title: Leeches (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae)--parasites of Antarctic fish from Channichthyidae family.
abstract: There has hitherto been very few research projects focusing on ectoparasites of Antarctic fishes. The presently reported study provides data on the prevalence and the intensity of leeches (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) infecting fishes. The materials were collected in December-February 1986/87 off the Elephant Island, South Georgia, Joinville Island, and South Shetlands. The following leech taxa were recorded in the Antarctic fishes of the family Channichthyidae: Trulliobdella capitis (Brinkmann, 1947); Cryobdella antarctica Epstein, 1970; Nototheniobdella sawyeri Utevsky, 1997; and Cryobdella sp. The above findings constitute new geographic records from off Elephant and Joinville Island and South Georgia.
authors.affiliation: Zoology Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-957 Olsztyn. alekb@uwm.edu.pl
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bielecki
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rokicka
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ropelewska
authors.forename: Janina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dziekońska-Rynko