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Occurrence of Pedunculate Barnacles of the Symbiotic Genus Octolasmis (Cirripedia: Crustacea) in Two Species of Edible Crabs

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Title: Occurrence of Pedunculate Barnacles of the Symbiotic Genus Octolasmis (Cirripedia: Crustacea) in Two Species of Edible Crabs

Authors: Shazia Rasheed, Javed Mustaquim

Journal: Pakistan Journal of Zoology

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Publisher: Zoological Society Of Pakistan

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2017

Volume: 49

Issue: 5

Language: English

DOI: 10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.5.1879.1888

Categories
Invertebrate Zoology (17) Ecology (10266) Zoology (4980) Parasitology (2240) Marine Biology (1510)

Abstract

ABSTRACT In the present study, 5356 octolasmids hosted by two Portunus crabs, Potunus pelagicus and p. sanguinolentus, they belong to five species; namely Octolasmis angulata (Aurivillius, 1894), O. cor (Aurivillius, 1894), O. lowei (Darwin, 1851), O. tridens (Aurivillius, 1894) and O. warwickii Gray, 1825. The rate of infestation was found markedly low in P. pelagicus (2.9 %) and P. sanguinolentus (10.8 %) during present investigation. Octolasmids prevalence was significantly higher in female P. pelagicus (81.2%) than that of male (18.8%) while in case of P. sanguinolentus the prevalence was significantly higher in male (60.5%) rather than female (39.5%).

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