VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (2022). Mytilicola intestinalis. Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria = Non-indigenous species from the Belgian part of the North Sea and estuaria. VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (VLIZ): Oostende. Diff. pag. pp.
Part of: Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en omliggende estuaria = Non-indigenous species from the Belgian part of the North Sea and estuaria. VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (VLIZ): Ostend. ISSN 2983-5518
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VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (2020). Mytilicola intestinalis - Rood darmroeipootkreeftje, in: Verleye, T. et al.Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria. VLIZ Special Publication, 86: pp. 273-280, more
Mytilicola intestinalis is a parasitic copepod living in the gut of mussels. The species originates from the Mediterranean Sea and unintentionally arrived in our regions along with the transport of mussels. The species was first observed in Belgium in 1950 in mussels transported from the Netherlands to the Sluice Dock of Ostend. Not much later, the parasite was found along the entire Belgian east coast. It is unclear whether the species is still present in Belgium, although it is suspected that the absence of reports is more likely due to a lack of attention.
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