Description: see that for * Contracaecum osculatum above.
Sites: alimentary tract, musculature, viscera
Hosts: Gadus morhua (3, 4, 5); Hippoglossoides platessoides (4); Mallotus villosus (4); Myoxocephalus scorpius (4); Pseudopleuronectes americanus (4); Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (2); Tautogolabrus adspersus (1)
Distribution: Atlantic
Records: 1. Sekhar S. [sic] & Threlfall 1970; 2. Reimer 1981; 3. Marcogliese & Boily 1994; 4. Brattey 1995; 5. Lee & Khan 2000