Distribution and first reports of Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) on crayfish in the prairie provinces of Canada

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Gelder, S. R.
  • Williams, B. W.
  • Proctor, H. C.

• 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.

• Date created

  2009

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Orconectes virilis
  • Cambarincola chirocephalus
  • Cambarincola spp
  • Crayfish Worm
  • Host-Symbiont Distribution
  • Cambarincola vitreus

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3T14TR0Z

• License

  © 2009 Brigham Young University. This version of this article is open access and can be downloaded and shared. The original author(s) and source must be cited.