Host Range of the Mikrocytid Parasite Paramikrocytos canceri in Decapod Crustaceans
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Survey Sites
3.2. Laboratory Procedures
3.3. Data Handling
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Common Name [Scientific Name] | Freshwater East | Pembroke Ferry | ||||||||
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N | Mean CW (mm) | Size Range of CW (mm) | Sex Ratio (M:F) | Status (Juvenile: Adult) * | N | Mean CW (mm) | Size Range of CW (mm) | Sex Ratio (M:F) | Status (Juvenile: Adult) * | |
Broad clawed porcelain crab [Porcellana platycheles] | 30 | 8 | 4–10 | 1:2 | 12:18 | 54 | 8 | 4–12 | 1:3.6 | 21:33 |
Edible (brown) crab [Cancer pagurus] | 45 | 31 | 10–77 | 1:0.2 | 45:0 | 59 | 38 | 14–76 | 1:0.4 | 59:0 |
Montagu’s crab [Xantho hydrophilus] | 27 | 39 | 21–55 | 1:0.7 | 10:13 | - | - | - | - | - |
Shore crab [Carcinus maenas] | 32 | 27 | 9–57 | 1:7 | 28:4 | 60 | 23 | 8–65 | 1:29 | 57:3 |
Velvet swimming crab [Necora puber] | 23 | 27 | 14–53 | 1:7 | 10:13 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Edwards, M.; Coates, C.J.; Rowley, A.F. Host Range of the Mikrocytid Parasite Paramikrocytos canceri in Decapod Crustaceans. Pathogens 2019, 8, 252. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040252
Edwards M, Coates CJ, Rowley AF. Host Range of the Mikrocytid Parasite Paramikrocytos canceri in Decapod Crustaceans. Pathogens. 2019; 8(4):252. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040252
Chicago/Turabian StyleEdwards, Morgan, Christopher J. Coates, and Andrew F. Rowley. 2019. "Host Range of the Mikrocytid Parasite Paramikrocytos canceri in Decapod Crustaceans" Pathogens 8, no. 4: 252. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040252
APA StyleEdwards, M., Coates, C. J., & Rowley, A. F. (2019). Host Range of the Mikrocytid Parasite Paramikrocytos canceri in Decapod Crustaceans. Pathogens, 8(4), 252. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040252