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Table 5 Parasite fauna of Gerlachea australis (n = 5) 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

20.0

2.0

2

0.40

Neolebouria antarctica a

I

1

20.0

1.0

1

0.20

Digenea indet.

I

1

20.0

1.0

1

0.20

Nematoda

Bc, L, P, I

10

80.0

2.5

1–5

2.00

Contracaecum osculatum (s.l.)

Bc, L

3

40.0

1.5

1–2

0.60

Contracaecum radiatum

P

1

20.0

1.0

1

0.20

Contracaecum sp.

P, L

4

40.0

4.0

2

0.80

Nematoda indet.

I

2

40.0

1.0

1

0.40

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