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PARASITE-HOST LIST (Cont.)

CLASS CESTODA

SUBCLASS CESTOIDEA

SUPERORDER EUCESTODA

ORDER CARYOPHYLLIDEA

FAMILY LYTOCESTIDAE

Boviena serialis (Bovien, 1926) Fuhrmann, 1931(F)
 Location: intestine
Host Clarias batrachus
Dist: Luzon
Records: Velasquez 1978; Lopez 1986, 1988
Remarks: Lopez (1988) believed that this cestode was introduced along with importations of walking catfish.
 
Lytocestus birmanicus Lynsdale, 1956(F)
 Location: alimentary canal
Host: Clarias batrachus
Dist: Philippines
Record: Velasquez 1978
 
Lytocestus sp.(F)
 Location: [intestine]
Host unspecified fish
Dist.: Philippines
Record: Davy and Graham 1979

Unidentified Caryophyllidea

Caryophyllidea gen sp. (F)
 Location: not given
Host: Clarias batrachus
Dist: Philippines
Record: Velasquez 1982c

ORDER PROTEOCEPHALIDEA

FAMILY PROTEOCEPHALIDAE

Gangesia sp.(F)
 Location: intestine
Host: Clarias macrocephalus
Dist: Luzon
Record: Hanviriyapant 1977

Proteocephalus sp. (F)
 Includes:
Proteocephalid larvae of Lopez 1979, 1986
Location: intestine
Hosts:Glossogobius giuris (2,3,4)
unspecified fish (1)
Dist: Luzon
Records: 1. Davy and Graham 1979 (-); 2. Lopez 197962, 3. 1986, 4.198863
Remarks: Reports of Proteocephalus from the buccal cavity, esophagus and stomach are considered to be the result of post-mortem migration.

ORDER PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA

FAMILY BOTHRIOCEPHALIDAE

Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934(F)
 Location: intestine
Hosts:Aristichthys nobilis (1,3,4,5)
Ctenopharyngodon idella (1,2,3)
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (1,3)
Dist: Luzon
Records: 1. Velasquez 1978, 2. 1982c; 3. Natividad 1987 (-); 4. Lumanlan et al. 1990, 5.199264
Remarks: Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, the Asian fish tapeworm, is a well known pathogen of cyprinid fishes which was probably introduced into the Philippines with the importation of Chinese carps for aquaculture (see Lumanlan et al. 1992). Velasquez (1978) reported that this cestode caused epizootics in carp fingerlings reared at the SEAFDEC Binañgonan Experimental Station.
 
Bothriocephalus travassosi Tubangui, 1938(M?)
 Location: intestine
Host Anguilla marmorata
Dist: Leyte
Record: Tubangui 1938
Bothriocephalus sp.(F)
 Includes:
Bothriocephalidae gen sp. of Velasquez, 1976a
Location: intestine
Host Glossogobius giuris
Dist: Luzon
Records: Velasquez 1976a (-), 1978 (-), 1982c (-); Lopez 1979, 1986,198865
Remarks: Reports of Bothriocephalus from the esophagus and stomach are considered to be the result of post-mortem migration.

FAMILY DIPHYLLOBOTHRIIDAE

Ligula sp. plerocercoid(F)
 Location: [body cavity]
Host: Nematabramis verecundus
Dist: Mindanao
Records: Velasquez 1986a (-), 1988
Remarks: Velasquez (1986a, 1988) considered Ligula sp. to be the most pathogenic cestode found in Philippine fishes.

ORDER TETRAPHYLLIDEA

Tetraphyllidea of Uncertain Taxonomic Position

Scolex pleuronectis O. F. Müller, 1788 plerocercoid(M)
 Syn.: Scolex polymorphus Rudolphi, 1819
Location: intestine
Host: Chanos chanos
Dist.: Mindanao
Records: Regidor and Arthur 1990 (-), 1992
Remarks: This genus is a collective grouping for tetraphyllidean plerocercoids whose generic affinities are unknown.

ORDER TRYPANORHYNCHA

FAMILY OTOBOTHRIIDAE

Otobothrium penetrans Linton, 1907 plerocercoid(M)
 Location: musculature
Hosts:Hyporhamphus dussumieri (1,2)
Platybelone sp. (1,2)
Tylosurus acus acus (1,2)
T. crocodilus crocodilus (1,2)
Dist.: Visayan islands
Records: 1. Palm et al. 1993; 2. Petersen et al. 1993
Remarks: In the above studies, host specimens were purchased from fishermen and markets on the islands of Cebu, Mactan and Leyte. Although the exact origin of individual host species was not determined, all fish were noted to be from the Visayan Sea.

Unidentified Cestoda

Cestoda gen sp. (F,M)
 Includes: Unidentified tapeworms
Location: intestine
Hosts:Channa striata (3,4)
Clarias batrachus (1,3,4)
Epinephelus malabaricus (6)
Glossogobius giuris (2)
Trichogaster pectoralis (3,4,5)
Dist.: Luzon
Records: 1. Anon 1975; 2. Lopez 197966; 3. Guerrero and Paycana 1981b; 4. Guerrero 1982; 5. Llobrera 1987; 6. Leong and Wong 1990 (-)67
Remarks: Records of tapeworms from the buccal cavity, esophagus and stomach are considered to result from post-mortem migration.

PHYLUM NEMATHELMINTHES

CLASS NEMATODA SUBCLASS ADENOPHOREA

ORDER ENOPLIDA

SUPERFAMILY TRICHUROIDEA

FAMILY CAPILLARIIDAE

Aonchotheca philippinensis(B)
  (Chitwood, Velasquez and Salazar, 1968) Moravec, 1982 larva
Syn.:
Capillaria philippinensis
Chitwood, Velasquez and Salazar, 1968
Location: mucosa of digestive tract, liver
Hosts:Ambassis miops (1,2,4,5)
Chonophorus melanocephalus (5)
Eleotris melanosoma (1,2,4,5)
Hypseleotris bipartita (2,3,4,5)
Poecilia reticulata (3,4,5)
Sicyopterus sp. (4,5)
Dist: Luzon
Records: 1. Cabrera et al. 196968; 2. Cross et al. 197269, 3. 1978; 4. Cross and Bhaibulaya 198370; 5. Cross and Basaca-Sevilla 199171
Remarks: Human intestinal capillariasis caused by Aonchotheca philippinensis is an important zoonotic disease endemic in coastal areas of northern Luzon, with cases also having been reported from Bohol, Leyte and northeastern Mindanao, (see Cross and Bhaibulaya 1983, Cross 1990, 1992; Eduardo 1991, Cross and Basaca-Sevilla 1989, 1991). Small brackishwater fishes serve as intermediate hosts, while migratory piscivorous birds are considered the natural definitive hosts. Human infections, related to the local custom of eating raw fish, may result in fatalities if untreated.
Moravec (1982) transferred this species to Aonchotheca Lopez-Neyra, 1947. More recently, Anderson (1992), in a lapsus calami, placed it in the genus Calodium (R.C. Anderson, University of Guelph, pers. comm.).

SUBCLASS SECERNENTEA

ORDER ASCARIDIDA

SUPERFAMELY ASCARIDOIDEA

FAMILY ANISAKIDAE

Anisakis sp. larva(M)
 Location: body cavity, mesenteries, musculature, viscera
Hosts: Acanthopagrus berda (2)
Caesio lunaris (4)
Carangoides armatus (2)
Caranx sp. (4)
Decapterus macrosoma (2,3,4)
Decapterus sp. (4)
Euthynnus affinis (2,4)
Lutjanus vitta (2,4)
Mene maculata (2,4)
Muraenesox cinereus (5)
Platax orbicularis (1)
Sardinella albella (4)
Scomberomorus commerson (4)
Selar crumenophthalmus (3,4)
Selaroides leptolepsis (1,4)
Sphyraena langsar (4)
Stolephorus sp. (2,4)
Terapon puta (2)
Dist: Luzon, Visayan islands
Records: 1. Velasquez 1966 (Luzon), 2. 1974 (-), 3. Cabrera 1968 (-); 4. Jueco et al. 1971 (Luzon)72; 5. Petersen et al. 1993 (Visayan islands)73
Remarks: Anisakiasis represents a potential human health threat in the Philippines due to the widespread habit of eating raw or lightly marinated fish. Although Anisakis is common in local marine fish, to date, no human infections have been reported.
Also see Velasquez (1972), who reported Anisakis-type larvae from 12 species of marine fish (see listings under Anisakidae gen sp.).

(Hypeselotris bipartita, Ambassis miops and Chonophorus melanocephalus) collected from natural waters.

Contracaecum sp. larva(F)
 Location: wall of pyloric caeca and intestine
Host: Clarias macrocephalus
Dist: Luzon
Record: Hanviriyapant 1977
Remarks: Also see Velasquez (1972), who reported Contracaecum-type larvae from 38 species of marine fish (see listings under Anisakidae gen sp.).
 
Raphidascaris sp. larva(M)
 Location: not given
Host: Epinephelus malabaricus
Dist.: Philippines
Record: Leong and Wong 1990
Remarks: This report is based on a finding in juvenile grouper imported to Malaysia from the Philippines.
Also see Velasquez (1972), who reported Raphidascaris-type larvae from seven species of marine fish (see listings under Anisakidae gen sp).
 
Terranova sp. larva(M)
 Location: viscera
Host: unspecified fish
Dist.: Palawan
Record: Schmidt and Kuntz 1969
Remarks: Schmidt and Kuntz (1969) reported that larval Terranova were present in nearly every fish examined but did not specify the species infected.
As the taxonomy of the Anisakinae has undergone considerable change since the above report, the generic assignment of these larvae requires verification.

Unidentified Anisakidae

Anisakidae gen. sp. larva(M)
 Includes:Anisalrinae gen. sp. of Velasquez, 1972 Location: musculature, viscera
Hosts:Acanthopagrus berda
Acanthurus sp.
Alectis sp.
Amblygaster sirm
Apogon ellioti
Caesio lunaris
Carangoides armatus
Caranx sp.
Decapterus sp.
Eleutheronema tetradactylum
Epinephelus sp.
Euthynnus affinis
Gerres filamentosus
Lactarius lactarius
Leiognathus equulus
Leiognathus sp.
Lutjanus malabaricus
L. vitta
Megalaspis cordyla
Mene maculata
Muraenesox cinereus
Nemipterus sp.
Otolithes ruber
Oxyurichthys microlepis
Pennahia anea
Pinjalo pinjalo
Poecilia latipinna
Priacanthus tayenus
Psettodes erumei
Rastrelliger brachysoma
R. kanagurta
Sardinella albella
S. longiceps
Saurida tumbil
Scatophagus argus
Scomberomorus commerson
Selar crumenophthalmus
Selaroides leptolepsis
Sphyraena langsar
Stolephorus sp.
Synaptura sorsogonensis
Terapon jarbua
Trichiurus lepturus
“boloan”
“igat”
Dist: Luzon, Mindoro, Panay
Record: Velasquez 1972
Remarks: Velasquez (1972), in her survey of anisakine larvae in marine fishes sold at markets in Manila and vicinity, classified the larvae found into the following types: “Anisakis-type”, “Contracaecum-type”, “Porrocaecum-type”, “Amplicaecum-type”, “Multicaecum-type”, “Raphidascaris-type” and “ascarid” larvae.

SUPERFAMILY SEURATOIDEA

FAMILY CUCULLANIDAE

Cucullanus lutjani Schmidt and Kuntz, 1969(M)
 Location: intestine
Hosts:Gymnocranius griseus
Lutjanus gibbus
Dist.: Palawan
Record: Schmidt and Kuntz 1969
 
Oceanicucullanus pacifica Schmidt and Kuntz, 1969(F)
 Location: intestine
Host: Puntius binotatus
Dist: Palawan
Record: Schmidt and Kuntz 1969
Remarks: Schmidt and Kuntz (1969) characterized the genus Oceanicucullanus as containing parasites of marine fishes. However, the host fish from which their new genus and species was described, purchased at a public market, was actually a freshwater cyprinid (see Mohsin and Ambak 1983).
Arya (1991) reduced Oceanicucullanus to a subgenus of Indocucullanus; however, Moravec and Scholz (1991) retained it as an independent genus.

Unidentified Ascaridida

Ascaridida gen sp. larva(F)
 Location: buccal cavity, intestine, stomach
Hosts:Clarias macrocephalus (1)
Glossogobius giuris (2,3)
Dist: Luzon
Records: 1. Hanviriyapant 1977; 2. Lopez 197974, 3. 198875

ORDER SPIRURIDA

SUPERFAMILY CAMALLANOIDEA

FAMILY CAMALLANIDAE

Camallanus (Zeylanema) anabantis Pearse, 1933(F)
  Syn.: Zeylanema anabantis (Pearse, 1933)
Location: intestine
Host: Anabas testudineus
Dist: Luzon
Record: Velasquez 1966, 1980a
Remarks: Moravec and Scholz (1991) considered Zeylanema a subgenus of Camallanus.

Camallanus (Camallanus) carangis Olsen, 1954(M)
 Location: [intestine]
Host: Caranx sp.
Dist: Luzon
Record: Velasquez 1966

Camallanus (Camallanus) marinus Schmidt and Kuntz, 1969
(M)
 Location: intestine
Hosts:Atule mate
Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus
Gazza minuta
Trichiurus lepturus
Dist: Palawan
Record: Schmidt and Kuntz 1969
 
Camallanus (Camallanus) paracarangis Velasquez, 1980
(M)
 Location: intestine
Hosts: Arius sp.
Caranx sp.
Gazza minuta
Leiognathus sp.
Terapon puta
Dist: Luzon, Mindoro
Record: Velasquez 1980a

Camallanus sp.(F,M)
 Includes:
Zeylanema philippinensis Velasquez, 1966 nomen nudum
Location: intestine
Hosts:Apogon ellioti (1)
Channa striata (3,4,5)
unspecified fish (2)
Dist: Luzon
Records: 1. Velasquez 1966 (-); 2. Davy and Graham 1979 (-); 3. Hopkins and Cruz 198276; 4. Quines and Paycana 1982b, 5. 1983
Remarks: Velasquez (1966, Table 1) included the name Zeylanema philippinensis among a listing of new species of helminths described by her from Philippine fishes; however, as the species was never described nor illustrated, the name must be regarded as a nomen nudum.
The records from snakehead probably involve Neocamallanus ophicephali.
Neocamallanus ophicephali (Pearse, 1933) Moravec and Sey, 1988
(F)
 Syn.:Camallanus ophicephali Pearse, 1933
Location: stomach, pyloric caeca, intestine
Hosts: Channa striata (1,2,5,6,7,8)
Clarias macrocephalus (3)
unspecified fish (4)
Dist.: Luzon
Records: 1. Velasquez 1966, 2. 1980a; 3. Haviriyapant 1977; 4. Davy and Graham 1979 (-); 5. Calhoun 1981; 6. Boromthanarat 1982; 7. Lopez 1986, 8. 1988
Remarks: The life cycle of Neocamallanus ophicephali in the Philippines has been studied by Calhoun (1981), who found that a single intermediate host, a copepod, was necessary for its completion. Haviriyapant (1977) considered Clarias macrocephalus a possible paratenic host for this nematode, as she did not find mature specimens.
Boromthanarat (1982) regarded the pyloric caeca and anterior intestine to be the typical location for this nematode.
Various authors have considered the genus Neocamallanus Ali, 1957 a synonym of Camallanus Railliet and Henry, 1915. We follow Moravec and Sey (1988) in considering it valid. These authors list as junior synonyms many species described from freshwater fishes (particularly Channidae) of South and Southeast Asia.

Procamallanus (Procamallanus) clarius Ali, 1957(F)
Location: stomach, intestine
 Host: Clarias batrachus
Dist.: Luzon
Records: Velasquez 1986a (-), 1988 (-); Lopez 1986, 1988; Natividad 1987 (-); Quines and Fernandez 1986
Remarks: Lopez (1988) suggested that Procamallanus clarius was introduced along with the importation of walking catfish.

Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) guttatusi Andrade-Salas, Pineda-Lopez and Garcia-Magaña, 1994
(M)
 Syn.:
Spirocamallanus philippinensis Machida and Taki, 1985
nec Spirocamallanus philippinensis Velasquez, 1980
Location: intestine
Host: Siganus guttatus
Dist: Panay
Record: Machida and Taki 1985
Remarks: As the name used by Machida and Taki (1985) was preoccupied, Andrade-Salas et al. (1994) renamed their species Procamallanus guttatusi. We follow Moravec and Sey (1988) in considering Spirocamallanus Olsen, 1952 a subgenus of Procamallanus Baylis, 1923.
Machida and Taki (1985) noted that morbidity and death in captive rabbitfish were associated with heavy infection by this nematode.
 
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) philippinensis (Velasquez, 1980) a comb.(M)
 Syn.:
Spirocamallanus philippinensis Velasquez, 1980
Location: stomach, intestine
Hosts:Acanthopagrus berda
Pennahia anea
Sillago sihama
Dist: Luzon
Record: Velasquez 1980a
 
Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) spiralis Baylis, 1923(M)
 Syn.:Spirocamallanus spiralis (Baylis, 1923)
Location: [stomach, intestine]
Hosts:Acanthopagrus berda
Acanthurus sp.
Nemipterus sp.
Platycephalus indicus
Tylosurus sp.
Dist: Luzon
Record: Velasquez 1966
 
Procamallanus sp.(F,M)
 Location: stomach
Hosts:Clarias macrocephalus (1)
Siganus canaliculatus (3)
S. spinus (3)
unspecified fish (2)
Dist: Luzon, Palawan
Records: 1. Anon 1975 (Luzon); 2. Davy and Graham 1979 (-); 3. Schmidt and Kuntz 1969 (Palawan)

Unidentified Camallanidae

Camallanidae gen. sp.(F)
 Location: intestine
Host: unspecified fish
Dist: Mindanao
Record: Velasquez 1986b77

SUPERFAMELY DRACUNCULOIDEA

FAMILY PHILOMETRIDAE

Philometra lateolabracis Yamaguti, 1935(M)
 Location: body cavity
Hosts:Cephalopholis sonnerati
Pseudorhombus javanicus
Dist: Palawan
Record: Schmidt and Kuntz 1969
 
Philometra robusta Moravec, Möller and Heeger, 1992
 (M)
 Location: body cavity
Host: Arothron mappa
Dist: Tawi-Tawi
Record: Moravec et al. 1992
Remarks: As noted by Moravec et al. (1992), this extremely large nematode (females may be up to 45 cm in length) probably impairs the swimming ability of its host making it more susceptible to predation
Tawi-Tawi Island is in the Sulu Archipelago.
 
Philometra sp.(F,M)
 Location: musculature, palate
Hosts:Clarias batrachus (1,2)
Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (3)
Dist: Luzon, Visayan islands
Records: 1. Lopez 1986 (Luzon), 2. 1988 (Luzon); 3. Petersen et al. 1993 (Visayan islands)78

SUPERFAMILY GNATHOSTOMATOIDEA

FAMILY GNATHOSTOMATIDAE

Gnathostoma spinigerum Owen, 1836 larva(F)
 Location: musculature, visceral linings
Hosts:Anabas testudineus (3,5)
Channa striata (1)
Clarias batrachus (3)
Glossogobius giuris (1,2)
Terapon plumbeus (1)
unspecified fish (4,6)
Dist: Luzon
Records: 1. Africa et al. 193679, 2. 1937 (-); 3. Refuerzo and Garcia 1938 (Luzon -experimental?)80; 4. Vazquez-Colet 1943b (-); 5. Velasquez 1974 (-), 6. Davy and Graham 1979 (-)
Remarks: Gnathostoma spinigerum is of zoonotic importance in the Philippines (see Eduardo 1991). Life cycle studies conducted in the Philippines by Africa et al. (1936, 1937) and Rufuerzo and Garcia (1938) have confirmed that copepods act as first intermediate hosts, fish as second intermediate hosts, and mammals such as cats and dogs, as final hosts. When larvae from fish are ingested by humans, they may undergo migrations to the skin, visceral linings, mucous membranes, eye or brain, producing “creeping eruptions” (Velasquez 1974).

SUPERFAMILY HABRONEMATOIDEA

FAMILY CYSTIDICOLIDAE

Ascarophis beryx Kataitseva, 1979(M)
 Location: stomach
Host: Beryx splendens
Dist: Philippines
Record: Kataitseva 1979b
Remarks: As the name used by Kataitseva (1979b) for her new species of Ascarophis from Beryx splendens from the Philippine Sea was given only in the Cyrillic alphabet, we have transliterated it into the Latin alphabet.
 
Ascarophis erythrichthys Kataitseva, 1981(M)
 Location: stomach, body cavity
Host: Dipterygonotus balteatus
Dist: Philippines
Record: Kataitseva 1981
Remarks: As the name used by Kataitseva (1981) for her new species of Ascarophis from Erythrichthys leucogrammicus (syn. of Dipterygonotus balteatus) from the Philippine Sea was given only in the Cyrillic alphabet, we have transliterated it into the Latin alphabet.

Metabronema magnum (Taylor, 1925) Yorke and Maplestone, 1926(M)
 Syn.:Metabronema caranxi Tubangui and Masiluñgan, 1938
Location: abdominal cavity
Host: Gnathanodon speciosus
Dist.: Luzon
Record: Tubangui and Masiluñgan 1938
Remarks: The synonymy follows Rasheed (1966).
 
Metabronema polymixia Kataitseva, 1979(M)
 Location: stomach
Host: Polymixia japonica
Dist: Philippines
Record: Kataitseva 1979a
Remarks: As the name used by Kataitseva (1979a) for her new species of Metabronema from Polymixia japonica from the Philippine Sea was given only in the Cyrillic alphabet, we have transliterated it into the Latin alphabet The generic assignment of M. polymixia requires re-assessment; possibly it is an Ascarophis.
 
Spinitectus palawanensis Schmidt and Kuntz, 1969
(M)
 Location: intestine
Host: Euthynnus affinis
Dist: Palawan
Record: Schmidt and Kuntz 1969

Unidentified Nematoda

Nematoda gen sp. adult and larva(F,B,M)
 Location:
gills, intestine, intestinal wall, musculature, stomach
Hosts:Ambassis miops 10)
Aristichthys nobilis (11)
Channa striata (2,4,5)
Chanos chanos (8,9)
Chonophorus melanocephalus (10)
Clarias batrachus (4,5)
C.macrocephalus (6)
Hypseleotris bipartita (10)
Monopterus albus (11)
Mugil sp.(11)
Muraenesox cinereus (1)
Pantodon buchholzi (11)
Siganus guttatus (7)
Sphaerichthys osphromenoides (11)
Terapon jarbua (1)
Trichogaster pectoralis (7)
unspecified fish (3)
Dist: Luzon, Palawan, Panay
Records: 1. Velasquez 1972 (Luzon); 2. Anon. 1975 (Luzon); 3. Cross et al. 1978 (Luzon)81; 4. Guerrero and Paycana 1981b (Luzon); 5. Guerrero 1982 (Luzon); 6. Kabata 1985 (-); 7. Llobrera 1987 (Luzon, Panay); 8. Regidor and Arthur 1990 (-), 9. 1992 (Luzon, Palawan); 10. Cross and Basaca-Sevilla 1991 (Luzon); 11. Lumanlan et al. 1992 (Luzon)82

PHYLUM ACANTHOCEPHALA

CLASS PALAEACANTHOCEPHALA

ORDER ECHINORHYNCHIDA

FAMILY CAVISOMIDAE

Cavisoma magnus (Southwell, 1927) Van Cleave, 1931
(M)
 Location: intestine
Host: Chanos chanos
Dist: Mindanao
Records: Regidor and Arthur 1990 (-), 1992; Arthur et al. 1995
Remarks: Arthur et al. (1995) redescribed C. magnus from Philippine sabalo. They considered the reports of unidentified acanthocephalans from adult milkfish by Velasquez (1976a, 1976b, 1977a, 1979), which were later referred to Acanthocephalus sp. by Velasquez (1984, 1986a, 1988), as likely pertaining to this species.
 
Filisoma rizalinum Tubangui and Masiluñgan, 1946
(M)
 Location: intestine
Hosts:Scatophagus argus (1)
unspecified fish (2)
Dist.: Luzon
Records: 1. Tubangui and Masiluñgan 1946; 2. Velasquez 1988

FAMILY DIPLOSENTIDAE

Diplosentis amphacanthi Tubangui and Masiluñgan, 1937
(M)
 Location: intestine
Host: Siganus canaliculatus
Dist: Mindanao
Record: Tubangui and Masiluñgan 1937

FAMILY ECHINORHYNCHIDAE

Acanthocephalus sp.(F,M)
 Includes:
Acanthocephala of Velasquez, 1976, 1977, 1979
Location: intestine
Hosts:Chanos chanos (1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
Clarias macrocephalus (8)
Dist: Luzon, Mindoro
Records: 1. Velasquez 1976a (-), 2. 1976b (-), 3. 1977a (-), 4. 1979 (Luzon, Mindoro), 5. 1984 (Luzon, Mindoro), 6. 1986a (Luzon, Mindoro), 7. 1988 (Luzon, Mindoro); 8. Hanviriyapant 1977 (Luzon)
Remarks: Material from adult milkfish reported only as unidentified acanthocephalans by Velasquez (1976a, 1976b, 1977a, 1979) was subsequently assigned to Acanthocephalus sp. (Velasquez 1984, 1986a, 1988). Arthur et al. (1995) believed that these reports probably involve Cavisoma magnus.

CLASS EOACANTHOCEPHALA

ORDER GYRACANTHOCEPHALA

FAMILY QUADRIGYRIDAE

Acanthogyrus sp.(?)
  Syn: Acanthosentis sp.
Location: not given
Host: unspecified fish
Dist.: Philippines
Record: Davy and Graham 1979
Remarks: Davy and Graham (1979) in their Appendix 1, listed the genus Acanthosentis as occurring in the Philippines. This report requires substantiation.
 
Pallisentis cleatus (Van Cleave, 1928) Harada,1935
(F)
  Syn: Neosentis cleatus Van Cleave, 1928
Location: intestine
Host: Monopterus albus
Dist: Luzon (tank-held)
Record: Lumanlan et al. 1992
Remarks: This report involves swamp eel, examined in Quezon City, which were imported from China for re-export to Taiwan. This acanthocephalan has not been shown to occur in natural waters of the Philippines.

ORDER NEOECHINORHYNCHIDA

FAMILY NEOECHINORHYNCHIDAE

Neoechinorhynchus octonucleatus Tubangui, 1933
(F)
 Location: intestine
Hosts:Terapon plumbeus (1)
unspecified fish (2)
Dist: Luzon
Records: 1. Tubangui 1933a83; 2. Velasquez 1988

Unidentified Acanthocephala

Acanthocephalà gen. sp.(F,M)
 Location: intestine
Hosts:Leiocassis siamensis (2)
Scatophagus argus (1)
Dist: Luzon (aquarium)
Records: 1. Velasquez 1976b (-); 2. Lumanlan et al. 199284

PHYLUM ANNELIDA

CLASS HIRUDINEA

ORDER GNATHOBDELLIDA

FAMILY PISCICOLIDAE

Piscicola sp. (F)
 Location: skin
Hosts:Channa striata (2,3)
grouper (4,5)
unspecified fish (1)
Dist: Luzon
Records: 1. Davy and Graham 1979 (-); 2. Velasquez 1986a (-), 3. 1988 (-); 4. ADB/NACA 1991 (-); 5. Bondad-Reantaso 1992

PHYLUM MOLLUSCA

CLASS PELECYPODA

SUBCLASS PALAEAHETERODENTA

ORDER UNIONIDA

FAMILY UNIONIDAE

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1814) von Ihering, 1892 glochidia
(F)
 Includes:Unionidae gen sp. glochidia of Bondad-Reantaso and Arthur, 1990
Location: gills, skin
Hosts:Clarias batrachus (1,2)
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (3)
Dist: Luzon
Records: 1. Velasquez 1986a (-)85, 2. 1988 (-); 3. Bondad-Reantaso and Arthur 1990
Remarks: This species is believed to have been introduced with the importation of carp from China (Bondad-Reantaso 1989).
Bondad-Reantaso (1992) referred the report of unidentified unionid glochidia by Bondad-Reantaso and Arthur (1990) to this species.

PHYLUM ARTHROPODA

CLASS CRUSTACEA

SUBCLASS BRANCHIURA

ORDER ARGULOIDEA

FAMILY ARGULIDAE

Argulus indicus Weber, 1892(F)
 Location: skin
 Hosts:Carassius sp. (3,4)
  Channa striata (1,2,3,4)
  Oreochromis mossambicus (1,2)
 Dist.: Luzon
 
Records: 1. Lopez 1986, 2. 1988; 3.Velasquez 1986a (-), 4.1988 (-)

Argulus japonicus Thiele, 1900(F)
 Location: skin
 Host: Aristichthys nobilis
 Distribution: Luzon
 
Records: Lumanlan et al. 199086, 1992 Remarks: As this report involves bighead carp examined in Quezon City which were imported from Taiwan and Thailand for aquaculture, it is probable that this parasite has become established in the Philippines.

Argulus sp.(F)
 Location: skin
 Hosts:Channa striata (4,8)
  Cyprinus carpio carpio (1,3,5)
  Tilapia sp. (6)
  eel (6)
  mullet (6)
  unspecified fish (2,7)
 Dist.: Luzon
 
Records: 1. Anon 1975; 2. Davy and Graham 1979 (-); 3. Guerrero 1981 (-); 4. Quines and Paycana 1983; 5. Lio-Po et al. (1983); 6. Kabata 1985 (-); 7. Llobrera 1987; 8. Natividad 1988
 
Remarks: Guerrero (1981) and Lio-Po et al. (1983) noted that Argulus has caused heavy mortalities of Japanese ornamental carp, Lio-Po et al. (1983) reporting that about 20% of stocks were lost

Unidentified Branchiura

Branchiura gen sp.(B)
 Location: fins
 Host: top minnow
 Dist.: Panay
 Record: Anon 1973b

SUBCLASS COPEPODA

ORDER CYCLOPOIDA

FAMILY LERNAEIDAE

Lamproglena monodi Capart, 1944(F)
  Syn: Lamproglena sp. of Yambot, 1996
 Location: gills
 Host: Oreochromis niloticus niloticus
 Dist.: Luzon
 
Records: Yambot 1996; Yambot and Lopez 1997
 
Remarks: This parasite appears to have entered the Philippines with the recent importation of Nile tilapia from Africa for broodstock improvement (see Yambot and Lopez 1997).

Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758(F)
  Syn: Lernaea sp. auctorum
 Location:head embedded in eye, nostril, musculature, with body protruding externally
 Hosts:Anabas testudineus (6)
  Carassius auratus (7,8)
  Channa striata (6)
  Chanos chanos (1,2,3,5)
  Glossogobius biocellatus (6)
  G.giuris (6)
  Terapon plumbeus (6)
  unspecified fish (4)
 Dist.: Luzon
 
Records: 1. Velasquez 197987, 2. 1986a, 3. 1988; 4. Davy and Graham 1979 (-); 5. Regidor and Arthur 1986; 6. Vallejo 198888; 7. Lumanlan et al. 199089,90, 8. 1992
 
Remarks: This important pathogen is believed to have been introduced along with importation of an unknown host (see Velasquez 1979). Velasquez (1986a, 1988) noted that Lernaea cyprinacea has caused great economic loss to freshwater milkfish culture on Luzon.
Lernaea lophiara Harding, 1950(F)
 Location: head embedded in musculature with body protruding externally
 Hosts:Anabas testudineus
  Glossogobius giuris
 Dist: Luzon
 Record: Vallejo 198891

Lernaea sp.(F)
 Location:head embedded in musculature with body protruding externally
 Hosts:Channa striata (6)
  Cyprinus carpio carpio (1,2)
  Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (2)
  Ophieleotris aporos (7)
  Terapon plumbeus (7)
  unspecified fish (3,4,5)
 Dist: Luzon
 
Records: 1. Anon 1975; 2. Guerrero 1981; 3. Mines and Baluyot 198692, 4. 1988; 5. Palisoc 198893; 6. Natividad 1988; 7. Vallejo 198894
 
Remarks: Records of Lernaea sp. from milkfish are referred to L. cyprinacea.

ORDER POECILOSTOMATOIDA

FAMILY BOMOLOCHIDAE

Bomolochus bellones Burmeister, 1835(M)
 Syn.:
Parabomolochus bellones
(Burmeister, 1835)
 Location:gill chamber
 Hosts:Strongylura incisa
  S. urvillii
 Dist.: Luzon
 Record: Cressey and Colette 197095
Nothobomolochus digitatus Cressey, in Cressey and Collette, 1970
(M)
 Location: [gills]
 Hosts:Strongylura leiura
  S. strongylura
 Dist: Panay
 Record: Cressey and Collette 197096
Nothobomolochus gibber (Shiino, 1957) Vervoort, 1962
(M)
 Location: [gills]
 Hosts:Ablennes hians
  Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus
 Dist: Luzon
 Record: Cressey and Collette 1970
 
Remarks: Yamaguti (1963b) included this species in the genus Pseudartacolax.

FAMILY ERGASILIDAE

Ergasilus coleus Cressey, in Cressey and Collette, 1970
(F3)
 Location: [gills]
 Hosts:Strongylura strongylura
  S. urvillii
 Dist: Culion, Mindanao
 Record: Cressey and Collette 197097
Ergasilus philippinensis Velasquez, 1951(F)
 Location: gills
 Host Glossogobius giuris
 Dist: Luzon
 Record: Velasquez 1951
Ergasilus rotundicorpus Jones and Hine, 1983(B)
 Location: gills
 Host: Siganus guttatus
 Dist: Panay
 Record: Jones and Hine 1983
Ergasilus sp.(F)
 Location: [gills]
 Host: unspecified fish
 Dist.: Philippines
 Record: Davy and Graham 1979

FAMILY PHYLICHTHYIDAE

Colobomatus goodingi Cressey and Collette, 1970
(M)
 Location: cephalic canals of head
 Hosts:Tylosurus acus melanotus
  T. crocodilus crocodiles
 Dist.: Jolo, Luzon
 Record: Cressey and Collette 197098

ORDER SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA

FAMILY CALIGIDAE

Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971(B.M)
 Location: skin
 Hosts:Chanos chanos (3,4,5,6)
  Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (1,2,7,8)
 Dist: Luzon, Mindanao, Panay
 
Records: 1. Natividad et al. 1986a (Luzon)99, 2. 1986b (Luzon, Panay); 3. Regidor et al. 1986 (-); 4. Regidor and Arthur 1986 (Luzon, Panay), 5. 1990 (-), 6. 1992 (Luzon, Mindanao); 7. Bondad-Reantaso and Arthur 1989a (-), 8. 1990 (Panay)
Caligus patulus Wilson, 1937(M)
 Syn.:
Caligus sp. of Laviña, 1977, 1978, and of Velasquez, 1979
 Location: skin
 Host: Chanos chanos
 Dist: Panay
 Records: Laviña 1977, 1978; Velasquez 1979, 1986a, 1988; Jones 1980
 Remarks: Laviña (1977, 1978) reported this copepod to be a problem in milkfish broodstock kept in canvas tanks at the SEAFDEC research station at Mag-aba, Pandan.
Jones (1980) identified Caligus sp. of Laviña (1977) as C. patulus, while material reported only as “Caligue” [sic] by Velasquez (1979) was later identified as this species in Velasquez (1984, 1986a, 1988).
Reports of Caligus patulus from the gills of milkfish are considered to result from displacement during host collection.

Caligus productus Dana, 1852 (M)
 Syn.: Caligus mirabilis Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
 Location: skin
 Host: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
 Dist.: Tapul
 Record: Leigh-Sharpe 1934
 Remarks: The location for this record, given as Kapul Island by Leigh-Sharpe (1934), is probably Tapul Island, Sulu Archipelago.
The synonomy follows Cressey (1991).

Caligus robustus Bassett-Smith, 1898(M)
 Location: [skin]
 Hosts:Alectis sp.
  Caranx sexfasciatus
 Dist.: Philippines
 Record: Cressey 1991100

Caligus tylosuri (Rangnekar, 1956) Pillai, 1961(M)
 Location: [skin]
 Hosts:Tylosurus acus melanotus
  T. crocodilus crocodilus
 Dist.: Leyte, Luzon
 Record: Cressey and Collette 1970
Caligus sp.(B)
 Location: skin
 Hosts:Mugil cephalus (1)
  Scatophagus argus (3,4)
  Siganus guttatus (2)
  Strongylura incisa (5)
  S. urvillii (5)
 Dist.: Panay, Verde
 
Records: 1. Baticados and Quinitio 1984 (Panay); 2. Llobrera 1987 (Panay); 3. Cruz 1988 (Panay); 4. Lio-Po and Barry 1988 (Panay); 5. Cressey and Collette 1970 (Verde)101
 
Remarks of Caligus sp. from the gills are considered to result from displacement during host capture and transport.
Caligodes laciniatus (Krøyer, 1863) Heller, 1865(M)
 Location: skin, generally attached beneath oral valve
 Hosts:Strongylura leiura
  Tylosurus acus melanotus
  T. crocodilus crocodilus
 Dist: Philippines
 Record: Cressey and Collette 1970

Unidentified Caligidae

Caligidae gen sp.(M)
 Location: [skin]
 Host: Dischistodus fasciatus
 Dist.: Sanguisiapo
 Record: Leigh-Sharpe 1934
 
Remarks: Sanguisiapo Island is in the Sulu Archipelago.

FAMILY HATSCHEKIIDAE

Hatschekia tennis (Heller, 1865) Wilson, 1922(M)
 Syn:  Clavella tennis Heller, 1865
 Location: [gills]
 Host: Monocentris sp.
 Dist.: Luzon
 Record: Heller 1865102

FAMILY LERNANTHROPIDAE

Lernanthropus belones Krøyer, 1863(M)
 Location: [gills]
 Hosts:Strongylura incisa
  S. strongylura
 Dist.: Philippines
 Record: Cressey and Collette 1970

Lernanthropus musca Blainville, 1822(M)
 Location: skin
 Host: Arothron manilensis
 Dist: Luzon
 Record: Blainville 1822

Lernanthropus tylosuri Richiardi, 1880(M)
 Location: [gills]
 Hosts:Ablennes hians
  Strongylura leiura
  S. urvillii
  Tylosurus acus melanotus
  T. crocodilus crocodilus
  T. punctulatus
 Dist: Culion, Luzon
 Record: Cressey and Collette 1970103

FAMILY PENNELLIDAE

Lernaeenicus sp. (M)
 Location: base of pectoral fin
 Host Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus
 Dist: Luzon
 Record: Cressey and Collette 1970

Pennella sagitta (Linnaeus, 1768) Oken, 1816(M)
 Syn:Lerneopenna brachiata Blainville, 1822
 Location:
head embedded in musculature with body protruding externally
 Host: Arothron manilensis
 Dist: Luzon
 Record: Blainville 1822

Unidentified Copepoda

Copepoda gen sp.(F)
 Location: gills
 Host Aristichthys nobilis
 Dist: Philippines
 Record: Lumanlan et al. 1992 104

SUBCLASS MALACOSTRACA

ORDER ISOPODA

SUBORDER FLABELLIFERA

Alitropus typicus Edwards, 1840(F,B)
 Syn.: Rocinela typicus (Edwards, 1840)
 Location: [gill cavity, skin]
 Hosts:Chanos chanos (1,2,3,4)
  Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (6)
  unspecified fish (5)
 Dist.: Luzon, Panay
 
Records: 1. Velasquez 1977a (Panay), 2. 1979 (Panay), 3. 1986a (Panay), 4. 1988 (Panay); 5. Davy and Graham 1979 (-)105; 6. Del Mundo et al. 1996 (Luzon)
 
Remarks: Velasquez (1977a, 1986a, 1988) noted that mass infestation of milkfish by Alitropus typicus caused great mortalities in Iloilo fishponds in 1968. More recently, Del Mundo et al. (1996) reported that Nile tilapia cultured in net-cages at Talisay, Bantangas suffered mortalities of 40–80% due to this isopod, while only 5% of juvenile tilapia reared at Taal Lake survived infection
Although Velasquez (1979, 1984), in a rather ambiguous fashion, initially mentioned the genus Ichthyoxenous, as well as Rocinella typicus, she subsequently (Velasquez 1986a, 1988) referred only to R. typicus as the cause of milkfish mortalities.

FAMILY CYMOTHOIDAE

Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857(M)
 Location: nuchal region
 Host: Scolopsis sp.
 Dist.: Bohol, Burias, Luzon
 Record: Richardson 1910
 
Remarks: Burias Island is located off southwestern Luzon Island.

Cymothoa eremita (Brünnich, 1783) Fabricius, 1793(M)
 Syn.:Cymothoa stromatei Bleeker, 1857
 Location: mouth, skin
 Hosts:Xyrichtys sp.
  unspecified fish
 Dist.: Bubuan, Panay
 Record: Richardson 1910
 
Remarks: The synonomy follows Trilles (1991).
The specimens from Bubuan Island were noted to have been taken from a barracuda-like fish.

Elthusa propinqua (Richardson, 1904) Bruce, 1990(M)
 Syn.:Livoneca propinqua Richardson, 1904
 Location: [gills]
 Host: unspecified fish
 Dist.: Sombrero
 Record: Richardson 1910 106
 
Remarks: The synonomy follows Bruce (1990).Sombrero Island is located off Maricaban, Batangas, Luzon Island.
Renocila richardsonae Williams and Bunkley-Williams, 1992
(M)
 Syn.:Renocila ovata of Richardson, 1910
 Location: skin
 Hosts:Parupeneus macronema (2)
  snapper (1,2)
 Dist.: Bubuan, Jolo
 
Records: 1. Richardson 1910 (Bubuan); 2. Williams and Bunkley-Williams 1992 (Bubuan, Jolo)
 
Remarks: Bubuan and Jolo islands are in the Sulu Archipelago.
Richardson (1910) reported this species as Renocila ovata from the tail of an unidentified snapper. Her specimen was among those used by Williams and Bunkley-Williams (1992) to describe R. richardsonae. They noted that the specimens from Jolo Island were probably from the long-barbel goatfish, Parupeneus macronema) 107 Original information accompanying this material gave the host as Pseudupeneus macronema (a synonym of Parupeneus macronema).
The synonymy follows Williams and Bunkley-Williams (1992).

FAMILY GNATHIIDAE

Gnathiidae gen. sp. larva(F,B)
 Location: buccal cavity
 Hosts:Chanos chanos (2,3,4,5)
  Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (1)
 Dist.: Luzon
 
Records: 1. Natividad et al. 1986b; 2. Regidor et al. 1986 (-); 3. Regidor and Arthur 1986, 4. 1990 (-), 5.1992
 
Remarks: Although these isopods were listed as occurring on the skin and gills, their true location is probably the buccal cavity (F. Rafi, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, pers. comm.).

Unidentified Isopods

Isopoda gen. sp. (F,B)
 Location: buccal cavity, gills, skin
 Hosts:Chanos chanos (1,2)
  Scatophagus argus (3)
 Dist.: Luzon, Panay
 
Records: 1. Ronquillo and Caces-Borja 1968 (Luzon); 2. Anon 1973b (Panay); 3. Lio-Po and Barry 1988 (Panay)
 
Remarks: Ronquillo and Caces-Borja (1968) ambiguously noted that other fishes such as Gerres, eels , slipmouths, mullets, tilapia, gobies and tarpons were also infected with isopods Kabata (1985) listed thse same hosts when discussing Alitropus typicus

62 Material reported as “proteocephalid larvae” by Lopez (1979, 1986) was subsequently listed as Proteocephalis [sic] larva by Lopez (1988).

63 The report of Lopez (1988) appears only in her abstract

64 The record of Lumanlan et al. (1992) involves bighead carp imported from Thailand for aquaculture which were examined in Quezon City. In a preliminary abstract in which the host was not given, this material was mentioned only as belonging to the genus Bothriocephalus (Lumanlan et al 1990).

65 The record of Lopez (1988) appears only in her abstract

66 The report of Lopez (1979) was given as “cysticercoid larvae.”

67 Leong and Wong (1990) reported unidentified metacestodes in juvenile grouper imported to Malaysia from the Philippines.

68 The records of Cabrera et al. (1969) are based on the finding of eggs only.

69 Cross et al. (1972) reported finding Apogon sp. naturally infected with a larval capillariid which was in all probability Anochotheca philippinensis. These authors were also able to infect Apogon sp., Eleotris melanosoma and Ambassis commersoni experimentally. Their identification of Apogon sp. was later corrected to Hypeselotris bipartita (Cross et al. 1978), while A. commersoni was later corrected to A. miops (Cross and Bhaibulaya 1983).

70 The records of Cross and Bhaibulaya (1983) are based on experimental infections.

71 Cross and Basaca-Sevilla (1991) established experimental infections in six species of fish obtained from lagoons in northern Luzon. They also isolated Capillaria-like larvae in three of these species

72 The records of Jueco et al. (1971) from shortfin scad (Decapterus macrosoma) and bigeye scad (Selar crumenopthalmus) were for fish purchased from Manila markets; other records given by these authors are based on the unpublished records of Dr. C.C. Velasquez and do not include collection localities.

73 Petersen et al (1993) examined fish purchased from fishermen and local markets on the islands of Cebu, Mactan and Leyte; however, the exact origin of individual host species was not given.

74 Lopez (1979) initially (p. 86) listed ascarid larva from the stomach and intestine of Glossogobius giuris, but then (p. 98) gave the location as the buccal cavity and intestine. The same material was listed as being from the intestine by Lopez (1988).

75 The record of Lopez (1988) appears only in her abstract

76 The record of Hopkins and Cruz (1982) involves a tentative parasite identification.

77 Velasquez (1986b) noted that Puntius amarus, P. binotatus, P. disa, P. manalak and Spratellicypris palata were parasitized by heterophyiids, strigeids and camallanids, but in this short abstract, she did not indicate which parasite taxa occurred in individual host species.

78 Petersen et al (1993) examined fish purchased from fishermen and local markets on the islands of Cebu, Mactan and Leyte but did not give the exact origin of individual host species.

79 Larval gnathostomes reported by Africa et al. (1936, 1937) were presumed to be Gnathostoma spinigerum, and adults of this nematode were recovered from a cat experimentally fed these larvae (Africa et al. 1937).

80 Refuerzo and Garcia (1938) found single infections in Clarias' batrachus and Anabas testudineus experimentally exposed to infected copepods. However, they were uncertain as to whether these larvae were the result of natural or experimental infection.

81 Cross et al. (1978) and Cross and Basaca-Sevilla (1991) reported Capillaria-like larvae from fishes examined on Luzon Island. It was not known if these larvae were C. philippinensis (syn. of Anochotheca philippinensis).

82 The records of Lumanlan et al. (1992) involve fishes imported for aquaculture and the aquarium fish trade which were examined in Quezon City.

83 Tubangui (1933a) gave the host as “‘ayuñgan’ (?Therapon argenteus) ” and later (Tubangui 1947) listed it as this species.

84 The record of Lumanlan et al. (1992) involves an aquarium fish imported from Singapore which was examined in Quezon City.

85 The records of Velasquez (1986a, 1988) are for experimentally infected walking catfish

86 Host species and specific identity for material listed only as Argulus in the meeting abstract of Lumanlan et al (1990) were given in their 1992 paper.

87Specimens reported as Lernaea sp. by Velasquez (1979) were later (Velasquez 1984) referred to L. cyprinacea.

88The record of Vallejo (1988) for Anabas testudineus involves an experimental infection.

89The records of Lumanlan et al. (1990, 1992) involve goldfish imported from Hongkong which were examined in Quezon City.

90Host species and specific identity for material listed only as Lernaea in the meeting abstract of Lumanlan et al. (1990) were given in their 1992 publication.

91The report of this copepod from Anabas testudineus involves an experimental infection,

92Mines and Baluyot (1986, 1988) noted a few cases of Lernaea infecting the open wounds of fish suffering from epizootic ulcerative syndrome in Laguna Lake. The fish examined in their study included Arius manillensis, Clarias sp., Ophicephalus striatus (syn. of Channa striata), Puntius sp. and Trichogaster sp. However, the precise host(s) to which these reports pertain was not indicated.

93Palisoc (1988) noted that Lernaea was among the parasites found on tilapia, milkfish, dalag and carp in Laguna Lake, but did not indicate on which hosts individual parasite taxa were found.

94The report of Vallejo (1988) was given as “Lernaea sp. of lophiara Harding.”

95 The exact origin of the hosts from which the Philippine specimens examined by Cressey and Collette (1970) were taken was not given in their description of this species. However, in their host-parasite list, the material from Strongylura urvillii is noted to be from Manila.

96The exact origin of the hosts from which the specimens examined by Cressey and Collette (1970) were taken was not given. However, the material from Strongylura leiura is noted as being from Panay.

97Although the exact collection locality for Strongylura urvillii was not specified in the description of this new species, Cressey and Collette (1970) indicate in their host-parasite list that this host was collected at Culion Island, off the northern tip of Palawan.

98The exact collection locality (Jolo, Philippines) for the specimens from Tylosurus acus melanotus is given only in the host-parasite list of Cressey and Collette (1970). Jolo Island is part of the Sulu Archipelago.

99Full identities for material reported only as belonging to the genus Caligus in the meeting abstracts of Natividad et al. (1986a) and Regidor et al. (1986) were provided by Natividad (1986b) and Regidor and Arthur (1986).

100Cressey (1991) gave the hosts and localities as “…Philippines and Celebes: Caranx sexfasciatus, Alectis species…”

101In their text, Cressey and Collette (1970) did not specify precise collection localities; however, in their host-parasite listing, the specimen of “Caligus sp. D” from Strongylura urvillii was noted to have originated from Verde del Sur Island (probably Verde Island, located between Luzon and Mindoro islands).

102 Heller (1865) indicates that his material originated from Manila (Luzon Island) only in the table summarizing the geographic distribution of individual species (p. 262).

103The exact origin of the hosts from which the Philippine specimens examined by Cressey and Collette (1970) were taken was not given in their description of this species. However, in their host-parasite list, the material from Strongylura urvillii is noted to be from Culion Island (located off northern Palawan), while that from Tylosurus punctulatus was from Culion and Luzon islands.

104This report involves bighead carp imported from Taiwan for aquaculture which were examined in Quezon City.

105 In their Appendix 1, Davy and Graham (1979) incorrectly gave the name of this species as “Rocinela typhus”.

106Richardson (1910) noted that this species was collected from a macrurid fish.

107Although Williams and Bunkley-Williams (1992) noted that this host may not occur in Philippine waters, Froese and Pauly (1996) list it as being native.


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