| first record of ostracods as natural intermediate hosts of anguillicola crassus, a pathogenic swimbladder parasite of eels anguilla spp. | the ostracod physocypria nipponica (ostracoda: candonidae) was found (prevalence 14.2%) to be the only intermediate host of the nematode anguillicola crassus (nematoda: anguillicolidae), a pathogenic swimbladder parasite of eels, in a greenhouse-heated culture pond at isshiki, aichi prefecture, japan. japanese eels anguilla japonica from the same pond were found to be infected by adult a. crassus (prevalence 71.8%, intensity 1 to 6). this indicates that a. crassus could complete its life cycle u ... | 2005 | 16231644 |