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Distribution and hosts. — 19 + host records: 



locality 

 Subtropical Atlantic 



Gulf of Mexico 

 Eastern Pacific 



Hawaii 



Western Pacific 

 Indian Ocean 



Mediterranean 



hosts 

 Coryphaena 

 "Bonito" 

 C. hippums 

 Plankton 

 Parathunus obesus 

 Euthynnus alleteratus 

 Coryphaena hippurus 

 Sarda species 

 Coryphaena hippurus 

 Euthynnus linealus 

 Katsuwonus pelaniis 

 Euthynnus alleteratus 

 Coryphaena hippurus 

 Katsuwonus pelaniis 

 Coryphaena hippurus 

 Unknown 

 Squalus acanthias 

 Neothunnus albacora 

 Coryphaena hippurus 



reference 

 Steenstrup and 

 Liitken, 1861 

 Brian, 1908 

 Scott, 1894 

 Nunes-Ruivo, 1962a 

 Wilson, 1935b 

 Pearse, 1952a 

 Wilson, 1937 

 Heegaard, 1949 



Shiino, 1959 

 Bonnet, 1948 

 Shiino, 1959d 



Shiino, 1959b 

 ? Milne-Edwards, 1840 

 Wilson, 1923 

 Shiino, 1959b 

 Richiardi, 1880 



Material.— One female and 1 male (USNM 112889) from the ex- 

 ternal surface of Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus) collected near Fanning 

 Island (USFWS, LL cruise 9). One female (USNM 112890) from the 

 external surface of K. pelamis (Linnaeus) collected at 20°35'N, 157°- 

 45'W (USFWS, CHG cruise 30, station 30). One female and one 

 male (USNM 112891) from the external surf ace of Ti. ^eZamis (Lin- 

 naeus) collected in the Hawaiian Island region (USFWS, HMS cruise 34) . 

 One female and 1 male (USNM 112892) from the external surface of K. 

 pelamis (Linnaeus) collected at20°4.5'N, 160°37.5'W (USFWS, HMS 

 cruise 39, station 17). One immature male (USNM 112893) from the 

 plankton, 0°00'N, 157°42'W (USFWS, HMS cruise 2, station 52). 

 One female and one male (USNM 112894) from the external surface of 

 K. pelamis (Linnaeus) collected 120 miles north of Oahu, Hawaii 

 (USFWS). One female and 2 males (USNM 112895) from the exter- 

 nal surface of Euthynnus yaito (Jordan and Evermann) collected at 

 French Frigate Shoals (USFWS, HMS cruise 39, station 32). One 

 male (USNM 112896) from the external surface of Coryphaena hippu- 

 rus Linnaeus from unknown locality (in collections of U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service, Honolulu). Two females (USNM 112897) from the 

 external surface of Euthynnus yaito (J. and E.) taken near Moku Manu 

 Island, near Oahu, Hawaii (USFWS). One female and 1 male 

 (USNM 112898) from the external surface of Katsuwonus pelamis 

 (Lmnaeus) collected at 2°S, 132°W (USFWS, JRM cruise 34, station 

 5). One male (USNM 112899) from the external surface of Euthyn^ 

 nus yaito (J. and E.) collected in imknown locality (USFWS, CHG 

 cruise 52). Five females and 2 males (retained by author) from the 



