Epibionts of an Introduced King Crab in the Barents Sea: A Second Five-Year Study

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Alexander G. Dvoretsky, Vladimir G. Dvoretsky
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: Barents Sea; red king crab; Paralithodes camtschaticus; epibionts; symbionts; infestation patterns; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Leech; Red king crab; Copepods; Harpacticus; Tisbe furcata
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010029; https://doaj.org/article/9f785ae7de134df187ce44a9e2760774

The biodiversity, infestation patterns, and spatial distribution of organisms living in association with the introduced red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus were studied in Dalnezelenetskaya Bay, southern Barents Sea, in 2009–20013 to update a list of species, reveal long-term changes in this ep...