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Experimental Studies of the Reproductive Behaviour of the Parasitic Copepod Lernaeocera Branchialis (Pennellidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Morten Anstensrud
Morten Anstensrud
Affiliation:
Section of Marine Zoology and Chemistry, Biological Institute, University of Oslo, P.O.Box 1064, Blindern, 0316 Oslo 3, Norway
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Egg-producing Lernaeocera branchialis (L.) are usually found in the gill cavity of cod (Gadus morhua (L.)) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus (L.)) (Kabata, 1979). The early larval development of the copepod includes two free-swimming nauplius stages followed by the first infective stage, the copepodite (Sproston, 1942). On an intermediate host, usually flounder (Platichthys flesus (L.)), the copepodite moults into a chalimus larva which is attached by its frontal filament to the gill tips of its host. After four successive chalimus stages, the parasite reaches maturity and copulation occurs on the flatfish host.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , May 1989 , pp. 465 - 476
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1989

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