On the Mites Parasitizing Anodonta (Unionidae; Mollusca)
โ Scribed by Mitchell, Rodger
- Book ID
- 125447437
- Publisher
- Allen Press Online Publishing
- Year
- 1957
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 473 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3395
- DOI
- 10.2307/3274771
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## Abstract Intraspecific trends in freshwater mussel (unionoid) shells that are consistently associated with differences in the mussels' sex and/or parasitic infestation can potentially be used to reconstruct sex ratios or parasitic levels of modern and ancient unionoid populations. In contrast to
The co-occurring freshwater mussels Anodonta cygnea and A. anatina serve as hosts for the water mites Unionicola ypsilophora and U. intermedia, respectively. Male U. ypsilophora display a territorial behaviour. They fight with other males, and as a result, there is usually only one male per host. As