Infection of juvenile edible crabs, Cancer pagurus by a haplosporidian-like parasite

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-99

  Thrupp, Tara J ^a   Lynch, Sharon A ^b   Wootton, Emma C ^a   Malham, Shelagh K ^c   Vogan, Claire L ^a   Culloty, Sarah C ^b   Rowley, Andrew F ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer pagurus; Crustacean; Edible crab; Haplosporidia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CANCER PAGURUS; CRUSTACEA; EDIBLE CRAB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOSPORIDIA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CANCER PAGURUS; CRUSTACEAN; EDIBLE CRAB; HAPLOSPORIDIA;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; HAPLOSPORIDA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; WALES;

EID: 84880804712     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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