The National Center for Biotechnology Information does indicate that a phylogenetic analysis has been published on the mitochondrial DNA of Cavisoma.

Localities include Sri Lanka, the Red Sea, the Philippines, New Caledonia, and Iraq.

[6] Cavisoma magnum was found in the stomach and pyloric ceca of the sea bass, Serranus sp.

(Serranidae) and from another fish, the spotted surgeonfish Ctenochaetus strigosus (Acanthuridae) off Negapatam, (Sri Lanka).

[3] There are no reported cases of Cavisoma magnum infesting humans in the English language medical literature.