Description of Neolepidapedoides subantarcticus sp. nov. (Digenea, Lepocreadiidae) from sub-Antarctic notothenioid fishes

• Published in: Acta Parasitologica
• Main Authors: Jeżewski, Witold, Zdzitowiecki, Krzysztof, Laskowski, Zdzisław
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2011
• Subjects: Parasitology; Antarctic; Argentina; Ushuaia; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11686-011-0061-7

Abstract Neolepidapedoides subantarcticus sp. nov. (Digenea, Lepocreadiidae) is reported from the intestine, mainly the jejunum, of fishes in the eastern mouth of the Beagle Channel and in the harbour of Ushuaia in the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina) at a depth 7–30 m. The typical host...