| community structure of helminth parasites of the tuna, euthynnus affinis, from the visakhapatnam coast, bay of bengal. | an analysis is made of the community structure of the helminth parasites of the tuna euthynnus affinis collected off the coast of visakhapatnam, bay of bengal. the helminth fauna comprised 23 species, consisting of two monogeneans, 18 digeneans, one larval cestode, one nematode and one acanthocephalan. didymozoids, represented by 14 species, were the dominant members of the parasite spectrum. the parasite assemblage is characterized by species richness as well as a high diversity. most of the pa ... | 2000 | 11138023 |