There are more than 40 recorded types of parasites to the mola mola on various body parts. See www.oceansunfish.org

From: NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF-77 A Checklist of Parasites of California, Oregon andWashington Marine and Estuarine Fishes by Milton S. Love and Mike Moser Dec 1983 pp.432-436.

1PARASITESof theFAMILY MOLIDAEMola mola—Ocean sunfishSYNONYM-Orthagoriscus mola

ACANTHOCEPHALAECHINORHYNCHIDAEEchinorhynchus gadi Zoega in Muller 1776. Massachusetts. Dollfus (1946) as E.acus.

BRANCHIURAARGULIDAEArgulis scutiformis Thiele 1900. Japan. Yamaguit (1963a); France.Skin. Dollfus (1946).

CESTODABOTHRIOCEPHALIDAEBothriocephalus monorchis Linstow 1903. France. Intestine.Dollfus (1946).DASYRHYNCHIDAEFloriceps saccatus Cuvier 1817. France. Many places in body. Dollfus (1946).GYMNORHYNCHIDAEMolicola horridus (Goodsir 1841). France. Dollfus (1946); New Zealand.Robinson (1959a).TRIAENOPHORIDAEAncistrocephalus microcephalus (Rudolphi 1819) Monticelli 1890.Newfoundland. Intestine. Threlfall (1967); New Zealand.Robinson (1959a); France. Dollfus (1946).Fisticula plicatus (Rudolphi 1819) Lühe 1899. Massachusetts.Linton (1941).

TRYPANORHYNCHARhynchobothrium sp. Larva. Newfoundland. Intestine wall.Threlfall (1967).www.oceansunfish.org

From: NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF-77 A Checklist of Parasites of California, Oregon andWashington Marine and Estuarine Fishes by Milton S. Love and Mike Moser Dec 1983 pp.432-436.

2Tetrarhynchus elongatus Wagener 1901. Larva. Newfoundland.Liver. Threlfall (1967); Massachusetts. Linton (1924).[Species incertae sedis—Yamaguti (1959b)] [= Molicolahorridus—Dollfus (1942)].COPEPODACALIGIDAECaligus elongates Nordmann 1832. Mediterranean, North Sea. Parker (1969).Lepeoptheirus nordmanni (Edwards 1840) Baird 1850. France. Skin. Dollfus(1946); New Zealand. Hewitt (1964b) as L. insignis; Southern California.Wilson (1908a); Newfoundland. Threlfall (1967); Japan. Shiino (1957).Lepeophtheirus hastatus Shiino 1960. Japan. Body surface. Shiino (1960a);New Zealand. Hewitt (1964b) as L. molae; Australia. Heegaard (1962) asL. molae.CECROPIDAECecrops exiguous Wilson 1923. Japan Buccal cavity, gills. Shiino (1965a).Cecrops latreillii Leach 1816. Newfoundland. Gills. Threlfall (1967);Massachusetts. Wilson (1932); France. Dollfus (1946); New Zealand.Hewitt (1968a).Orthagoriscola muricatus (Kryoyer 1837) Poche 1902. Massachusetts. Wilson(1907b); South Africa. Barnard (1955); France. Skin, gills. Dollfus (1946).Philorthagoriscus serratus (Kroyer 1863) Horst 1897. Newfoundland. Bodysurface. Threlfall (1967); Nethlands, Massachusetts, English seas. Wilson(1932); South Africa. Barnard (1955); Japan. Shiino (1959c).DICHELESTHIIDAEAnthosoma crassum (Abildgaard 1794) Gould 1841. France. Inner face ofoperculums, fin. Dollfus (1946).LERNAEOPODIDAELernaeopodoa bidiscalis Kane 1892. France. Skin. Dollfus (1946).PANDARIDAEPandarus bicolor Leach 1816. France. Skin. Dollfus (1946).Echthrogaleus coleoptratus (Guerin 1817) Wilson 1907. France. Skin. Dollfus(1946).PENNELLIDAEPennella crassicornis Streenstrup and Lutken 1861. Yamaguti (1963a).Pennella filosa (Linnaeus 1758). France. Dollfus (1946) as P. rubra;Massachusetts. Flesh. Wilson (1932); South Africa. Barnard (1955);Pacific. Wilson (1932) as P. orthagorisci.TREBIIDAEwww.oceansunfish.orgFrom: NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF-77 A Checklist of Parasites of California, Oregon andWashington Marine and Estuarine Fishes by Milton S. Love and Mike Moser Dec 1983 pp.432-436.

3Trebius sp. France. Skin, gills. Dollfus (1946).CRUSTACEALEPADIDAEConchoderma virgatum. Body surface. Balakrishnan (1969).DIGENEAACANTHOCOLPIDAEStephanostomum baccatum (Nicoll 1907) Manter 1934. Immature.Massachusetts. Linton (1940) as S. valde-inflatum.ACCACOELIIDAEAccacladocoelium macrocotyle (Diesing 1858) Odhner 1928. Oregon. Pratt andMcCauley (1961); Massachusetts. Linton (1940); Canada, Naples, Ireland.Intestine. Dawes (1947).Accacladocoelium nigroflavum (Rudolphi 1819) Odhner 1928. Europe,Mediterranean. Intestine. Dawes (1947).Accacladocoelium petasiporum Odhner 1928. Mediterranean. Intestine. Dawes(1947); France. Dollfus (1946).Accacladocoelium alveolatum Robinson 1934. Atlantic. Intestine. Robinson(1934); New Zealand. Manter (1960).Accacladocoelium serpentulum Odhner 1928. Japan Intestine. Dawes (1947);Massachussetts. Linton (1940); France. Dollfus (1946); Central California.Noble and Noble (1937) as Accacladium nematulum.Accacoelium contortum (Rudolphi 1819) Looss 1899. Newfoundland,Massachussetts. Pharnyz. Threlfall (1967); Gills. Linton (1940); France.Timon-David and Musso (1971).Odhnerium calyptrocotyle (Monticelli 1893) Yamaguti 1934. British Columbia.Intestine. Lloyd (1938); Southern California. Montgomery (1957); Japan.Yamaguti (1934b); New Zealand. Manter (1954a); Massachussetts. Linton(1940) as Orophocotyle foliata.Orophocotyle planci (Stassich 1899) Looss 1902. Trieste. Dawes (1947).Rhyncopharynx paradoxa Odhner 1928. Japan. Intestine. Yamaguti (1934a);France. Dollfus (1935b)l New Zealand. Manter (1960).DIDYMOZOIDAEDidymozoon molae (Rudolphi 1819) Dollfus 1946. Dorsal muscles. Dollfus(1946).Nematobothrium molae MacLaren 1903. Mediterranean. Gills. Dawes (1947).Koellikeria filicollis (Rudolphi 1819) Cobbold 1860. Intestine. Nicoll (1915).Nematobibothrioides histoidii Noble 1974. California. Connective tissue. Noble(1975).LEPOCREADIIDAEDihemistephanus lydiae (Stossich 1896) Looss 1901. France. Digestive tract.www.oceansunfish.orgFrom: NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF-77 A Checklist of Parasites of California, Oregon andWashington Marine and Estuarine Fishes by Milton S. Love and Mike Moser Dec 1983 pp.432-436.

4Dollfus (1946); New Zealand. Manter (1960).Dihemistephanus fragilis (Linton 1900) Stafford 1904. Massachusetts.Digestive tract. Stafford (1904); Newfoundland. Threlfall (1967)asDistomum fragile.ISOPODACYMOTHOIDAENerocila orbignyi France. Skin. Dollfus (1946).Nerocila macleayi White 1843. France. Skin. Dollfus (1946).MONOGEACAPSALIDAECapsala martinieri Bosc 1811. Newfoundland. Body surface. Threlfall (1967).British Columbia. Gills, body surface. Margolis; Norway. Brinkmann(1952).Capsala molae (Blanchard 1847) Johnston 1929. Massachusetts. Linton (1940);New Jersey. Skin. Price (1962a) as Tricotyla m.Capsala cephala (Risso 1826) St. Remy 1989. Europe. Yamaguti (1963b).Capsala cutanea (Guiart 1938) Price 1939. Dawes (1947).Capsala grimaldii (Guiart 1938) Price 1939. Dawes (1947).Capsala pelamydis (Taschenberg 1878) Price 1939. Dawes (1947).Capsala maculata (Martiniere 1787). France. Skin. Dollfus (1946).Tristoma papillosum Diesing 1836. France. Skin. Dollfus (1946).NEMATODAANISAKIDAEAnisakis sp. Larva. New Zealand. Viscera, mesentery, under peritoneum.Hewitt and Hine (1972).CUCULLANIDAECucullanus orthagorisci (Rudolphi 1819). France Dollfus (1946) as Ascaris o.PROTOZOA (SARCOMATIGOPHORA)ENTAMOEBIDAEEntamoeba molae Noble and Noble 1966. Southern California. Hindgut. Noveland Noble (1966).MONOCERCOMONIDAEMonocercomonas molae Noble and Noble 1966. Southern California. Hindgut.Noble and Noble (1966).www.oceansunfish.orgFrom: NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF-77 A Checklist of Parasites of California, Oregon andWashington Marine and Estuarine Fishes by Milton S. Love and Mike Moser Dec 1983 pp.432-436.

5Ranzania laevis—slender molaSYNONYM—R. truncataDIGENEAACCACOELIIDAEOrophocotyle planci (Stossich 1899) Looss 1902. Trieste. Yamaguti (1971).Orophocotyle divergens Looss 1902. Trieste. Looss (1902).

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