An amended description of two Gyrodactylus species (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) parasitizing Antarctic Notothenioid fish

• Published in: Journal of Helminthology
• Main Authors: Heglasová, I., Nezhybová, V., Přikrylová, I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2018
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; General Medicine; Parasitology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Dillon; Prince Gustav Channel; Gusev; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x18001098; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022149X18001098

Abstract Species identification based on the morphometry of opisthaptoral hard parts, in combination with internal transcribed spacer ribosomal DNA (ITS rDNA) region sequences, confirmed the presence of four viviparous Gyrodactylus von Nordman, 1832 (Plathyhelminthes, Monogenea) species on Nototheni...