Site-specific attachment of Anodonta anatina (Bivalvia: Unionidae) glochidia on two new fish hosts translocated in Lake Trasimeno (Italy)
To complete their life cycle, freshwater mussels of the order Unionida depend on fishes as hosts for their obligatory parasitic larval phase, the glochidium. Here we report the first documentation of gobioid fishes as hosts of glochidia of unionid mussels in the wild in Italy and in southern Europe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems |
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| Online Access: | https://www.kmae-journal.org/articles/kmae/full_html/2023/01/kmae220105/kmae220105.html |