@article{Kuzmina_Salganskiy_Vishnyakova_Ivanchikova_Lisitsyna_Korol_Kuzmin_2022, place={Kyiv, Ukraine}, title={Helminth Diversity in Teleost Fishes from the South Orkney Islands Region, West Antarctica}, volume={56}, url={https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/305}, DOI={10.15407/zoo2022.02.135}, abstractNote={<p>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, 3 species of nematodes, and 5 species of acanthocephalans were represented only by larval stages; fish are definitive hosts for the remaining 10 helminth species. Details of composition and structure of helminth communities were studied in 3 fish species: <em>Chaenocephalus aceratus </em>(Lönnberg, 1906), <em>Champsocephalus gunnari </em>Lönnberg, 1905, and <em>Pseudochaenichthys georgianus </em>Norman, 1937, each represented by more than 20 specimens in a sample. In these hosts, 19, 8, and 16 helminth species were found, correspondingly. In the helminth communities of <em>C. aceratus</em> and <em>P. georgianus</em>, the highest values of the infection prevalence and abundance were recorded for larval cestodes (<em>Diphyllobothrium</em> sp., Tetrabothriidea), nematodes (<em>Pseudoterranova</em> sp., <em>Contracaecum</em> sp.), acanthocephalans (<em>Corynosoma</em> spp.), as well as adults of the trematode <em>Neolebouria georgiensis </em>Gibson, 1976. The same trematode species and larval cestodes predominated in the helminth community of <em>C. gunnari</em>. All recorded species of parasites are generalists, each known from a range of fish hosts in Antarctica.</p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Zoodiversity}, author={Kuzmina, T. and Salganskiy, O. and Vishnyakova, K. and Ivanchikova, J. and Lisitsyna, O. and Korol, E. and Kuzmin, Yu.}, year={2022}, month={Feb.} }