Entobdella soleae

Taxobox
name = "Entobdella soleae"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Platyhelminthes
classis = Trematoda
subclassis = Monogenea
ordo = Monopisthocotylea
familia = Capsalidae
genus = "Entobdella"
species = "E. soleae"
binomial = "Entobdella soleae"
binomial_authority = van Beneden & Hesse, 1864

"Entobdella soleae" is a monogenean (Platyhelminth) skin parasite of the common sole, Solea solea, an important food fish. Typically 2-6 parasites are found on wild sole, but in intensive fish farms this can rise to 200-300 parasites per fish, causing skin inflammation and sometimes death of the sole. "E. soleae" can live up to c.120 days in seawater. [1]

Larvae

"Entobdella soleae" larvae are called oncomiracidia. They are free-swimming and ciliated. These oncomiracidia are likely to attach to the host's upper surface where it migrates forwards toward the fish head, and then migrates to the underside of the sole where it remains. [2]

References

1. GC Kearn, R James and R Evans-Gowing, Insemination and population density in Entobdella soleae, a monogenean skin parasite of the common sole, Solea solea. Int J Parasitol 23 (1993), pp. 891–899

2. GC Kearn, The monogenean skin parasite Entobdella soleae: movement of adults and juveniles from host to host (Solea solea). Int J Parasitol 18 (1988), pp. 313–319

* Note: Taxobox data from NODC Taxonomic Code, database. Version 8.0).