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Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.
Number 418, 2017
Topical issue on Crayfish
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Article Number | 39 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017028 | |
Published online | 05 September 2017 |
Research Paper
The occurrence of branchiobdellidans on stone crayfish (Austropotamobius torrentium) in the Czech Republic
Occurence de branchiobdellidés sur l'écrevisse des torrents (Austropotamobius torrentium) en République tchèque
1
Faculty of Education of the University of West Bohemia, Center of Biology, Geosciences and Environmental Education,
Klatovská 51,
306 19
Plzeň, Czech Republic
2
Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague,
Břehová 7,
115 19
Praha 1, Czech Republic
3
Old College, South Bridge,
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL, Scotland
* Corresponding author: vlach.pavel@mybox.cz
The stone crayfish Austropotamobius torrentium (Schrank, 1803) is one of only two native crayfish species in the Czech Republic. Epibiotic branchiobdellidans present on this crayfish species have not been studied before in the Czech Republic. Here we evaluate the occurrence, and basic population characteristics of branchiobdellidans inhabiting A. torrentium in 12 small streams in the Czech Republic. Three Branchiobdella species were found: Branchiobdella parasita, and B. pentadonta dominated. B. hexadonta was found only exceptionally, as we did not focus on species inhabiting the gill chamber. The overall abundance varied between 0.3 and 17 individuals per crayfish. The mean length of B. parasita was 3.58 (1.1–7.1) mm, of B. pentadonta 2.00 (0.9–4.9) mm, and of B. hexadonta 1.73 (1.4–2.2) mm.
Résumé
L'écrevisse des torrents Austropotamobius torrentium (Schrank, 1803) est l'une des deux espèces d'écrevisses natives de la République tchèque. Les branchiobdellidés épibiotiques présents sur cette espèce d'écrevisse n'ont pas été étudiés avant en République tchèque. Ici, nous évaluons l'apparition et les caractéristiques démographiques de base des branchiobdellidés épibiontes d’A. torrentium dans 12 petits cours d'eau en République tchèque. Trois espèces de Branchiobdelle ont été trouvées: Branchiobdella parasita et B. pentadonta ont dominé. B. hexadonta n'a été trouvée que de façon exceptionnelle, car nous ne nous sommes pas concentrés sur les espèces qui occupent la chambre branchiale. L'abondance globale variait entre 0,3 et 17 individus par écrevisse. La longueur moyenne de B. parasita était de 3,58 (1,1-7,1) mm, de B. pentadonta 2,00 (0,9-4,9) mm et de B. hexadonta 1,73 (1,4-2,2) mm.
Key words: Austropotamobius torrentium / epibionts / branchiobdellidans / Czech Republic
Mots clés : Austropotamobius torrentium / epibionte / branchiobdellidé / République Tchèque
© P. Vlach et al., Published by EDP Sciences 2017
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