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Mytilicola intestinalis

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Mytilicola intestinalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Mytilicolidae
Genus: Mytilicola
Species:
M. intestinalis
Binomial name
Mytilicola intestinalis
Steuer, 1902

Mytilicola intestinalis is an internal copepod parasite of mussels native to the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. It invaded the Wadden Sea in the 1930s and since then has slowly expanded its distribution throughout the Wadden Sea. This spread has been northward and towards the southwest. In these two separate expansions local adaptation has occurred.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Feis, Marieke E.; John, Uwe; Lokmer, Ana; Luttikhuizen, Pieternella C.; Wegner, K. Mathias (March 2018). "Dual transcriptomics reveals co-evolutionary mechanisms of intestinal parasite infections in blue mussels Mytilus edulis". Molecular Ecology. 27 (6): 1505–1519. doi:10.1111/mec.14541.