Acanthocephalan infection of inshore fishes at the South Orkney Islands

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Zdzitowiecki, Krzysztof, White, Martin G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1996
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; South Orkney Islands; South Shetland Islands; Antarctic Science; Notothenia rossii
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515360/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102096000387

An examination of notothenioid fish of three species, including 23 immature Notothenia coriiceps Richardson, revealed seven acanthocephalan species, including two Echinorhynchida occurring in the intestine and five Polymorphida in the body cavity. Four species -Metacanthocephalus johnstoni Zdzitowie...