Distribution of native and exotic branchiobdellidans (Annelida: Clitellata) on their respective crayfish hosts in northern Italy, with the first record of native Branchiobdella species on an exotic North American crayfish.

Submitted: 16 December 2011
Accepted: 16 December 2011
Published: 1 February 1999
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Branchiobdellidans were found on crayfish at the 18 sites examined in northern Italy. At 15 of the sites the native crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes, was collected and all supported specimens of Branchiobdella italica. A few specimens of B. parasita were found at only two of these sites and no specimens of B. hexodonta were observed during the survey. The North American Louisiana red swamp crayfish, Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii has been found in three additional sites around Carmagnola, south of Torino. The exotic Cambarincola mesochoreus was recovered from red crayfish at two sites. However, no specimens of C. mesochoreus were found at the third site, but specimens B. italica and B. parasita were identified. This is the first record of native Branchiobdella spp. on an exotic and wild crayfish in northern Italy.

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GELDER, Stuart R., Giovanni B. DELMASTRO, and Joy N. RAYBURN. 1999. “ With the First Record of Native Branchiobdella Species on an Exotic North American Crayfish”. Journal of Limnology 58 (1):20-24. https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.1999.20.

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