First report of the parasite crustacean Leidya distorta (Isopoda: Bopyridae) on the fiddler crab Uca spinicarpa (Decapoda: Brachyura) in Yucatán coasts, Mexico

First report of the parasite crustacean Leidya distorta (Isopoda: Bopyridae) on the fiddler crab Uca spinicarpa (Decapoda: Brachyura) in Yucatán coasts, Mexico

Parasitic isopods, particularly members of the Bopyridae that infest crustacean hosts, have received scant study in many geographic regions. As part of a project aimed at documenting parasites of fish and invertebrates from the coast of Yucatán, Mexico, 2,467 individuals of the fiddler crab Uca spin...

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Main Authors: Jesús Romero-Rodríguez, Sergio Guillén-Hernández, Nuno Simões
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2017-05-01
Series:Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
Subjects:
Uca spinicarpa
Bopyrid
Host–parasite association
Online Access:https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/1609
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