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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Branchiobdellidans"”.
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Towards an understanding of symbiont natural history through studies of crayfish and their annelid associates
… of obligate ectosymbiotic annelid worms called branchiobdellidans. The work presented here is a detailed experimental and observational study of the ecological interactions between crayfish and their worms. In a comprehensive literature review, I show that branchiobdellidans have complex and …
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Natural history and ecological observations of a population of Conhaway crayfishes and their symbiotic branchiobdellidan associates
… in association with an order of worms known as branchiobdellidans. This relationship has been confirmed as a cleaning symbiosis in several species. The Conhaway crayfish, Cambarus appalachiensis, is a species of crayfish endemic to the New River Basin in Virginia and West Virginia. We studied a …
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Invasive Hosts and their Context Dependent Relationships with Native Symbionts
Symbiotic relationships display plasticity through time, depending on a variety of factors that include host properties, symbiont densities, and environmental conditions. Invasive species can affect symbiotic relationships by introducing invasive symbionts, reducing the population of native …