The First Record of an Entocytherid Ostracod(Crustacea: Cytheroidea)from Japan

Robin J.Smith; Takahiro Kamiya

doi:10.5179/benthos1996.56.2_57

BENTHOS RESEARCH

Online ISSN : 1883-8901
Print ISSN : 0289-4548
ISSN-L : 0289-4548

The First Record of an Entocytherid Ostracod(Crustacea: Cytheroidea)from Japan

Robin J.Smith, Takahiro Kamiya

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Keywords: commensal, Entocytheridae, Japan, Ostracoda, signal crayfish, introduced species

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2001 Volume 56 Issue 2 Pages 57-61

DOI https://doi.org/10.5179/benthos1996.56.2_57

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Abstract: The first record of an entocytherid ostracod from Japan is reported. Uncinocythere occidentalis(Kozloff and Whitman, 1954)was found living commensally on the crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus trowbridgii in Hokkaido, Japan. This is also the first record of U. occidentalis outside the western United States and it is postulated that it is an invasive species in Japan, unwittingly imported with this North American crayfish.

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