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Acta Parasitologica, Vol.46, No. 1, 2001, 12-17
Rokicki Jerzy (1), Bjelland Otte (2), Berland Bjorn (3) - Some helminth and copepod parasites of three rajid species from the continental slope of the north-eastern Norwegian Sea.
(1) Marine Biology Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5 Sw. Wojciecha Str., 81-347 Gdynia, Poland; (2) Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, N-5817 Bergen; (3) Institute of Zoology, University of Bergen, Allegt. 41, N-5007 Bergen; Norway
ABSTRACT

Nine helminth and two copepod parasite species, totalling 1 323 specimens, were recorded from a total of 69 skates - 47 Raja radiata, 11 R. hyperborea and 11 Bathyraja spinicauda - trawled in deep water on the continental slope between northern Norway and Spitsbergen in May 1996. Monogenea: Rajonchocotyle batis, Pseudoacanthocotyle verrilli; Digenea: Otodistomum cestoides, Gonocerca phycidis; Cestoda: Echeneibothrium affine, Pseudanthobothrium hanseni; Nematoda: Anisakis simplex larva, Pseudanisakis tricopula, Contracaecum/Phocascaris sp. larva; Copepoda: Schistobrachia ramosa, Lernaeopodina longimana. Endoparasites and food preferences are discussed.

KEY WORDS: Helminths, copepod parasites, rajid fishes, Norwegian Sea
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