TY - JOUR N2 - The infections of four fish species, Trematomus newnesi, T. bernacchii, Lindbergichthys nudifrons and Harpagifer antarcticus with parasitic worms, in the coastal zone off the Vernadsky Station (Argentine Islands, West Antarctica) are described. Data on infections are compared with previous results from Admiralty Bay at the South Shetland Islands. Indices of infection are for each host-parasite relationship. In total, 16 taxa of parasites were recorded: 6 digeneans, 3 larval cestodes, 4 (adult and cystacanth) acanthocephalans, and 3 (adult and larval) nematodes. Fifteen of them have been previously recorded in Notothenia coriiceps from this area. Hence, the number of parasitic taxa recorded in this region increased from 21 to 22. Either the digenean Macvicaria georgiana or acanthocephalan Corynosoma pseudohamanni were dominants in different hosts. Trematomus bernacchii was the most strongly infected, especially with M. georgiana (prevalence 100%, mean abundance 113.7). The infection parameters of the majority of parasites were lower at the Vernadsky Station than in the Admiralty Bay, especially for host-parasite relations with larval cestodes and nematodes. The presently reported study have confirmed that the southern range of distribution of two acanthocephalans, Aspersentis megarhynchus and Corynosoma hamanni extends south to the area near the Argentine Islands. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110643/PDF/ppr26-315.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110643 PY - 2005 IS - No 4 EP - 324 KW - Antarctica KW - Argentine Islands KW - Vernadsky Station KW - parasitic worms KW - fishes KW - infection A1 - Laskowski, Zdzisław A1 - Zdzitowiecki, Krzysztof PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 26 DA - 2005 T1 - The helminth fauna of some notothenioid fishes collected from the shelf of Argentine Islands, West Antarctica SP - 315 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110643 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -