| conservation in the first internal transcribed spacer (its1) region of hematodinium perezi (genotype iii) from callinectes sapidus . | hematodinium spp. infections have been reported from blue crabs callinectes sapidus in high-salinity waters of the usa from new jersey to texas. recently, h. perezi (genotype iii) has been proposed as the parasite species and genotype infecting blue crabs from virginia; however, it is unknown whether this same genotype is present in blue crabs from other locations. to address this question, we collected 317 blue crabs from massachusetts, virginia, georgia, florida, louisiana, and texas to test f ... | 2013 | 23482386 |