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DAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials DAO 26:213-219 (1996) - doi:10.3354/dao026213 Dinoflagellate infection associated with the decline of Necora puber crab populations in France Wilhelm G, Mialhe E Since 1984, the fishery for the velvet swimming crab Necora puber in Mor-Braz (south Brittany, France) has declined significantly and the frequency of dying crabs found in fishery trawls and crabpots has increased. The etiology of these mortalities was investigated using histological examination of diseased crabs. A dinoflagellate parasite was found in association with pathogenic lesions of the hepatopancreas, gonads and muscles. Based on morphological features, the dinoflagellate was tentatively identified as Hematodinium sp. The presence of tissue pathology, fluctuations in crab mortality and the presence of the dinoflagellates led to the conclusion that these dinoflagellates may be the cause of the mass crab mortalities at Mor-Braz. Hematodinium sp. · Necora puber · Dinoflagellate · Brittany Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in DAO Vol. 26, No. 3. Publication date: September 12, 1996 Print ISSN:0177-5103; Online ISSN:1616-1580 Copyright © 1996 Inter-Research.
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