>n serves as a second intermediate host (which is probably not<br />

common) that includes several species <strong>of</strong> freshwater fishes, including fish <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> genera Esox,<br />

Perca, Sander, and Lota, along with fish in <strong>the</strong> Salmonidae. When a fish eats an infected<br />

copepod, <strong>the</strong> procercoid is released and moves through <strong>the</strong> intestinal wall and into <strong>the</strong> viscera or<br />

body muscle and develops into a plerocercoid stage. Large fish also become infected by eating a<br />

smaller fish that is infected with <strong>the</strong> plerocercoid stage when it eats an infected copepod. Mature<br />

plerocercoids in fish vary in length (a few millimeters to several centimeters). Plerocercoids are<br />

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