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Identification of the world's deepest recorded deep-sea trematode species - EurekAlert


Dr. Tsukasa Waki from the Faculty of Science at Toho University, Dr. Takashi Kumagai from the Faculty of Health Sciences at Nippon Bunri University (formerly, Tokyo Medical and Dental University during the research), and Mr. Yuma Nishino from the Japan Game Fish Association detected and identified a parasitic trematode, Lepidapedon oregonense from the deep-sea fish Coelorinchus gilberti (grenadiers). 

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