Camallanus cotti (wiki)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Order: Camallanida
Family: Camallanidae
Genus: Camallanus
Species: cotti
Date: 2017-09-16
Place: 50.098478, 14.435960 (aquarium in brmlab)
Observer: sumie-dh
Biotope: parasitic
Bedrock: Loess, Cretaceous sandstone and marl
Microscope: Carl Zeiss Jenaval (Rheinberg illumination)
Amplification: 250x
Description: Those are real pain among fish keepers. They live parasitic in large numbers in small intestine and rectum of fishes where they suck blood and take lot of their energy. Most of fishes dies from exhaustion. On picture are two subjects of juvenile stadium of worm in their intermediate host - crustacean of unknown genus.
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