Temporal partitioning: dynamics of alternating occupancy of a host microhabitat by two different crustacean parasites

Double infection by 2 crustacean parasites was found on the mysidSiriella okadaicollected from the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. An epicaridean isopod,Prodajus curviabdominalis, and a siphonostomatoid copepod,Neomysidion rahotsu, both occupied the lumen of the host marsupium, and fed voraciously upon host...

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Published in:Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) 2007-10, Vol.348, p.261-272
Main Authors: Ohtsuka, Susumu, Harada, Shinsuke, Shimomura, Michitaka, Boxshall, Geoffrey A., Yoshizaki, Reiko, Ueno, Daisuke, Nitta, Yusuke, Iwasaki, Sadaharu, Okawachi, Hiroko, Sakakihara, Tadashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Copepoda
Crustaceans
Eggs
Female animals
Immatures
Infections
Isopoda
Larvae
Larval development
Marine
Parasite hosts
Parasites
Parasitism
Prodajus
Siriella okadai
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Summary:Double infection by 2 crustacean parasites was found on the mysidSiriella okadaicollected from the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. An epicaridean isopod,Prodajus curviabdominalis, and a siphonostomatoid copepod,Neomysidion rahotsu, both occupied the lumen of the host marsupium, and fed voraciously upon host eggs. Interestingly, adult females of these 2 parasites occurred alternately on the host, with almost no overlap: the copepod occurred from mid-winter to summer when water temperatures were
ISSN:0171-8630
1616-1599
DOI:10.3354/meps07096