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Loxothylacus panopaei - Wikipedia
Loxothylacus panopaei is a species of barnacle in the family Sacculinidae. It is native to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is a parasitic castrator of small mud crabs in the family Panopeidae, mostly in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Meer weergeven
L. panopaei was first described by the American zoologist Charles F. Gissler in 1884; it was parasitizing the mud crab Panopeus lacustris and was collected at Tampa, Florida. … Meer weergeven
The adult barnacle bears no resemblance to an acorn barnacle, but the larval development is typical of a barnacle, with four Meer weergeven
The parasitic adult L. panopaei consists of externa, a yellowish-orange mass of soft tissue, attached by a stalk to a host crab's abdomen; the stalk branches internally into tubes … Meer weergeven
L. panopaei is native to the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic coasts from Cape Canaveral to Florida and those of Venezuela. … Meer weergeven
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Loxothylacus panopaei - Smithsonian Institution
WebLearn about the native and introduced ranges, host range, and effects of Loxothylacus panopaei, a parasitic barnacle that infects crabs. Find out how it was introduced to the Eastern U.S. and its invasion history on the …
Invasion of the body snatchers: the role of parasite …
Web23 jun. 2021 · Its rhizocephalan parasite Loxothylacus panopaei, hereafter ‘LP’, is native to the Gulf of Mexico and southeast Florida but was absent from much of the Atlantic Coast until it invaded Chesapeake Bay in the …
Undersea parasite turns male mud crabs female
Web7 sep. 2012 · The invasive parasite Loxothylacus panopaei (Loxo for short) is a type of barnacle, but looks and acts nothing like the typical barnacles growing on rocks along the shoreline. Loxo has a highly evolved life …
A new motile, multicellular - Nature
Specialized structures on the border between rhizocephalan …
Loxothylacus panopaei - microbewiki
Non-native parasite enhances susceptibility of host to native …
Ecological effects of the invasive parasite Loxothylacus panopaei ...