Distribution of native and exotic branchiobdellidans (Annelida: Clitellata) on their respective crayfish hosts in northern Italy, with the first record of native Branchiobdella species on an exotic North American crayfish

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-24

  Gelder, Stuart R ^a   Delmastro, Giovanni B ^b   Rayburn, Joy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annelida; Branchiobdellidans; Clitellata; Distribution; Exotic crayfish; Northern Italy

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; ASTACOIDEA; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES; BRANCHIOBDELLA; BRANCHIOBDELLA PARASITA; CAMBARINCOLA MESOCHOREUS; CLITELLATA; EXODONTHA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; PROSOBRANCHIA;

EID: 0001928352     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.1999.20     Document Type: Article

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