The Invasion Level of the Hermit Crab, Diogenes pugilator Roux 1828 (Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae), by the Rhizocephala Crustacean, Septosaccus cuenoti Duboscq 1912 (Rhizocephala, Peltogastridae) in the Black Sea off the Coast of Crimea
Journal: Biology Bulletin
Year: 2021

This study is concerned with determining the infection rates of the hermit crab of the family Diogenidae, living off the southern coast of the Crimean Peninsula, Black Sea, with representatives of the superorder Rhizocephala. Individuals of the hermit crab, Diogenes pugilator were identified as being invaded by the specific parasite, Septosaccus cuenoti, with the invasion extensity (prevalence) and intensity at 10.6% and 0–2 individuals, respectively. It examines the morphology of the external p