rhizocephalan

rhizocephalan

(ˌraɪzəʊˈsɛfələn)
n
(Animals) any parasitic crustacean of the order Rhizocephala, esp Sacculina carcini, which has a saclike body and sends out absorptive processes into the body of its host, the crab: subclass Cirripedia (barnacles)
adj
(Zoology) of, relating to, or belonging to the order Rhizocephala
[C19: from New Latin Rhizocephala (literally: root-headed), from rhizo- + -cephala from Greek kephalē head]
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Epibiosis and rhizocephalan infestation patterns in relation to the reproductive biology of Lithodes ferox (Filhol.
ON TYPES OF SEXUAL MATURITY IN BRACHYURANS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SIZE AT THE ONSET OF SEXUAL MATURITY
It is well documented in the literature that the infection by rhizocephalan parasite inhabits moulting in crabs which makes infected crab an ideal host for epizoic barnacles (Phillips and Cannon, 1978).
Occurrence of Pedunculate Barnacles of the Symbiotic Genus Octolasmis (Cirripedia: Crustacea) in Two Species of Edible Crabs
To the north and south of the sampling locations, on three locations (Piazzi Island, Low Island and Caleta Olla) we observed four animals infested by two kinds of parasites; the rhizocephalan cirriped Briarosaccus callosus (1-2 parasites per crab) and the isopod P.
Infestation of Pseudione tuberculata (Isopoda: Bopyridae) on juveniles of Lithodes santolla (Magellan region, Chile): a spatial mesoscale analysis
Combined effects of seawater temperature and salinity on development of the larvae of the rhizocephalan Peltogaster reticulatus (Crustacea: Cirrapedia).
Salinity and temperature tolerance of the nemertean worm Carcinonemertes errans, an egg predator of the dungeness crab
Effects of crustacean parasitic castrators (epicaridean isopods and rhizocephalan barnacles) on growth of crustacean hosts.
New records of Pseudionine Bopyrid Isopods, including two new Species and one new Genus, infesting Porcellanid Crabs (Decapoda: Anomura) on the Pacific coast of North and Central America
A preliminary investigation of the possible effects of rhizocephalan parasitism on the management of the crab fishery around South Georgia.
Distribution, demography, and discard mortality of crabs caught as bycatch in an experimental pot fishery for toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the South Atlantic
The effects of the rhizocephalan parasites Peltogaster paguri Rathke and Gemmosaccus sulcatus (Lilljeborg) on five species of paguridan hosts (Crustacea, Decapoda).
Primer registro de intersexualidad en porcellana platycheles (pennant, 1777) (decapoda: anomura: porcellanidae)
"Akentrogonid" host invasion and an entirely new type of life cycle in the rhizocephalan parasite Clistosaccus paguri (Thecostraca: Cirripedia).
Morphology of the cement apparatus and the cement of the buoy barnacle dosima fascicularis (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica, Lepadidae)
Although adults occur in salinities from about 0-18 ppt (Ryan, 1956) in estuaries, reproductive areas for R harrisii are limited by the presence of the rhizocephalan parasite Loxothylaxus panopaei.
Larval biology of the crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould): a synthesis
Also, the parasitism by a sacculinid rhizocephalan was analyzed to discuss possible effects on the reproductive success.
First studies on morphometric relationships and size at maturity of the red crab Platyxanthus patagonicus (Milne-Edwards) and variations caused by Rhizocephalan infestation, in the San Matias Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina
Low salinity decreased induction of metamorphosis of the Rhizocephalan barnacle Loxothylacus texanus (Tindle et al.
Heat shock induced metamorphosis of the queen conch, Strombus gigas: comparison with induction by algal associated cues
Parasites found in adult humpback shrimp include protozoan microsporidia, rhizocephalan barnacles, and branchial isopods (Kurata 1964, Boutillier & Nguyen 1999).
Humpback shrimp biology in a central coast inlet, British Columbia, Canada
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