First report of the aberrant association of branchiobdellidans (Annelida: Clitellata) on blue crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-55

  Gelder, Stuart R ^a   Messick, Gretchen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branchiobdellida; Callinectes sapidus; Ectosymbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; ASTACOIDEA; BRANCHIOBDELLIDA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CAMBARINCOLA MESOCHOREUS; CAMBARINCOLA PAMELAE; CLITELLATA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33645712279     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2006.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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