Editing Atlantic cod (section)

== Parasites ==
{{See also|Diseases and parasites in cod}}

Atlantic cod act as intermediate, paratenic, or definitive hosts to a large number of parasite species: 107 taxa listed by Hemmingsen and MacKenzie (2001)<ref name="Perdiguero-Alonso 2008"/> and seven new records by Perdiguero-Alonso et al. (2008).<ref name="Perdiguero-Alonso 2008"/> The predominant groups of cod parasites in the northeast Atlantic were [[trematode]]s (19 species) and [[nematode]]s (13 species), including larval [[anisakid]]s, which comprised 58.2% of the total number of individuals.<ref name="Perdiguero-Alonso 2008"/> Parasites of Atlantic cod include [[copepod]]s, [[digenean]]s, [[monogenean]]s, [[acanthocephalan]]s, [[cestode]]s, [[nematode]]s, [[myxozoan]]s, and [[protozoan]]s.<ref name="Perdiguero-Alonso 2008"/>