Metazoan Parasites of Antarctic Fishes

• Published in: Turkish Journal of Parasitology
• Main Authors: Oğuz, Mehmet Cemal, Tepe, Yahya, Belk, Mark C., Heckmann, Richard A., Aslan, Burçak, Gürgen, Meryem, Bray, Rodney A., Akgül, Ülker
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2015
• Subjects: Metazoan; parasites; Antarctic region; marine fishes; Biology; Life Sciences; Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/5438; https://doi.org/10.5152/tpd.2015.3661; https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/facpub/article/6331/viewcontent/Metazoan_Parasites_of_Antarctic_Fishes.pdf

To date, there have been nearly 100 papers published on metazoan parasites of Antarctic fishes, but there has not yet been any compilation of a species list of fish parasites for this large geographic area. Herein, we provide a list of all documented occurrences of monogenean, cestode, digenean, acanthocephalan, nematode, and hirudinean parasites of Antarctic fishes. The list includes nearly 250 parasite species found in 142 species of host fishes. It is likely that there are more species of fish parasites, which are yet to be documented from Antarctic waters.