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Parasites of the nine‐spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius (L)
Author(s) -
Dartnall H. J. G.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1973.tb04480.x
Subject(s) - biology , stickleback , gasterosteus , zoology , lungworm , ecology , helminths , fishery , fish <actinopterygii>
Eleven species of parasite are reported from the nine‐spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius (L). Nine of these, namely, Trichodina domerguei, T. tenuidens, Vorticella sp., Epistylis?, Diplostomum spathaceum, Cryptocotyle lingua, Proteocephalus filicollis, Schistocephalus solidus and glochidia of Anodonta cygnea , are new host records for Great Britain. Gyrodactylus spp. and Thersitina gasterostei were also found.