The natural history of Echinorhynchus bothniensis Zdzitowiecki and Valtonen, 1987 (Acanthocephala) in a high Arctic lake

• Published in: Folia Parasitologica
• Main Authors: Aura, Raija-Liisa, Benesh, Daniel P, Palomäki, Risto, Valtonen, E. Tellervo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: poměr pohlaví; sex ratio; body size; Echinorhynchidae; intermediate host; Mysis; thorny-headed worms; 2; 59; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Risto; Mysis segerstralei; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: https://kramerius.lib.cas.cz/view/uuid:3d59fa7f-5ffd-437a-8cde-0bad2891395d; https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2015.051

The acanthocephalan Echinorhynchus bothniensis Zdzitowiecki and Valtonen, 1987 differs from most other species in the genus Echinorhynchus Zoega in Müller, 1776 by infecting mysids (order Mysida) instead of amphipods (order Amphipoda) as intermediate hosts. Here we report on the occurrence of E. bot...