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New Data on Parasites of Pungitius pungitius (Pisces, Gasterosteidae) in the Volga River Basin

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During the study of parasites of ninespine stickleback Pungitius pungitius (L., 1758), a resident in the Volga basin, we have found intestinal nematodes, Pseudocapillaria tomentosa (Dujardin, 1843) Lomakin et Trofimenko, 1982 and Rhabdochona denudata (Dujardin, 1845) Railliet, 1916. Both species are recorded for the first time in the parasite fauna of the host in the European part of Russia. Data on the occurrence and intensity of fish invasion by worms are presented.

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This study was performed as part of the state assignment of the RF Ministry of Science and Higher Education “Change, Sustainability, and Conservation of the Biological Diversity under the Influence of Global Climate Change and Intense Anthropogenic Pressure on the Ecosystems of the Volga Basin.”

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  1. Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, Samara Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tolyatti, Russia

    O. V. Mineeva

  2. Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk, Russia

    D. Yu. Semenov

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Mineeva, O.V., Semenov, D.Y. New Data on Parasites of Pungitius pungitius (Pisces, Gasterosteidae) in the Volga River Basin. Inland Water Biol 16, 1185–1187 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082923060275

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