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Table 3 Parasite fauna of Gymnodraco acuticeps (n = 9) sampled in Antarctica

From: Parasite fauna of the Antarctic dragonfish Parachaenichthys charcoti (Perciformes: Bathydraconidae) and closely related Bathydraconidae from the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Parasite

Organ

n

P (%)

MI

I

MA

Digenea

I

2

11.1

2.0

2

0.22

Neolebouria antarctica a

I

1

11.1

1.0

1

0.11

Digenea indet.

I

1

11.1

1.0

1

0.11

Cestoda

I

1

11.1

1.0

1

0.11

Tetraphyllidea indet.

I

1

11.1

1.0

1

0.11

Nematoda

Bc, L, P, St, I

115

88.9

14.4

1–66

12.78

Contracaecum osculatum (s.l.)a

Bc, L, P, St, I

103

88.9

12.9

1–56

11.44

Pseudoterranova decipiens (s.l.)a

Bc

4

11.1

4.0

4

0.44

Nematoda indet.

Bc, L, St

8

33.3

2.7

1–6

0.89

Acanthocephala

P, I

2

22.2

1.0

1

0.22

Corynosoma bullosum a

P

1

11.1

1.0

1

0.11

Acanthocephala indet.

I

1

11.1

1.0

1

0.11

  1. aNew host record
  2. Abbreviations: P (%), prevalence, MI mean intensity, I range for intensity, MA mean abundance, St stomach, I intestine, Bc body cavity, L liver, P pyloric caeca