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digestive tract. Parasites found were identified microscopically and fixed in 70 %
ethanol. Samples of fish were taken mostly from commercial catches in two areas near
Hiiumaa: Suuresadama and Kôrgessaare (Fig. 1, page 12)
The species found in autumn are named in Table 2 (page 14); the intencity of invasion
in Table 3 (page 15). The species found in spring are named in Table 4 ( Page 17) and
the intencity of invasion in Table 5 ( page 19).
At the present study 10 helminth species were found in the costal waters of Western
Estonia; belonging to the following systematic groups: Nematoda Dichelyne
(Cucullanellus) minutus, Cucullanus heterochrous, Contracaecum osculatum,
Raphidascaris acus; Trematoda Diplostomum spathaceum, Cryptocotyle concava;
Acanthocephala Corynosoma sp., Pomphorhynchus laevis, Acanthocephalus
anguillae; Cestoda Schistocephalus pungitii.