Infestation by the epibiont Octolasmis lowei in a portunid crab assemblage from a subtropical coast

ABSTRACT We investigated the infestation by Octolasmis lowei Darwin, 1851 in branchial chambers of the portunid Achelous spinimanus (Latreille, 1819), Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck, 1818), Callinectes danae Smith, 1869, and Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863. We evaluated how infestation is related to...

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Main Authors: Lylian Marcia da Silva-Inácio, Glauco Barreto de Oliveira Machado, Monique D'Assunção Fortuna, Fabio Henrique Carretero Sanches, Tânia Marcia Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
Series:Nauplius
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