Acta Adriatica, Vol. 48 No. 2, 2007.
Original scientific paper
Digenea trematodes in fish of the North Adriatic Sea
Vesna PARADIŽNIK
Branko RADUJKOVIĆ
Abstract
The paper gives an overview of trematodes that have been isolated from the north Adriatic Sea , during a 10-year research program. A total of 63 marine fish species of pelagic and benthic of the classes Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes were analyzed. We found that 21 fish species ted digenean trematodes (33.33% prevalence), and 12 fish species are reported as hosts for the t time. During our research, 63 species of fish (total of 2659 fish) were examined and 25.16 % e found invaded by endohelminths, belonging to 22 digeneans species.
Keywords
Trematoda; Digenea; flukes; north Adriatic
Hrčak ID:
18796
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2007.
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