Some parasitic worms from fishes off the coast of Iceland. II. Trematoda (Digenea)

Abstract

1. Eight species of digenetic trematodes, including one new species, have been recorded from six species of host fishes caught in the trawl off the east coast of Iceland.2. Seven species are recorded for the first time from this locality and there are two new host records among the seven known species.3. Details of the exact locality and depth from which the fishes were taken are given, together with a brief account of each known trematode and a more extensive account of the new species,Steganoderma pycnorganum.