Helminth Diversity in Teleost Fishes from the South Orkney Islands Region, West Antarctica

• Published in: zoodiversity
• Main Authors: T. Kuzmina, O. Salganskiy, K. Vishnyakova, J. Ivanchikova, O. Lisitsyna, E. Korol, Yu. Kuzmin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" 2022
• Subjects: helminths; acanthocephala; nematoda; cestoda; trematoda; teleost fishes; antarctica; Zoology; QL1-991; South Orkney Islands; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2022.02.135; https://doaj.org/article/d4c9b4959bf24a768c86b33948ccfc3f

Helminths of 12 fish species collected near South Orkney Islands, West Antarctica were studied. In the whole sample of 115 fish specimens, we identified one species of Monogenea, 5 species of Trematoda, 4 species of Cestoda, 5 species of Nematoda, and 7 species of Acanthocephala. All cestode species...