| profilicollis botulus (van cleave, 1916) from diving ducks and shore crabs of british columbia. | adults of profilicollis botulus were found in 6 species of diving ducks in british columbia including 3 new hosts: common goldeneye, bucephala clangula (l.); barrow's goldeneye, b. islandica (gmelin); and greater scaup, aythya marila (l.). the identification of the species was verified by the examination of co-types and specimens from eider ducks, somateria mollissima (l.), from scotland and oldsquaw, clangula hyemalis (l.), from new brunswick. cystacanths from the hairy shore crab, hemigrapsus ... | 1989 | 2918442 |
| infestation of an introduced host, the european green crab, carcinus maenas, by a symbiotic nemertean egg predator, carcinonemertes epialti. | the recent introduction of the european green crab, carcinus maenas, to the west coast of the u.s. has provided an opportunity for host transfer of the symbiotic nemertean egg predator, carcinonemertes epialti, from its native shore crab host, hemigrapsus oregonensis to the exotic c. maenas. two surveys of c. maenas in bodega harbor, california, revealed that, in march 1995 prevalence of c. epialti on c. maenas was significantly lower than on h. oregonensis (11% versus 74%), but in november 1995 ... | 1996 | 8636851 |