3 results for Anguillicola crassus (eel swim bladder parasite)

Impact ID Scientific Name Impact Type Study Type Study Location Impact Description Geographic Location Reference
6132 Anguillicola crassus Competition Experimental Laboratory Copper exposure disrupted the ability of wild caught European eels'(yellow eel stage) ability to osmoregulate and Anguillicola crassus infections exacerbate this effect. Salses-Leucate lagoon, France 40947
6161 Anguillicola crassus Competition Experimental Laboratory In Lake Bracciano, Anguillicola crassus seems to have replaced invasive Anguillicola novaezelandiae. Lab experiments indicate A.crassus likely has a competitive advantage due to higher population growth rate and interbreeding. Lake Bracciano, Italy 41002
6302 Anguillicola crassus Competition Experimental Laboratory Anguillicola crassus uses a “Trojan Horse” strategy to infect round gobies. Anguillicola crassus infests encapsulated cysts created by acanthocephalans parasite Pomphorhynchus laevis. Despite nematodes invading cyst, P. laevis remained alive. Anguillicola crassus enclosed by the cysts can remain viable and infest European eels. 41100

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