Digenean Trematoda infection of inshore fish at South Georgia

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Zdzitowiecki, Krzysztof, White, Martin G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; South Shetland Islands; Admiralty Bay; Bray; Atkinson; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Notothenia rossii
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102092000105; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102092000105

A sample of 111 fish of eight species caught in two fjords at South Georgia were examined for digenean trematode parasites. The alimentary tracts of all specimens were infected with digeneans. The dominant species was Elytrophalloides oatesi (Leiper & Atkinson) which was found in all fish, with...