Stichocotyle nephropis

[Melanie]

Stichocotyle nephropis, a marine parasite of Scotland last seen in 1986, may be extinct due to overfishing of its fish hosts

www.livingalongsidewildlife.com/2017/12/the-animals-that-went-extinct-in-2017.html

therevelator.org/parasite-lost-seafood-extinction/

[surroundx]

MacKenzie, Ken and Pert, Campbell. (2018). Evidence for the decline and possible extinction of a marine parasite species caused by intensive fishing. Fisheries Research. 198: 63-65. [Abstract]

[surroundx]

MacKenzie, Ken. (1963). Stichocotyle nephropis Cunningham, 1887 (Trematoda) in Scottish waters. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13) 6(68): 505-506. [First page]

[surroundx]

Original description:

Cunningham, J. T. (1884). On Stichocotyle Nephropis, a new Trematode. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 32(2): 273-280. [Abstract]