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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

Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa ,
Gerhard Pohle ,
Julien Gaudette  and
Victoria Burdett-Coutts
Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa*
Affiliation:
Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Gerhard Pohle
Affiliation:
The Huntsman Marine Science Centre, 1 Lower Campus Road St Andrews, NB, CanadaE5B 2L7
Julien Gaudette
Affiliation:
St Andrews Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 531 Brandy Cove Road, St Andrews, NB, CanadaE5B 2L9
Victoria Burdett-Coutts
Affiliation:
St Andrews Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 531 Brandy Cove Road, St Andrews, NB, CanadaE5B 2L9
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Schmidt-Rhaesa, Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany email: [email protected]
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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.

Keywords

HomaruslobsterNematomorphaNectonemahost record
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Issue 3 , May 2013 , pp. 631 - 633
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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