Abstract
This paper represents an updated review of the published and unpublished records of parasites collected from cephalopod molluscs (teuthoid squids, cuttlefish and octopods) in waters off Spain, with special mention for those inhabiting coastal and shelf waters off Galicia (NW Spain). The examination of about 1600 cephalopods in the southeastern North Atlantic Ocean revealed a new parasite species Stellicola hochbergi, 37 new host records for Atlanto-Iberian waters, and 18 new host records for the world Ocean (three for coccidian Aggregatidae; three and one for cestodes Phyllobothriidae and Tentaculariidae; five and one for nematodes Anisakidae and Cystidicolidae; one and four for copepods Lichomolgidae and Pennellidae). Results suggests the important role of cephalopods as intermediate or final hosts in the life cycles of ten systematic groups of parasites.
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