Biodiversity Data Journal :
Research Article
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Corresponding author: Leszek Rolbiecki (leszek.rolbiecki@ug.edu.pl)
Academic editor: Yasen Mutafchiev
Received: 23 Mar 2020 | Accepted: 28 May 2020 | Published: 11 Jun 2020
© 2020 Joanna Dzido, Leszek Rolbiecki, Joanna Izdebska, Rafał Bednarek
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Dzido J, Rolbiecki L, Izdebska JN, Bednarek R (2020) Checklist of the parasites of European eel Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Anguillidae) in Poland. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e52346. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e52346
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The present paper lists all parasite species of the European eel Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758), recorded in Poland, in both its saltwater and freshwater habitats. The list has been drawn up, based on data acquired since 1844. The majority of included parasite species are presented with fish infection parameters together with data on their developmental stages and occupied microhabitats, localities and dates of collection of the eels themselves. The database includes 62 parasite taxa (including 50 species, nine identified to the genus level and three to higher taxa), representing at least 47 genera and 39 families. The most frequently-noted parasites of the European eel are the cestode Bothriocephalus claviceps, the nematodes Anguillicoloides crassus, Camallanus lacustris and Raphidascaris acus and the acanthocephalan Acanthocephalus lucii. Four alien species have been noted from this host: A. crassus, the monogeneans Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae and Pseudodactylogyrus bini and the acanthocephalan Paratenuisentis ambiguus. The present list includes both new host records and earlier records not included in previous lists of parasites of eels.
biodiversity, eel, fish, parasite, species distribution
The European eel Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) is a species of fish with a wide distribution in European waters and one with both very high environmental and economic value. Therefore, there is a pressing need to understand the real and potential treats for eel populations, including such death hazards as parasitoses and their secondary consequences. Since the end of the 20th Century, eel populations have decreased by over 99% due to various factors, such as increased water pollution, climate change, overfishing and dam construction and the species is at risk of extinction. It is currently subject to protection by various forms of conservation, including the Washington Convention (CITES) and is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (
A comprehensive analysis of the European eel parasite fauna is complicated by its wide geographical distribution and by the poor understanding of the complex biology of the eel. It is therefore often difficult to draw firm conclusions on the infection routes with parasites or participation of the eel in their life cycles. Eel leptocephalus larvae migrate across the Atlantic Ocean to the coasts of Europe; then they metamorphose into glass eel (montée) and move to rivers and lakes, where they mature. Finally, they take part in catadromous migration to the spawning area in the Sargasso Sea (
Therefore, there is a clear need to better understand the parasite fauna of European eels, its species composition, structural changes and infection level, both on the global and regional scales. Constant parasitological monitoring in all distribution areas would provide a clearer picture of the formation of parasite assemblages across the different parts of the distribution of the eel; it would also allow observation of changes in the parasite ranges and hence, any associated threats. However, being rather local in nature, data on the eel parasite fauna are scattered across a range of publications and reports; in addition, collective analyses are often further complicated by variations in sources or language barrier. Thus far, three checklists of eel parasites have been published concerning various species of Anguilla: two of them are from Japan, the second being a revised and updated checklist, while the other concerns the parasites found in A. anguilla in Europe and North Africa (
Therefore, the objective of this study was to provide a complete, verified list of parasitic Protista and Metazoa found, thus far, in the European eel in Poland.
The checklist has been drawn up primarily on the basis of published data (55 items) from the area of Poland, including data from the period 1844-2016. It also includes our own unpublished data, marked in the table as "this study", together with examples of data from conference abstracts regarding the occurrence of A. crassus or the presence of new records from Poland.
For the majority of species, additional data have been provided if included in the source publications: infection parameters such as prevalence (P), mean intensity, intensity range and abundance, as well as the developmental stages of the parasites and their microhabitats. The infection parameters were calculated, based on data included in original studies by means of unification, where possible. Information on dates of fish collection, as well as the geographical location (with GPS coordinates in the Suppl. material
The species were arranged in taxonomic and then alphabetical order. The Protista taxonomy follows
A total of 62 taxa have been recorded from the European eel in Poland, of which 11 are Protista (eight species and three identified at the genus level), including five Ciliophora (one identified at the genus level as Apiosoma) and two Apicomplexa. Of the 51 representatives of Metazoa (42 identified as species, six to genus level, three to higher taxa), six were Myxozoa, nine Trematoda, five Monogenea (one identified at the genus level – Dactylogyrus and one as Monogenea), five Cestoda (one identified as Cestoda gen. sp. Pseudophyllidearum larvae), ten Nematoda, eight Acanthocephala, two Annelida, three Arthropoda, one Mollusca (identified as Unionidae). In addition to the species mentioned in Table
Checklist of the protozoan and metazoan parasites of Anguilla anguilla from Poland. The parameters have been provided with accuracy of original data; if the parameter was not given in the original work, it was marked with a dash (-). Parasite life stage: A – adults, e – eggs, F – female, L – larvae, M – male, met – metacercariae, pA – preadults, pl – plasmodia. Microhabitat: sb – swim bladder, ub – urinary bladder. Intensity: (+) – single to not numerous, (++) – rather numerous to numerous, (+++) – very numerous, (++++) – mass occurrence.
Parasite life stage |
Micro habitat |
P [%] |
Intensity range (mean) |
Abun dance |
Locality |
Material collection year |
References |
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METAMONADA |
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Family Hexamitidae |
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Spironucleus anguillae Einszporn-Orecka, 1979 |
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- |
1 |
- |
2 |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1974 |
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- |
intestine |
1.9 3 |
(+)-(++) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
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- |
intestine |
4.2 |
(++) |
- |
Oder mouth |
1982-83 |
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EUGLENOZOA | |||||||
Family Trypanosomatidae |
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Trypanosoma granulosum Laveran & Mesnil, 1909 |
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trypomastigote |
blood |
24 |
(0.2-16.0) 4 |
- |
Lake Siecino |
1970-73 |
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trypomastigote |
blood |
68 |
(2.2-16.2) 4 |
- |
Lake Dąbie |
1970-73 |
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- |
blood |
- |
- |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon, Lake Dąbie |
1970-73 |
|
- |
5 |
46.9 3 |
(+)-(++) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
- |
5 |
95.8 |
(+)-(++) |
- |
Oder mouth |
1982-83 |
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- |
- |
50-60 |
- |
- |
Lake Śniardwy |
1989 |
|
- |
- |
50 |
- |
- |
Lake Mamry |
1990 |
|
- |
blood |
100 |
variable |
- |
River Rega |
2001-02 |
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Trypanosoma sp. |
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- |
blood |
24 |
- |
- |
Lake Ińsko |
1993 |
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CILIOPHORA |
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Family Epistylididae |
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Apiosoma sp. |
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- |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
Lake Dąbrowa Wielka |
1990-91 |
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Family Ichthyophthiriidae |
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Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Fouquet, 1876) |
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- |
gills, skin |
- |
- |
- |
River Darłówka |
- |
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- |
gills |
3.1 3 |
(+) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
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Family Trichodinidae |
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Trichodina jadranica Raabe, 1958 |
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- |
gills |
68.6 3 |
(+)-(++++) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
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- |
gills |
66.7 |
(+) |
- |
Oder mouth |
1982-83 |
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Trichodina sp. |
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- |
- |
30 |
- |
- |
Lake Niegocin |
1989 |
|
- |
- |
8 |
- |
- |
Lake Mamry |
1990 |
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- |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
Lake Dąbrowa Wielka |
1990-91 |
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Trichodinella epizootica (Raabe, 1950) |
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- |
gills |
62.9 3 |
(+)-(+++) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
- |
gills |
41.7 |
(+)-(+++) |
- |
Oder mouth |
1982-83 |
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- |
- |
3.3 |
1-4 (2.5) |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
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Family Trichophryidae |
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Capriniana piscium (Bütschli, 1889) |
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- |
gills |
4.2 |
(+++) |
- |
Oder mouth |
1982-83 |
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APICOMPLEXA | |||||||
Family Eimeriidae |
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Eimeria anguillae Léger & Hollande, 1922 |
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oocyst |
intestine |
11.9 3 |
(+)-(++++) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
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oocyst |
intestine |
20.8 |
(+)-(+++) |
- |
Oder mouth |
1982-83 |
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Family uncertain |
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Rhabdospora thelohani Laguessé, 1895 |
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- |
- |
20 |
- |
- |
Lake Niegocin |
1989 |
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- |
- |
50-60 |
- |
- |
Lake Śniardwy |
1989 |
|
- |
- |
17 |
- |
- |
Lake Mamry |
1990 |
|
- |
- |
49 |
- |
- |
Lake Dąbrowa Wielka |
1990-91 |
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MYXOZOA |
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Family Myxidiidae |
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Myxidium giardi Cépède, 1906 |
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spores |
7 |
79.9 3 |
(+)-(+++) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
spores |
7 |
100 |
(+)-(++++) |
- |
Oder mouth |
1982-83 |
|
- |
gills |
20 |
(+)-(++) |
- |
Lake Miedwie |
1997-99 |
|
- |
- |
21.1 |
(++)-(+++) |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
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Zschokkella stettinensis Wierzbicka, 1987 |
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spores |
ub |
48.65 |
(+)-(+++) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon, Lake Dąbie |
1983, 1985 |
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- |
ub |
11.3 3 |
(+)-(+++) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
- |
ub |
50.0 |
(+)-(+++) |
- |
Oder mouth |
1982-83 |
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Family Myxobolidae |
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Henneguya psorospermica Thélohan, 1895 |
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- |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
Lake Dąbrowa Wielka |
1990-91 |
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Myxobolus portucalensis Saraiva & Molnar, 1990 | |||||||
pl, spores |
8 |
16.9 |
(+)-(++) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
pl, spores |
8 |
29.2 |
(+)-(++) |
- |
Skolwiński Canal |
1982-83 |
|
pl, spores |
8 |
38.5 |
(+)-(++) |
- |
Lake Dąbie |
1985 |
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Family Ortholineidae |
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Ortholinea sphaerocapsularae (Wierzbicka, 1986) |
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spores |
ub |
7.69 |
(++) |
- |
Lake Dąbie |
1985 |
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Family Sphaerosporidae |
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Sphaerospora gilsoni (Debaisieux, 1925) |
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pl, spores |
ub |
13.2 3 |
(+)-(+++) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
pl, spores |
ub |
87.5 |
(+)-(++++) |
- |
Oder mouth |
1982-83 |
|
spores |
ub |
87.5 |
(+)-(+++) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1983 |
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PLATYHELMINTHES: TREMATODA |
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Family Allocreadiidae |
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Bunodera luciopercae (Müller, 1776) |
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A |
- |
1.1 |
2 |
0.023 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
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Family Azygiidae |
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Azygia lucii (Müller, 1776) |
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- |
stomach |
0.63 3 |
1 (1) |
0.006 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
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Family Deropristidae |
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Deropristis inflata (Molin, 1859) |
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A |
intestine |
18.5 3 |
1-12 (3.8 3) |
0.70 3 |
Baltic Sea (n. Chłapowo), Puck Bay |
1930-31 |
|
- |
intestine |
17.6 3 |
2-30 (13) |
- |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1967-71 |
|
- |
- |
3 |
1 (1) |
0.03 3 |
Lake Dąbie |
1971 |
|
- |
intestine |
3.8 3 |
1-63 (14.83) |
0.56 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
A |
intestine |
1.43 |
2-4 |
0.042 |
Dead Vistula |
1982-90 |
|
A |
intestine |
12.17 |
1-600 |
2.190 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1982-90 |
|
A |
intestine |
42.15 |
1-200 |
16.016 |
Baltic Sea (n. Władysławowo) |
1982-90 |
|
- |
intestine |
1.14 |
2 (2.00) |
0.02 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
- |
- |
0.4 |
1 (1) |
0.002 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2001-02 |
|
- |
- |
0.7 |
1 (1) |
0.007 3 |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
A |
- |
2.2 |
2-6 (3) |
0.09 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
Family Diplostomidae |
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Diplostomum spathaceum s. l. (Rudolphi, 1819) |
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met |
- |
10 |
1 (1) |
0.10 3 |
Oder (n. Stołczyn) |
1971 |
|
met |
- |
31 |
1-4 (1.6 3) |
0.50 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1971 |
|
met |
- |
6 |
1 (1) |
0.10 3 |
Lake Dąbie |
1971 |
|
Diplostomum spp. |
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met |
- |
9.1 |
2 3 (2.0 3) |
0.2 |
Lake Dgał Wielki |
1979-84 |
|
met |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
Lake Mamry |
1990 |
|
met |
- |
19 |
- |
- |
Lake Dąbrowa Wielka |
1990-91 |
|
met |
eyes |
3.41 |
1-3 (3.67) |
0.13 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
met |
eyes |
51.1 |
1-88 (6.8) |
- |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
met |
- |
8.9 |
1-2 (1.4) |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
met | eye lens | 14.3 9 | 6 (6.0) | 0.85 | Rzeka Łeba | 2014-15 | This study |
Tylodelphys clavata (Nordmann, 1832) |
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met |
vitreous humour |
3 |
1 (1) |
0.03 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1971 |
|
met |
vitreous humour |
3 |
1 (1) |
0.03 3 |
Lake Dąbie |
1971 |
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Family Hemiuridae |
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Brachyphallus crenatus (Rudolphi, 1802) |
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- |
- |
5.9 3 |
9 |
0.53 3 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1967-71 |
|
- |
- |
0.2 |
1 (1) |
0.002 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2001-02 |
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Family Opecoelidae |
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Plagioporus angulatus (Dujardin, 1845) |
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A |
intestine |
7.4 3 |
1-3 (2) |
0.15 3 |
Baltic Sea (n. Chłapowo) |
1930-31 |
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Family Strigeidae |
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Ichthyocotylurus platycephalus (Creplin, 1825) |
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met |
stomach 10 |
0.63 3 |
3 (3) |
0.02 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
met |
- |
2.2 |
3 (3) |
0.07 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
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PLATYHELMINTHES: MONOGENEA |
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Family Dactylogyridea |
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Dactylogyrus sp. |
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- |
gills |
30 |
(1) |
- |
Lake Miedwie |
1997-99 |
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Family Pseudodactylogyridae |
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Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae (Yin & Sproston, 1948) |
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- |
gills |
- |
- |
3.46 3 |
Lake Strażyn |
- |
|
- |
gills |
90 |
(11.6) |
10.4 |
Lake Dębno |
1994-95 |
|
- |
gills |
11 |
(1.82-9.25) |
0.14-4.78 |
Rivers Radew, Rega, Wieprza |
1999-2003 |
|
- |
gills |
1.13 |
3 (3.0) |
0.03 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
- |
gills |
100 9 |
6-16 (11) |
11.0 3 |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
Pseudodactylogyrus bini Kikuchi, 1929 |
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- |
gills |
- |
- |
2.07 3 |
Lake Strażyn |
- |
|
- |
gills |
71 |
(18.1) |
16.2 |
Lake Dębno |
1994-95 |
|
- |
gills |
11 |
(0.73-3.5) |
0.12-1.95 |
River Radew, Rega, Wieprza |
1999-2003 |
|
Pseudodactylogyrus sp. |
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- |
gills |
1.9 3 |
1 (1) |
0.02 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
Monogenea n. det. |
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- |
- |
17 |
- |
- |
Lake Dąbrowa Wielka |
1990-91 |
|
PLATYHELMINTHES: CESTODA |
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Family Bothriocephalidae |
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Bothriocephalus claviceps (Goeze, 1782) |
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A |
intestine |
22.2 3 |
2-3 (2.5 3) |
0.55 3 |
Baltic Sea (n. Chłapowo), Puck Bay |
1930-31 |
|
A |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Lake Gołdapiwo, Lake Mamry |
1954-58 |
|
A |
intestine |
8.3 3 |
1 (1) |
0.08 3 |
Puck Bay |
1959 |
|
- |
- |
25 |
1-11 (4.2 3) |
1.05 3 |
Oder (n. Stołczyn) |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
37 |
1-14 (4.9 3) |
1.84 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
23 |
2-13 (3.7 3) |
0.84 3 |
Lake Dąbie |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
9.1 |
3 3 (3 3) |
0.27 |
Lake Dgał Wielki |
1979-84 |
|
- |
intestine |
35.2 3 |
1-5 (1.1 3) |
0.40 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
- |
intestine |
29.2 |
1-3 (1.4 3) |
0.42 3 |
Skolwiński Canal |
1982-83 |
|
immature, A |
intestine |
10.00 |
1-35 |
0.807 |
Dead Vistula |
1982-90 |
|
immature, A |
intestine |
8.36 |
1-10 |
0.183 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1982-90 |
|
immature, A |
intestine |
11.57 |
1-18 |
0.371 |
Baltic Sea (n. Władysławowo) |
1982-90 |
|
- |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
Lake Dąbrowa Wielka |
1990-91 |
|
- |
intestine |
12.5 |
1-6 (2.27) |
0.28 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
- |
- |
0.8 |
1-2 (1.5) |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
2001-02 |
|
- |
- |
30.1 |
1-11 (2.8) |
- |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
A |
intestine |
15.2 |
1-14 (3.4) |
0.52 |
Lake Wdzydze |
2004 |
This study |
A |
- |
18.9 |
1-3 (1.3) |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
Family Proteocephalidae |
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Proteocephalus macrocephalus (Creplin, 1825) |
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A |
intestine |
22.2 3 |
1-20 (5.0 3) |
1.10 3 |
Baltic Sea (n. Chłapowo), Puck Bay |
1930-31 |
|
plerocercoid |
intestine |
8.3 3 |
1 (1) |
0.08 3 |
Puck Bay |
1959 |
|
- |
intestine |
4.1 3 |
1-19 |
- |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1967-71 |
|
- |
- |
10 |
1-3 (2.0 3) |
0.20 3 |
Oder (n. Stołczyn) |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
22 |
1-10 (2.9 3) |
0.62 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
26 |
1-4 (4.5 3) |
1.16 3 |
Lake Dąbie |
1971 |
|
- |
intestine |
39.0 3 |
1-33 (3.3 3) |
1.30 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
- |
intestine |
16.7 |
1-2 (1.5 3) |
1.50 3 |
Skolwiński Canal |
1982-83 |
|
immature, A |
intestine |
15.71 |
1-5 |
0.300 |
Dead Vistula |
1982-90 |
|
immature, A |
intestine |
10.12 |
1-25 |
0.253 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1982-90 |
|
immature, A |
intestine |
24.79 |
1-12 |
0.743 |
Baltic Sea (n. Władysławowo) |
1982-90 |
|
- |
intestine |
27.27 |
1-15 (3.75) |
1.02 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
- |
- |
8.4 |
1-22 (3.8) |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
2001-02 |
|
- |
- |
23.3 |
1-42 (4.8) |
- |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
A |
- |
31.1 |
1-5 (2.5) |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
A | intestine | 20.0 9 | 2 (2.0) | 0.40 | River Szkarpawa | 2014-16 | This study |
Proteocephalus sp. |
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juvenile |
- |
16.7 |
1-6 (2.2) |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
Family Triaenophoridae |
|||||||
Triaenophorus nodulosus (Pallas, 1781) |
|||||||
- |
intestine |
20.0 3,9 |
1 |
0.203 |
Vistula (n. Warszawa) |
1924-25 |
|
Family n. det. |
|||||||
Cestoda gen. sp. Pseudophyllidarum larvae |
|||||||
L |
intestine |
8.3 3 |
1 (1) |
0.08 3 |
Puck Bay |
1959 |
|
NEMATODA |
|||||||
Family Anguillicolidae |
|||||||
Anguillicoloides crassus (Kuwahara, Niimi & Itagaki, 1974) |
|||||||
- |
sb |
75 |
- |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
1988 |
|
- |
sb |
80 |
- |
- |
Lakes Przywłoczne, Skąpe, Wielewickie |
1989 |
|
- |
- |
68.3 |
1-25 |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
1988-90 |
|
- |
- |
2.7 3 |
1-2 |
- |
Lake Niegocin |
1989 |
|
- |
- |
70.0 3 |
5-25 |
- |
Goczałkowicki Reservoir |
1989-90 |
|
- |
- |
2.7 3 |
2-33 |
- |
Lake Mamry |
1990 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
- |
|
L2-L4, pA, A |
sb |
78.3 |
1-204600 |
- |
Lake Strażyn |
1993 |
|
L2-L4, pA, A |
sb |
25 |
1-102 |
- |
reservoir near the village of Gaj |
1993 |
|
- |
- |
100 |
15-20 |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
1993 |
|
L, A |
sb |
78.7 |
1-15 |
- |
Lake Ińsko |
1993 |
|
- |
sb |
88.7 |
1-15 |
- |
Lake Ińsko |
1993 |
|
juvenile, F |
sb |
23.4 3 |
0-36 |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1993-94 |
|
juvenile, F |
sb |
69.0 |
0-22 |
- |
Lake Łętowskie |
1994 |
|
juvenile, F |
sb |
23.1 3 |
0-10 |
- |
Pomeranian Bay |
1994 |
|
L |
sb |
70 |
1-35 |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1994-96 |
|
- |
sb |
37.5 9 |
3-8 (5.0) |
- |
Dead Vistula |
1996 |
|
- |
sb |
37.5 |
5-16 (7.3) |
- |
Lake Druzno |
1997 |
|
e, L4, pA, A |
sb, intestine |
41.9 |
(3.0) |
- |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1997-98 |
|
- |
sb |
100 |
3-44 (8.2) |
6.7 |
Lake Miedwie |
1997-99 |
|
L3, L4, A |
sb |
33.3 |
1-7 |
- |
River Wieprza (near Darłowo) |
1999 |
|
L3, L4, A |
sb |
40 |
1-10 |
- |
River Rega (near Trzebiatów) |
1999 |
|
- |
sb |
59.1 |
1-11 (1.7) |
- |
River Rega (Lake Rejowice) |
1999-2003 |
|
- |
sb |
41.7 |
1-8 (1.3) |
- |
River Wieprza (nearDarłowo) |
1999, 2001 |
|
- |
sb |
65.6 |
1-12 (2.1) |
- |
River Radew |
2000-01 |
|
A, L |
sb |
68.18 |
1-27 (5.82) |
3.97 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
- |
sb |
66.7 |
11-24 (17.5) |
- |
Lake Bukowo |
2000-07 |
|
- |
sb |
100 |
5-11 (8.0) |
- |
Lake Kopań |
2000-07 |
|
- |
75 |
1-58 (10) |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
2001-02 |
|
|
L4, L5, A |
sb |
75.9 3 |
1-11 (3.2) |
- |
River Rega |
2001-02 |
|
- |
- |
74.4 |
1-62 (8.3) |
- |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
L2-L4, A, e |
sb |
79.3 |
1-46 (7.2) |
5.7 |
Lake Wdzydze |
2002-05 |
|
- |
sb |
100 9 |
6-18 (12) |
- |
Lake Raduńskie Dolne, Lake Raduńskie Górne |
2004 |
|
- |
sb |
58.3 |
2-12 (6.0) |
- |
Dead Vistula |
2004 |
|
L3, L4, A, e |
sb |
67.8 |
1-37 (4.2) |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
|
L2, L4, A, e |
sb |
65.2 |
1-20 (5.5) |
3.6 3 |
Lake Ostrzyckie |
2005-07 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Lake Kuc |
2006-07 |
|
L2, A, e |
sb |
50.0 |
1-12 (3.8) |
1.9 3 |
Lake Żarnowieckie |
2006-08 |
|
L2, A, e |
sb |
40.0 |
2-3 (3.0) |
1.2 3 |
Lake Raduńskie Dolne, Lake Raduńskie Górne |
2006-08 |
|
L4, A |
sb |
28.6 9 |
4-6 (5.0) |
1.4 3 |
Vistula (near Tczew) |
2007 |
|
L3, A |
sb, intestine wall |
100 9 |
3-6 |
4.5 3 |
Lake Żarnowieckie |
2007 |
|
pA, A |
sb |
92.9 |
1-49 (10.8) |
- |
Szczecin Lagoon |
- |
|
pA, A |
sb |
64.7 |
1-5 (1.9) |
- |
Lake Dąbie |
- |
|
pA, A |
sb |
64.2 |
3-62 (18.5) |
- |
Lake Bukowo |
- |
|
pA, A |
sb |
100 9 |
1-50 (13.6) |
- |
Lake Łebsko |
- |
|
pA, A |
sb |
80.0 9 |
3-16 (8.0) |
- |
Lake Gardno |
- |
|
pA, A |
sb |
85.7 |
1-23 (7.2) |
- |
Lake Resko |
- |
|
pA, A |
sb |
76.9 |
1-55 (11.6) |
- |
Lake Jamno |
- |
|
pA |
sb |
50.0 |
1-7 (3.2) |
- |
Oder |
- |
|
pA, A |
sb |
71.4 |
1-6 (3.4) |
- |
Vistula |
- |
|
pA |
sb |
62.5 |
1-4 (1.7) |
- |
River Węgorapa |
- |
|
pA, A |
sb |
66.7 |
1-7 (2.6) |
- |
River Drwęca |
- |
|
A | sb | 100 9 | 7 (7.0) | 7.0 | River Piaśnica | 2014-16 | This study |
A, L4 | sb | 40.0 9 | 6-9 (7.5) | 3.0 | River Szkarpawa | 2014-16 | This study |
A | sb | 42.9 9 | 2-4 (3.0) | 1.28 | Lake Sarbsko | 2016 | This study |
Family Camallanidae |
|||||||
Camallanus lacustris (Zoega, 1776) |
|||||||
- |
intestine |
20.0 3,9 |
1 (1.0) |
0.20 3 |
Vistula (near Warszawa) |
1924-25 |
|
- |
intestine |
100 3,9 |
87 (87.0 3) |
87.0 3 |
Lake Wdzydze |
1958 |
|
- |
intestine |
- |
- |
- |
Lake Gardno, River Nogat (near Tczew), Lake Kalwa |
- |
|
- |
- |
15 |
1-4 (2.7 3) |
0.40 3 |
Oder (near Stołczyn) |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
3 |
12 (12) |
0.39 3 |
Lake Dąbie |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
45.5 |
(4.2 3) |
1.9 |
Lake Dgał Wielki |
1979-84 |
|
A |
intestine |
3.1 3 |
1-7 (3.4 3) |
0.11 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
L4, A |
intestine |
5.00 |
1-3 |
0.057 |
Dead Vistula |
1982-90 |
|
L4, A |
intestine |
2.93 |
1-20 |
0.152 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1982-90 |
|
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
Lake Dabrowa Wielka |
1990-91 |
|
- |
intestine |
- |
- |
- |
Lake Ińsko |
1993 |
|
- |
intestine |
10 |
1 (1) |
- |
Lake Miedwie |
1997-99 |
|
- |
intestine |
3.41 |
1-2 (1.67) |
0.06 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
- |
- |
3.8 |
1-7 (2.0) |
- |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
A |
stomach |
2.2 |
2 |
0.04 |
Lake Wdzydze |
2004 |
This study |
A |
- |
2.2 |
2 (2) |
0.04 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
A | intestine | 25.0 9 | 7 (7.0) | 1.75 | Lake Kłodno | 2015 | This study |
Camallanus truncatus (Rudolphi, 1814) |
|||||||
- |
- |
3 |
1 (1) |
0.033 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1971 |
|
L4 |
- |
0.29 |
1-3 |
0.005 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1982-90 |
|
A |
- |
2.2 |
2-4 (3) |
0.073 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
A | intestine | 10.0 9 | 4 (4.0) | 0.40 | Lake Choczewskie | 2008-15 | This study |
A | intestine | 25.0 9 | 1 (1.0) | 0.25 | Lake Kłodno | 2015 | This study |
A | intestine | 20.0 9 | 1 (1.0) | 0.20 | Lake Dargin | 2015 | This study |
Family Cystidicolidae |
|||||||
Cystidicola farionis Fischer, 1798 |
|||||||
- |
- |
0.7 |
7 (7) |
0.05 3 |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
Spinitectus inermis (Zeder, 1800) |
|||||||
F |
intestine |
3.7 3 |
3 (3) |
0.11 3 |
Baltic Sea (near Chłapowo), Puck Bay |
1930-31 |
|
A, L |
intestine |
3.3 |
1-5 (3.0 3) |
0.10 3 |
River Wieprza (near Darłowo) |
1999, 2001 |
|
A, L |
intestine |
6.1 |
1-10 (3.4 3) |
0.21 3 |
River Rega (Lake Rejowice) |
1999-2003 |
|
A, L |
intestine |
10.9 |
1-6 (2.3 3) |
0.25 3 |
River Radew |
2000-01 |
|
Family Daniconematidae |
|||||||
Daniconema anguillae Moravec & Køie, 1987 |
|||||||
- |
gills |
1.9 3 |
1 (1.0) |
0.02 3 |
Lake Dąbrowa Wielka |
1990-91 |
|
F |
sb wall |
- |
1 |
- |
Reservoir near village Gaj |
1993 |
|
Family Dioctophymatidae |
|||||||
Eustrongylides excisus Jägerskiöld, 1909 |
|||||||
L |
intestine wall |
3 |
3 |
0.09 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1971 |
|
L |
stomach, body cavity |
2.5 3 |
1-3 (2.2 3) |
0.06 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
Family Raphidascarididae |
|||||||
Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802) |
|||||||
- |
intestine |
33.3 3,9 |
1 (1.0) |
0.33 3 |
River Gnilna |
- |
|
- |
- |
0.2 |
1 (1) |
0.002 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2001-02 |
|
- |
- |
0.7 |
1 (1) |
0.01 3 |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
A |
- |
2.2 |
1-2 (1.5) |
0.03 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
Raphidascaris acus (Bloch, 1779) |
|||||||
- |
intestine |
20.0 3,9 |
1 (1) |
0.20 3 |
Vistula (near Warszawa) |
1924-25 |
|
M |
intestine |
3.7 3 |
1 (1) |
0.04 3 |
Baltic Sea (near Chłapowo), Puck Bay |
1930-31 |
|
- |
intestine |
100 3,9 |
1 (1.0) |
1.00 3 |
Lake Druzno |
1951 |
|
- |
intestine |
- |
- |
- |
River Gnilna, Lake Blanki |
- |
|
- |
- |
10 |
1-2 (1.5 3) |
0.15 3 |
Oder (near Stołczyn) |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
6 |
3-4 (3.5 3) |
0.22 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
13 |
1-6 (2.5 3) |
0.32 3 |
Lake Dąbie |
1971 |
|
A |
- |
9.1 |
1 3 (1 3) |
0.09 |
Lake Dgał Wielki |
1979-84 |
|
A |
intestine |
2.5 3 |
1-6 (4.0 3) |
0.10 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
- |
- |
4.2 |
2 (2) |
0.08 |
Skolwiński Canal |
1982-83 |
|
L4, A |
intestine |
24.28 |
1-26 |
0.900 |
Dead Vistula |
1982-90 |
|
L4, A |
intestine |
19.06 |
1-68 |
1.067 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1982-90 |
|
L4, A |
intestine |
9.09 |
1-2 |
0.107 |
Baltic Sea (near Władysławowo) |
1982-90 |
|
- |
intestine |
- |
- |
- |
Lake Ińsko |
1993 |
|
L |
intestine |
0.4 3 |
1 (1.0) |
0.003 3 |
Rivers Rega (Lake Rejowice), Radew, Wieprza (near Darłowo) |
1999-2003 |
|
- |
intestine |
1.14 |
1 (1.00) |
0.01 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
- |
- |
56.1 |
1-92 (5.6) |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
2001-02 |
|
- |
- |
4.5 |
1-12 (5) |
- |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
A |
intestine |
2.2 |
2 (1.0) |
0.02 |
Lake Wdzydze |
2004 |
This study |
Family Quimperiidae |
|||||||
Paraquimperia tenerrima (von Linstow, 1878) |
|||||||
L |
intestine |
0.4 |
1 |
0.0033 |
Rivers Rega (Lake Rejowice), Radew, Wieprza (near Darłowo) |
1999-2003 |
|
ACANTHOCEPHALA |
|||||||
Family Echinorhynchidae |
|||||||
Acanthocephalus anguillae (Müller, 1780) |
|||||||
- |
intestine |
20.0 3,9 |
1 (1) |
0.20 3 |
Vistula (near Warszawa) |
1924-25 |
|
- |
intestine |
55.5 3,9 |
1-7 |
- |
Potok Oliwski |
- |
|
- |
intestine |
33.3 3,9 |
8 |
2.67 3 |
River Łupawa |
- |
|
- |
intestine |
36.4 3 |
1-9 |
- |
Vistula (near Tczew) |
- |
|
- |
intestine |
40.0 3,9 |
1 |
0.40 3 |
River Nogat (near Malbork) |
- |
|
- |
intestine |
- |
- |
- |
Lake Probark |
- |
|
- |
- |
35 |
1-37 (9.1 3) |
3.20 3 |
Oder (near Stołczyn) |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
29 |
1-74 (11.1 3) |
3.23 3 |
Lake Dąbie |
1971 |
|
- |
intestine |
2.5 3 |
1-2 (1.2 3) |
0.03 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
- |
intestine |
4.2 |
17 (17) |
0.71 |
Skolwiński Canal |
1982-83 |
|
A |
intestine |
4.29 |
1-9 |
0.157 |
Dead Vistula |
1982-90 |
|
A |
intestine |
1.61 |
1-23 |
0.061 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1982-90 |
|
- |
intestine |
43.4 |
- |
- |
Lake Ińsko |
1993 |
|
- |
intestine |
7.95 |
1-21 (6.57) |
0.52 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
- |
- |
0.6 |
1-8 (3.3) |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
2001-02 |
|
- |
- |
1.5 |
1 (1) |
0.01 3 |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776) |
|||||||
- |
intestine |
100 3,9 |
2 (2.0) |
2.00 3 |
Lake Druzno |
1951 |
|
- |
intestine |
100 3,9 |
2 (2.0) |
2.00 3 |
Lake Druzno |
1951 |
|
- |
intestine |
100 3,9 |
7 (7.0 3) |
7.00 3 |
Lake Wdzydze |
1958 |
|
- |
intestine |
- |
- |
- |
Vistula mouth, River Łupawa, River Dadaj, Lake Dąbrowa Wielka |
- |
|
- |
- |
15 |
2-8 (4.0 3) |
0.60 3 |
Oder (near Stołczyn) |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
3 |
1 (1) |
0.03 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1971 |
|
- |
- |
10 |
1 (1) |
0.10 3 |
Lake Dąbie |
1971 |
|
- |
intestine |
5.0-16.7 |
1-7 (2.4 3) |
0.25 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
- |
intestine |
16.7 |
1-11 (3.8 3) |
0.62 |
Skolwiński Canal |
1982-83 |
|
A |
- |
3.57 |
1-5 |
0.092 |
Dead Vistula |
1982-90 |
|
A |
- |
0.88 |
1-7 |
0.024 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1982-90 |
|
- |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
Lake Śniardwy |
1989 |
|
- |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
Lake Mamry |
1990 |
|
- |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
Lake Dąbrowa Wielka |
1990-91 |
|
- |
- |
0.2 |
14 (14) |
0.03 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2001-02 |
|
- |
intestine |
15.91 |
1-80 (14.14) |
2.41 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
- |
- |
0.7 |
14 (14) |
0.11 3 |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
A |
intestine |
28.3 |
1-8 (2.6) |
0.74 |
Lake Wdzydze |
2004 |
This study |
A |
- |
1.1 |
1 |
0.01 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
Echinorhynchus gadi Zoega in Müller, 1776 |
|||||||
A |
- |
0.73 |
1-4 |
0.014 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1982-90 |
|
- |
- |
0.2 |
1 (1) |
0.002 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2001-02 |
|
- |
- |
3 |
1-10 (3.2) |
- |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
Echinorhynchus truttae (Schrank, 1788) |
|||||||
- |
intestine |
33.3 3,9 |
3 (3.0) |
1.00 3 |
River Łupawa |
- |
|
- |
intestine |
11.1 3,9 |
1 (1.0) |
0.11 3 |
Potok Oliwski |
- |
|
- |
intestine |
3.41 |
2-21 (8.67) |
0.30 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
Family Neoechinorhynchidae |
|||||||
Neoechinorhynchus rutili (Müller, 1780) |
|||||||
- |
intestine |
5.9 3 |
2 |
0.12 3 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1967-71 |
|
- |
intestine |
2.27 |
1-2 (1.5) |
0.03 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
Family Polymorphidae |
|||||||
Corynosoma strumosum (Rudolphi, 1802) |
|||||||
cystacanth |
- |
1.1 |
1 (1) |
0.01 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
Family Pomphorhynchidae |
|||||||
Pomphorhynchus laevis (Zoega in Müller, 1776) |
|||||||
A |
intestine |
14.8 3 |
1-37 (10.8 3) |
1.59 3 |
Baltic Sea (near Chłapowo), Puck Bay |
1930-31 |
|
- |
- |
3 |
1 (1) |
0.03 3 |
Lake Dąbie |
1971 |
|
A |
intestine |
0.44 |
1-2 |
0.005 |
Gulf of Gdańsk |
1982-90 |
|
A |
intestine |
1.65 |
1-3 |
0.033 |
Baltic Sea |
1982-90 |
|
- |
- |
6 |
1-10 (2.8) |
- |
Puck Bay |
2002 |
|
- |
intestine |
3.41 |
1-2 (1.3) |
0.05 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
Family Tenuisentidae |
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Paratenuisentis ambiguus Van Cleave, 1923 |
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A |
intestine |
6.82 |
1-163 (28.17) |
1.92 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA |
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Family Unionidae |
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glochidium |
- |
9.1 |
1 3 (1 3) |
0.09 |
Lake Dgał Wielki |
1979-84 |
|
glochidium |
- |
1.14 |
21 (21) |
0.24 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
glochidium | gills | 33.3 9 | 6 (6.0) | 2.0 | River Słupia | 2015-16 | This study |
ANNELIDA: CLITELLATA |
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Family Piscicolidae |
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Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1761) |
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- |
- |
1.1 |
1 |
0.01 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
Piscicola respirans Troschel, 1850 |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
River Dunajec with tributaries |
- |
|
ARTHROPODA: BRANCHIURA |
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Family Argulidae |
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Argulus foliaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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- |
gills |
1.9 3 |
1 (1) |
0.02 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
ARTHROPODA: COPEPODA |
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Family Ergasilidae |
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Ergasilus gibbus Nordmann, 1832 | |||||||
- |
gills |
- |
- |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
- |
|
A |
gills |
28.5 |
- |
- |
Vistula Lagoon |
1908 |
|
- |
- |
16.6 |
(1.4) |
0.23 3 |
Lake Dąbie |
1955 |
|
- |
gills |
38.3 |
1-51 (8.5) |
3.21 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
1959 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Puck Bay |
1959 |
|
- |
gills |
27.6 |
up to 4 (2.3) |
- |
Puck Bay |
1959 |
|
- |
gills |
75.0 3,9 |
up to 75 |
- |
Vistula (near Świbno) |
1961-63 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Vistula mouth |
- |
|
- |
gills |
1.9 3 |
1-4 (3.0 3) |
0.06 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
Ergasilus sieboldi von Nordmann, 1832 | |||||||
- |
gills |
38.3 |
1-12 (3.2) |
1.25 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
1959 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Lake Dąbrowa Wielka |
- |
|
- |
- |
45.5 |
(4.4 3) |
2.0 |
Lake Dgał Wielki |
1979-84 |
|
- |
gills |
52.2 3 |
1-16 (3.4 3) |
1.79 3 |
Szczecin Lagoon |
1982-83 |
|
- |
gills |
33.3 |
1-4 (2.2 3) |
0.75 |
Skolwiński Canal |
1982-83 |
|
- |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
Lake Śniardwy |
1989 |
|
- |
gills |
10.23 |
1-23 (7.67) |
0.78 |
Lake Łebsko |
2000-06 |
|
- |
- |
9 |
1-4 (2.3) |
0.20 3 |
Vistula Lagoon |
2005 |
|
A |
gills |
100 3,9 |
(3.0 3) |
1.50 3 |
Lake Żarnowieckie |
2007 |
|
A | gills | 10.0 9 | 3 (3.0) | 0.30 | Lake Choczewskie | 2008-15 | This study |
A | gills | 20.0 9 | 7 (7.0) | 1.40 | River Parsęta | 2014-16 | This study |
A | gills | 20.0 9 | 5 (5.0) | 1.00 | Lake Jasień | 2015 | This study |
A | gills | 28.6 9 | 2-3 (2.5) | 0.71 | Lake Sarbsko | 2016 | This study |
Ergasilus sp. |
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- |
gills |
10 |
(2) |
- |
Lake Miedwie |
1997-99 |
|
1 blood, liver, spleen, kidney, skin, necrotic muscles; 2 single to numerous in spleen, single to very numerous in blood, liver, kidney; very numerous in skin; 3 parameter was calculated on the basis of data from publication; 4 parasite number in smear area 20 x 25 mm; 5 blood, kidney, liver, urinary bladder, gills; 6 rare or sporadic; 7 gills, kidney, intestine, urinary bladder, liver, gall bladder, spleen, skin; 8 fins, gills, urinary bladder, kidney, liver, intestine; 9 calculated from less than ten individuals; 10 questionable microhabitat; 11 unspecified, the authors provided a value for several reservoirs; 12 together Szczecin Lagoon, Vistula Lagoon, Goczałkowicki Reservoir, Lake Charzykowskie, Lake Niegocin, Lake Mamry. |
For comparison, the list of European eel parasites (data until 2009) from 30 countries in Europe and North Africa specifies 161 parasitic taxa (129 identified to species), of which 146 were metazoans and 15 were Protista (
Twenty six parasite species, included in the present list, are also present in
In comparison, only nine species of parasites were recorded for European eels in Japan, as well as seven taxa identified at genus level and an unidentified Monogenea. However, these eels also included parasites, thus far unknown from the European A. anguilla (Cryptobia spp., Ichthyobodo spp., Gyrodactylus anguillae, Lernaea cyprinacea) (
Within the parasitofauna of eel, the greatest repeatability between different distribution areas is exhibited by the parasites specific to the genus Anguilla (e.g. the nematode A. crassus, the cestodes Bothriocephalus claviceps and Proteocephalus macrocephalus or the trematode Deropristis inflata), but also certain widely-distributed species with large ranges of hosts, such as the trematode Diplostomum spathaceum s. l., the leech Piscicola geometra or the copepod Ergasilus sieboldi. It is in this area that the number of records of alien and invasive parasites increases for the European eel; for example, A. crassus, which was introduced to Europe in 1982 and recorded in Poland in 1988 (
The dispersal of parasites, their increased prevalence and level of infection are linked not only to the life history of eels and their migrations. Parasite infection in local eel populations can also transmitted through stocking material. For instance, protozoan Trichodina fultoni (100% infection) was found in rearing glass eel imported to Poland from France in 1971 (
With their resources already being considerably depleted and the growing number threats to eel populations, there has been a growing interest in their parasitic fauna; this growth has been accompanied by a greater need to carry out regular monitoring of parasitological threats, especially actual or potentially pathogenic species, including alien and invasive species. However, such data have to be constantly supplemented and verified with new records of parasites in different parts of distribution of this host. As such research would be complicated by the degree of data scatter, the best solution would be to create a web-based database, supplemented and coordinated by scientific centres from different countries.