由於生活史包含海洋甲殼類動物、魚類、哺乳動物,因此幼蟲常見於海洋魚類、洄游性魚類(如:鮭魚、沙丁魚)或烏賊等生物體內,較少出現在淡水魚體內。在2016年1月,在加拿大亞伯達省的卡加里的 Stephen Vaughan 醫生在一名報稱腹痛的男子胃部㿉瘍處發現在進食未經烹煮的鮭魚肉之後殘留的海獸胃線蟲[4]。牠們的最終宿主是海洋哺乳動物,因此幼蟲多存在於有大型海洋哺乳動物的海域,如:太平洋、大西洋、北海[3]。
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