High serotonin levels due to the presence of the acanthocephalan Hexaglandula corynosoma could promote changes in behavior of the fiddler crab Uca spinicarpa

Between February and June 2010, 113 fiddler crabs Uca spinicarpa were collected from the Chuburna lagoon system on the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, México. Of the 68 crabs gathered outside their burrows, 13 were infected with 25 cystacanths of Hexaglandula corynosoma (intensity of infect...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Diseases of aquatic organisms 2012-05, Vol.99 (1), p.49-55
Hauptverfasser:	Pérez-Campos, Ruth A, Rodríguez-Canul, Rossanna, Pérez-Vega, Juan A, González-Salas, Carlos, Guillén-Hernández, Sergio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acanthocephala Acanthocephala - physiology Animals Behavior, Animal Brachyura - metabolism Brachyura - parasitology Corynosoma Decapoda Hexaglandula corynosoma Host-Parasite Interactions Marine Mexico Serotonin - metabolism Uca spinicarpa
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