Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Diplostomida > Suborder Diplostomata > Superfamily Schistosomatoidea > Family Aporocotylidae > Genus Cardicola

Cardicola orientalis Ogawa, Tanaka, Sugihara & Takami, 2010

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CardicolaShort, 1953accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Ogawa, K.; Tanaka, S.; Sugihara, Y.; Takami, I. (2010). A new blood fluke of the genus Cardicola (Trematoda: Sanguinicolidae) from Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) cultured in Japan. Parasitology International. 59(1): 44-48.

additional source

Shirakashi, S.; Kishimoto, Y.; Kinami, R.; Katano, H.; Ishimaru, K.; Murata, O.; Itoh, N.; Ogawa, K. (2012). Morphology and distribution of blood fluke eggs and associated pathology in the gills of cultured Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis. Parasitology International. 61 (2): 242–249.

additional source

Widdicombe, M.; Power, C.; Van Gelderen, R.; Nowak, B. F.; Bott, N. J. (2020). Relationship between Southern Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus maccoyii, melanomacrophage centres and Cardicola spp. (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) infection. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 106: 859–865.

additional source

Warren, M. B.; Bakenhaster, M. D.; Dutton, H. R.; Ksepka, S. P.; Bullard, S. A. (2021). Redescription of the Type Species of Cardicola Short, 1953 (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) and Description of a New Congener Infecting Yellowedge Grouper, Hyporthodus flavolimbatus (Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Parasitology. 107(1).

additional source

Sugihara, Y.; Yamada, T.; Ichimaru, T.; Matsukura, K.; Kanai, K. (2016). Detection of bluefin tuna blood flukes ( Cardicola spp.) from wild juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis caught for aquaculture. Aquaculture. 452: 9-11.

additional source

Pennacchi, Y.; Shirakashi, S.; Nowak, B. F.; Bridle, A. R. (2016). Immune reactivity in early life stages of sea-cage cultured Pacific bluefin tuna naturally infected with blood flukes from genus Cardicola (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae). Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 58: 490-499.

additional source

Neumann, L.; Bridle, A.; Leef, M.; Nowak, B. (2018). Annual variability of infection with Cardicola forsteri and Cardicola orientalis in ranched and wild southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii). Aquaculture. 487: 1–6.

additional source

Power, C.; Webber, C.; Rough, K.; Staunton, R.; Nowak, B. F.; Bott, N. J. (2019). The effect of different treatment strategies on Cardicola spp. (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) infection in ranched Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) from Port Lincoln, South Australia. Aquaculture. 513: 734401.

additional source

Polinski, M.; Hamilton, D. B.; Nowak, B.; Bridle, A. (2013). SYBR, TaqMan, or both: Highly sensitive, non-invasive detection of Cardicola blood fluke species in Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii). Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 191 (1): 7–15.

redescription

Shirakashi, S., Tani, K., Ishimaru, K., Shin, S. P., Honryo, T., Uchida, H. & Ogawa, K. (2016). Discovery of intermediate hosts for two species of blood flukes Cardicola orientalis and Cardicola forsteri (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) infecting Pacific bluefin tuna in Japan. Parasitology International. 65(2): 128-136.

redescription

Palacios-Abella, J. F.; Rodríguez-Llanos, J.; Mele, S.; Montero, F. E. (2015). Morphological characterisation and identification of four species of Cardicola Short, 1953 (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) infecting the Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (L.) in the Mediterranean Sea. Systematic Parasitology. 91 (2): 101–117.

redescription

Shirakashi, S, Tsunemoto, K., Webber, C., Rough, K., Ellis, D., Ogawa, K. (2013). Two species of Cardicola (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) found in Southern Bluefin Tuna Thunnus maccoyii ranched in South Australia. Fish Pathology. 48 (1): 1–4.

biology source

Shirakashi, S.; Matsuda, T.; Asai, N.; Honryo, T.; Ogawa, K. (2020). In vivo cultivation of tuna blood fluke Cardicola orientalis in terebellid intermediate hosts. International Journal for Parasitology.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Cardicola orientalis Ogawa, Tanaka, Sugihara & Takami, 2010. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720116

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Occurrence

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Environment


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