> On Jun 22, 2018, at 6:33 AM, Alexander Muir <a.muir from nhm.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Dear Barbara,
>> The worm appears to be in a transparent tube partially covered in vegetation. Was the head embedded in a wound on a dead fish? Fauchald's Pink Book says (page 104) that some onuphids may actively hunt for debris to eat.
>> I have seen oligochaetes with branchiae at the tail end of the body, but I haven't got a modern onuphid reference book in front of me at the moment.
>> Alex.
>> Mr. A.I. Muir,
> Invertebrates Division, Life Sciences Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, LONDON SW7 5BD, UNITED KINGDOM
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5609
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> From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu [mailto:annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu] On Behalf Of Barbara Mikac
> Sent: 22 June 2018 14:03
> To: Annelida from magpie.bio.indiana.edu> Subject: [Annelida] unknown wormlike fish parasite
>> Dear colleagues,
>> My friend from a Natural History Museum in Rijeka (Croatia) sent me photos of this parasite found on a marine fish Lichia amia. We are wondering what it could be. Could you try to help us, please?
>> The fish itself was in quite bad state and the parasite was attached to its ventral side protruding out of the belly. It is 11 cm long, full of blood and little bit similar to a leech, but having some kind of dense tentacules/cirri along the body (as you will se on the photos).
>> If you think it could be something interesting and need photos of body details we can make them (the specimen is conserved in alcohol).
>> Courious to hear your opinion and thanks for the help.
>> Barbara
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