Parasitic helminths occurring in Adriatic fishes. Part III (Nematodes, Acanthocephala)

Abstract

       Nematodes and Acanthocephala occurring during the helminthological examination of the Adriatic fishes, in general, are similar to those recovered by previous authors in the Adriatic or Mediterranean. The major part of the recovered worms are widely distributed parasites of the fishes of the Adriatic, the Mediterranean and other seas.

       Collarinema triglae gen. et sp. n. represents a new genus and species for science. The occurrence of the helminth belonging to the subfamily Metabronematinae is the first record for the Adriatic fauna.

       Proleptus obsturus, Ascarophis sp., Capillariidae gen. et sp. and Camallanus megalocephalus are new helminths occurring in the Adriatic fishes.

       A relatively smaller number of the recovered proboscidean worms. Gene­rally, they are common species in the Adriatic fishes.