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Specimens of the penaeid shrimp Penaeus aztecus, a West Atlantic species, were collected off Le Grau du Roi, Gulf of Lion, France, and off the Israeli coast, Levant Basin, Mediterranean Sea. This alien species ha...
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Native crab and crayfish co-occurrence: First evidence in Europe
Cases of co-occurrence among freshwater decapods are few. In their European range, the crab Potamon fluviatile and the white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes complex do not usually share the same stream ...
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Live and Let Live: Invasive Host, Charybdis longicollis (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae), and Invasive Parasite, Heterosaccus dollfusi (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala: Sacculinidae)
The Levantine populations of the invasive swimming crab Charybdis longicollis have been parasitized by the rhizocephalan Heterosaccus dollfusi, itself an alien, since 1992. The parasite affects the host morpholog...
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Modus vivendi: invasive host/parasite relations—Charybdis longicollis Leene, 1938 (Brachyura: Portunidae) and Heterosaccus dollfusi Boschma, 1960 (Rhizocephala: Sacculinidae)
Parasitic castrators, specifically rhizocephalan barnacles, considered as important regulators of host population density, were proposed as control agents for invasive decapod crustaceans. The temporal variabi...
