| host partitioning by parasites in an intertidal crustacean community. | patterns of host use by parasites throughout a guild community of intermediate hosts can depend on several biological and ecological factors, including physiology, morphology, immunology, and behavior. we looked at parasite transmission in the intertidal crustacean community of lower portobello bay, dunedin, new zealand, with the intent of: (1) mapping the flow of parasites throughout the major crustacean species, (2) identifying hosts that play the most important transmission role for each para ... | 2010 | 20950092 |
| larval spirurida (nematoda) from the crab macrophthalmus hirtipes in new zealand. | previously undescribed third-stage larvae of two species of spirurida were found in the haemocoel of the stalk-eyed mud crab macrophthalmus hirtipes (heller) (ocypodidae) in new zealand. examinations by light and scanning electron microscopy showed that the larger larvae (about 7 mm long) belonged to a species of ascarophis van beneden, 1871 (cystidicolidae), the genus including parasites of fishes, whereas the smaller larvae (about 4-5 mm long) belonged to the acuariidae, a family with species ... | 2003 | 14560971 |