Parasitic fauna of the barracouta, Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791) from off New Zealand

Wierzbicka,J.; Gajda,M.

Parasitic fauna of the barracouta, Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791) from off New Zealand

Авторы

Wierzbicka,J.

Gajda,M.

Издатель

Pensoft Publishers

Описание

Detailed parasitologic examinations were made on 53 individuals of the barracouta. The parasitic fauna was found to consist of 8 species belonging to the Monogenea, Cestoda, Trematoda, Nematoda, and Crustacea. Two of those species are harmful for man. The magnitude of infestation and the location of parasites are reported on; the invasion was found to depend, to some extent, on the size of the host.