Elucidation of the life cycle of Galactosomum nagasakiense (Heterophyidae), the causative parasite of trematode whirling disease in marine fish, with discovery of congeneric species in the gastropod first intermediate host Cerithium dialeucum
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Trematode whirling disease (TWD), caused by Galactosomum nagasakiense (Heterophyidae), affects a wide range of wild and cultured marine fish, with occasional mass mortalities reported in aquaculture since the 1960s. Fish serve as the second intermediate host, ... ...