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Lobster (Homarus americanus), a new host for marine horsehair worms (Nectonema agile, Nematomorpha)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 June 2012
Abstract
Nectonema species are parasites of decapod crustaceans and the only known representatives of the otherwise freshwater/terrestrial taxon Nematomorpha. We report the American lobster, Homarus americanus, as a new host for Nectonema agile, a first record among astacidean decapods. A female, about 590 mm long, was found in the body cavity of one female lobster specimen. We assume lobster to be a very rare host for Nectonema.
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- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Issue 3 , May 2013 , pp. 631 - 633
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- Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012
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