THE LEPOCREADIIDAE ODHNER, 1905 (DIGENEA) OF FISHES FROM THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC - SUMMARY PAPER, WITH KEYS AND CHECKLISTS

Results published in seven previous papers on the Lepocreadiidae are s ummarised and keys are given to the 19 species of lepocreadiid parasit e from north-eastern Atlantic fishes. Diagnoses for the family and the two subfamilies represented in the north-eastern Atlantic are present ed. Parasite-host and host-parasite lists, arranged in taxonomic order , are given. The NE Atlantic fauna is dominated numerically by members of the subfamily Lepidapedinae, which occur most frequently in gadifo rm fishes, often in the deep-sea. The three lepocreadiine forms are pa rasites of cosmopolitan fishes or fish families that predominate in wa rm waters.