Palaemonetes vulgaris (Crustacea, Decapoda) as Host for the Juvenile Stage of Nectonema agile (Nematomorpha)
- 1 August 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 53 (4) , 793-+
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3276773
Abstract
The juvenile stage of the marine nemato-morph Nectonema agile Verrill infects the natantian decapod crustacean Palaemonetes vulgaris in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. It is suggested that P. vulgaris serves as a specific host in this locality, whereas different decapods, mainly anomurans, may be normal hosts for this protelean parasite in Europe.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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