| filtering out parasites: sand crabs (lepidopa benedicti) are infected by more parasites than sympatric mole crabs (emerita benedicti). | two digging decapod crustaceans, the sand crab species lepidopa benedicti and the mole crab species emerita benedicti, both live in the swash zone of fine sand beaches. they were examined for two parasites that infect decapod crustaceans in the region, an unidentified nematode previously shown to infect l. benedicti, and cestode tapeworm larvae, polypocephalus sp., previously shown to infect shrimp (litopenaeus setiferus). lepidopa benedicti were almost always infected with both parasite species ... | 2017 | 28951818 |