Further observations on the Digenea (Platyhelminthes) of deep-sea fishes in the northeastern Atlantic: Fellodistomidae and Zoogonidae

Authors
Bray, RA Gibson, DI
Citation
Ra. Bray et Di. Gibson, Further observations on the Digenea (Platyhelminthes) of deep-sea fishes in the northeastern Atlantic: Fellodistomidae and Zoogonidae, ACT PARASIT, 43(4), 1998, pp. 194-199
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
ACTA PARASITOLOGICA
ISSN journal
12302821 → ACNP
Volume
43
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
194 - 199
Database
ISI
SICI code
1230-2821(199810)43:4<194:FOOTD(>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The following parasites are described from deep-sea fishes of the northeast ern Atlantic Ocean. Fellodistomidae: Steringophorus haedrichi from Spectrun culus grandis, Porcupine Seabight; Olssonium turneri from Alepocephalus aga ssizi, Rockall Trough and Porcupine Seabight; Hypertrema ambovatum from Syn aphobranchus kaupi, Rockall Trough and Porcupine Seabight and Histiobranchu s bathybius, Porcupine Seabight; and Zoogonidae: Brachyenteron rissoanum fr om Polyacanthonotus challengeri, Porcupine Seabight. These are the first re ports of S. haedrichi, H. ambovatum and B. rissoanum from the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.