A Gastropod Scavenger Serving as Paratenic Host for Larval Helminth Communities in Shore Crabs
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A gastropod scavenger serving as paratenic host for larval helminth communities in shore crabs.
The whelk Cominella glandiformis is an important predator-scavenger of New Zealand intertidal ecosystems; a few whelks can quickly eat all the soft tissues of recently dead crabs. In this study, we demonstrate that whelks can also ingest and act as paratenic hosts for at least 4 helminth species that use crabs as intermediate hosts: metacercariae of the trematode Maritrema sp. and of another un...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Parasitology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0022-3395,1937-2345
DOI: 10.1645/ge-73r