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Occurence of Branchiobdellidae (Annelida) on freshwater crayfish in Croatia

Branchiobdellidans of genus Branchiobdella Odier, 1823 have been scarcely studied in Croatia and there is almost no data on them recorded in literature. In order to improve the general knowledge on the occurrence of the various species of branchiobdellidans on freshwater crayfish in Croatia, we collected branchiobdellidan specimens from our crayfish collection. This study includes native and alien crayfish species distributed within Croatia: Astacus astacus, Astacus leptodactylus, Austropotamobius pallipes, Austropotamobius torrentium, and Orconectes limosus. Branchiobdellidans were determined from 41 different crayfish populations. In this research the following branchiobdellidan species were identified: Branchiobdella parasita, B. pentodonta, B. balcanica, B. hexodonta and B. italica.

Branchiobdellae; Astacidae

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