Endohelminths of European Perch (Perca fluviatilis) from Selected Localities in Poland with an Emphasis on Search of the Broad Fish Tapeworm Dibothriocephalus latus

Unique genetic structure of the human tapeworm Dibothriocephalus latus from the Alpine lakes region – a successful adaptation?

“…The broad fish tapeworm was described from the further Baltic country, Poland, where eggs of D. latus were morphologically detected from European otter ( Lutra lutra ), wolf and lynx from Białowieża Primeval forest (Górski et al , 2006, 2010; Szczęsna et al , 2008) and D. latus plerocercoids were found in European perch from Pomeranian Bay in the southwestern part of the Baltic Sea (Bielat et al , 2015). Dibothriocephalus latus , however, was not found during our ichthyoparasitological examinations of perch and pike from Pomeranian Bay and Białowieża Primeval forest (Radačovská et al , 2019 c ). The eggs detected in otter, lynx and wolf (Górski et al , 2006, 2010; Szczęsna et al , 2008) likely belonged to the recently intensively studied S. erinaceieuropaei in northeastern Poland (Kondzior et al , 2020).…”

Diphyllobothrium sp. and Other Parasites of Migrating and Rare Fish Species in the Southern Baltic Sea and Coastal Waters, Poland

“…The literature on the parasite fauna of fish species from the Pomeranian Bay and Szczecin Lagoon is scarce. Data on the parasite fauna of rare and endangered fish species can be found in papers by Więcaszek et al [13][14][15], while parasites of commercial fish species are described by Sobecka et al [16] (Atlantic cod), Korlatowicz and Piasecki [17] (European flounder), Radačovska et al [18] (perch Perca fluviatilis L., 1758), Bielat et al [19] (perch and pike-perch Sander lucioperca (L., 1758)), and Sobecka and Słomi ńska [20] (perch and bream Abramis brama (L., 1758)).…”