Prevalence of Heterosaccus dollfusi Boschma, 1960 (Rhizocephala: Sacculinidae) on Charybdis longicollis Leene, 1938 (Brachyura: Portunidae) from Iskenderun Bay, Turkey

Prevalence of Heterosaccus dollfusi Boschma, 1960 (Rhizocephala: Sacculinidae) on Charybdis longicollis Leene, 1938 (Brachyura: Portunidae) from Iskenderun Bay, Turkey

Tahir Özcan, Tuncer Katağan

Department of Marine Sciences, Marine Sciences and Technology Faculty, İskenderun Technical University, 31200, Iskenderun, Hatay, TURKEY
Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, TURKEY

Abstract

Surveys for parasitic barnacle, Heterosaccus dollfusi Boschma, 1960, on crab, Charybdis longicollisLeene, 1938, were conducted monthly between July 2002 and June 2003 along the coast of Iskenderun Bay. A total of 857 crab specimens were captured in 6 localities at different depths (4 to 50 m). Parasites were detected in the abdomen of 200 out of 425 females. Parasite infection rate among females was 47.6% whereas the rate was 23.31% for the total. Captured crabs ranged from 0.6 to 50.75 g (WW) in weight, while their carapace length varied between 19.2 and 67.3 mm (CL). The infected crabs varied from 2.1 to 24.3 g (WW) in weight and between 28.4 and 52.8mm (CL) in length.

Keywords: Charybdis longicollisHeterosaccus dollfusi, alien species, host/parasite relationship, Levantine Sea

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