VLIZ Alien Species Consortium (2022). Anguillicola crassus. 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): 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 (2022). Anguillicola crassus - Zwemblaasworm. 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. 13 pp., more
Anguillicola crassus lives as a parasite in the swim bladder of the European eel Anguilla anguilla. This tiny roundworm (Nematoda) originates from Southeast Asia. In the 1980s, A. crassus ended up in Europe via the import of infected eels. The continued spread of the species got facilitated by the restocking of these eels. The first Belgian observations date back to 1985. Since then, the parasite has become common in wild and cultivated eel populations. Infected eels grow less well and are generally not as fit as healthy individuals. A. crassus is mentioned as one of the possible causes of the decline of eel stocks.
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