A REPORT ON BRANCHIOBDELLIDANS (ANNELIDA, CLITELLATA) AND A TAXONOMICKEY TO THE SPECIES IN NORTHERN ITALY, INCLUDING THE 1ST RECORD OF CAMBARINCOLA-MESOCHOREUS ON THE INTRODUCED AMERICAN RED SWAMP CRAYFISH
Sr. Gelder et al., A REPORT ON BRANCHIOBDELLIDANS (ANNELIDA, CLITELLATA) AND A TAXONOMICKEY TO THE SPECIES IN NORTHERN ITALY, INCLUDING THE 1ST RECORD OF CAMBARINCOLA-MESOCHOREUS ON THE INTRODUCED AMERICAN RED SWAMP CRAYFISH, Bollettino di zoologia, 61(2), 1994, pp. 179-183
Specimens of Austropotamobius pallipes were found to support Branchiob
della italica, B. parasita, B. astaci, and B. hexodonta, either alone
or in a combination, in Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy, Emilia and Friuli
-Venezia Julia. The American Cambarincola mesochoreus occurs on the in
troduced Lousiana red swamp crayfish, Procambarus (S.) clarkii, also i
n Piedmont. A taxonomic key to the species reported in northern Italy
is given.