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1 April 2009 Distribution and First Reports of Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) on Crayfish in the Prairie Provinces of Canada
Bronwyn W. Williams, Stuart R. Gelder, Heather Proctor
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Abstract

Orconectes virilis (northern crayfish) were collected from 67 sites in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and far-western Ontario, Canada, and yielded 2 species of branchiobdellidans, Cambarincola vitreus and Cambarincola chirocephalus. This is the first report of branchiobdellidans in the Prairie Provinces. Cambarincola vitreus was distributed across the study area, but C. chirocephalus appeared to be restricted to southeastern Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba, and the site in western Ontario. Neither branchiobdellidan species was observed on crayfish in the Beaver River or the South Saskatchewan River and associated tributaries upstream (west) of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, despite multiple sampling at these locations.

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Bronwyn W. Williams, Stuart R. Gelder, and Heather Proctor "Distribution and First Reports of Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) on Crayfish in the Prairie Provinces of Canada," Western North American Naturalist 69(1), 119-124, (1 April 2009). https://doi.org/10.3398/064.069.0104
Received: 10 March 2008; Accepted: 1 June 2008; Published: 1 April 2009
KEYWORDS
Cambarincola chirocephalus
Cambarincola spp.
Cambarincola vitreus
crayfish worm
host-symbiont distribution
Orconectes virilis
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