Preliminary studies on the cestodofauna of goosander Mergus merganser L., 1758 from West Pomerania

The research included 54 individuals of the goosander Mergus merganser L., 1758 (Anseriformes, Mergini), wintering on Lake Dabie within the administrative limits of Szczecin. Seven species of cestoda from two families were found in those ducks. Two species from the family Diphyllobothriidae were recorded: Ligula intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Schistocephalus solidus (Müller, 1776), and five species from family Hymenolepididae: Dicranotaenia mergi Yamaguti, 1940, Fimbriaria mergi Grytner-Ziecina et Cielecka, 1995, Microsomacanthus vistulae (Czaplinski, 1960), Retinometra macracanthos (von Linstow, 1877) oraz Tschertkovilepis tenuirostris (Rudolphi, 1819). Founding species Dicranotaenia mergi is the first observation of this type in Poland.