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Bivalve molluscs, Mytilus trossulus and Hiatella arctica, as facultative epibionts of the crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, infested by the rhizocephalan, Sacculina polygenea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2001

Valeria Isaeva ,
Valentina Kulikova  and
Vladimir Kasyanov
Valeria Isaeva
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Biology, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia, E-mail: inmarbio@mail.primorye.ru
Valentina Kulikova
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Biology, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia, E-mail: inmarbio@mail.primorye.ru
Vladimir Kasyanov
Affiliation:
Institute of Marine Biology, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia, E-mail: inmarbio@mail.primorye.ru
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Abstract

At the period of sexual reproduction of the rhizocephalan parasite, Sacculina polygenea, the sacculinized crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, can serve as a temporary carrier for juvenile bivalve molluscs, Mytilus trossulus and Hiatella arctica as facultative epibionts. Such epizoans are never found on the crabs without the rhizocephalan externae or scars produced by the externae. The correlation between sacculinization and the bivalve epibionts is presumably due to maternal ‘brooding care’ with altering grooming behaviour of the crabs infested by S. polygenea.

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Short Communications
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 81 , Issue 5 , October 2001 , pp. 891 - 892
Copyright
2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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