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ArticleActa parasitologica2021

Helminths of the Antarctic dragonfish, Parachaenichthys charcoti (Perciformes, Notothenioidei, Bathydraconidae) Studied near Galindez Island (Argentine Islands, West Antarctica).

Tetiana A Kuzmina, Oleksander O Salganskij, Ihor V Dykyy, Olga I Lisitsyna, Eleonora M Korol, Anna Faltýnková, Yuriy I Kuzmin

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Tetiana A KuzminaI. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, 15, Bogdan Khmelnytsky Street, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine. taniak@izan.kiev.ua.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5054-4757
Oleksander O SalganskijState Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center, Tarasa Shevchenko Blvd, 16, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7063-1807
Ihor V DykyyDepartment of Zoology, Lviv National University, 4, Grushevsky Street, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3625-8567
Olga I LisitsynaI. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, 15, Bogdan Khmelnytsky Street, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2975-3300
Eleonora M KorolNational Museum of Natural History NAS of Ukraine, 15, Bogdan Khmelnytsky Street, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4061-5179
Anna FaltýnkováBiology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology, Branišovská 31, 37005, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3013-5881
Yuriy I KuzminI. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, 15, Bogdan Khmelnytsky Street, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1723-1265

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National Antarctic Scientific Center, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine project number H/12-2020National Research Foundation of Ukraine project number 2020.02/0074
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purposeThe Antarctic dragonfish, Parachaenichthys charcoti is a notothenioid teleost fish endemic to the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. It is a relatively rare fish species; therefore, published data on the parasite communities of P. charcoti are limited. The present study was performed on the Ukrainian Antarctic Station "Akademik Vernadsky", Argentine Islands, West Antarctica and the purpose was to examine the species diversity of the parasites of P. charcoti and to identify the parameters of helminth infection and helminth component community.

methodsFifteen specimens of P. charcoti were caught at a depth of 10-30 m and examined using standard parasitological techniques. All helminths (6251 specimens) were collected manually, fixed in 70% ethanol and identified based on their morphology.

resultsAll examined specimens of P. charcoti were found to be infected with helminths; each fish harboured 10-20 helminth species (mean 13.2; median 13) and 237-804 helminth specimens (mean 417; median 401). Twenty-seven helminth species were found, including nine species of trematodes, 4 of cestodes, 4 of nematodes and 10 of acanthocephalans. P. charcoti is the definitive host for 11 out of 27 helminth species recorded. In the helminth component community, the diversity indices were 2.03 (Shannon's index) and 0.79 (Simpson's index); Pielou evenness index was 0.61, and Berger-Parker dominance index was 0.38.

conclusionsOur results indicate a high species diversity and complex structure of the helminth community in Antarctic dragonfish P. charcoti in the Argentine Islands.

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AcanthocephalaHelminthiasis, AnimalHelminthsPerciformesAnimalsAntarctic RegionsIslandsAcanthocephalaAntarcticaCestodaHelminth communityNematodaTrematoda

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