Occurrence of symbiotic turbellarians in the oyster,Crassostrea virginica |
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Authors: | Fleming Lesley C |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, E3B 6E1 Fredericton, N.B., Canada |
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Abstract: | Crassostrea virginica was collected from several locations where it is cultured, both along the Northumberland Strait of New Brunswick and Malpeque Bay on the coast of Prince Edward Island. The oysters were found with two turbellarians on their gills. Urastoma cyprinae (Graff) was found in the oysters mostly during the warmer months of the year in numbers averaging as high as 50 worms per host (N = 50) and with as much as 78% of the host population infected (N = 100). Paravortex gemellipara (Linton) was also found during warmer months, but much less frequently or abundantly.Both male and female oysters were found to have U. cyprinae. No eggs or recent young of U. cyprinae were found in hosts; female-mature individuals of P. gemellipara with young were found from June through August. |
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Keywords: | Urastoma Turbellaria Mollusca commensalism Paravortex |
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