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The incidence of the nemertine Malacobdella grossa in the bivalve Cerastoderma edule in Shetland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. M. Jones ,
Y. M. Jones  and
J. L. James
A. M. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
Y. M. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
J. L. James
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
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Malacobdella grossa is recorded from a new host, Cerastoderma edule, and the association appears to be confined to the Shetland Islands. Infection rates were high at five of the seven sites studied and double infections were very common. The commensal population was dominated by large individuals.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 59 , Issue 2 , May 1979 , pp. 373 - 375
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1979

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