A histological study of the hepatopancreas of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus parasitized by the rhizocephalan barnacle Loxothylacus texanus was conducted to explore if the degree of development of the parasite's rootlet ...

Rhizocephalan parasitism is one of the most important biotic factors affecting commercially valuable crab species in families such as Portunidae and Lithodidae. In addition to the long term and permanent effects of this ...