A Pag. 50 del testo di G. Bassler - Diseases in marine aquarium fish
"Small flagellates are found on some freshly imported marine fish. These Flagellate are similar to the bean-shaped prasite Costia sp. or Ichtyobodo necatrix found in freshwater fish."
questo è un altro documento pubblicato 1991:
High mortality of cultured juvenile Japanese flounder, Platichthys olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel) caused by the parasitic flagellate. Icthyobodo sp. (
Journal of Fish Disease, 14, da pag. 489 a 94 .)