| two new cryptic and sympatric species of the king crab parasite briarosaccus (cirripedia: rhizocephala) in the north pacific. | rhizocephalan barnacles have been reported to parasitize a wide range of king crab species (lithodidae). so far all these parasites have been assigned to a single species, briarosaccus callosus boschma, 1930, which is assumed to have a global distribution. here we investigate briarosaccus specimens from three different king crab hosts from the fjord systems of southeastern alaska: lithodes aequispinus benedict, 1895, paralithodes camtschaticus (tilesius, 1815), and paralithodes platypus (brandt, ... | 2016 | 26792948 |
| hematodinium sp. infection of red paralithodes camtschaticus and blue paralithodes platypus king crabs from the sea of okhotsk, russia. | a disease caused by a parasitic dinoflagellate of the genus hematodinium was identified in red, paralithodes camtschaticus, and blue, paralithodes platypus, king crabs from the north-east region of the sea of okhotsk, russia, during annual stock surveys. no carapace color change was observed even in heavily infected crabs, but diseased crabs possessed creamy-yellow hemolymph, which was visible through the arthrodial membranes of the abdomen and appendages. several stages of the parasite's life h ... | 2010 | 20691697 |