Definition of Glochidial. Meaning of Glochidial. Synonyms of Glochidial

- wedgemussels also demonstrated the highest proportion of gravid females, glochidial density, host infection, and density of juvenile mussels. At one time...
- Unionidae. It is unique among freshwater mussels in using mudpuppies as its glochidial host. It is the only freshwater mussel known to have a non-fish host....
- gills, dousing the inquisitive fish with her tiny, parasitic young. These glochidial larvae are drawn into the fish's gills, where they attach and trigger...
- pigtoe is tachytichtic, spawning between late May and early June. Known glochidial hosts include the common (Luxilus cornutus), warpaint (Luxilus coccogenis)...
- algae, phytoplankton, protozoans and organic particles. In the parasitic glochidial stage they feed on blood from hosts species, which include b****, perch...
- juvenile specimens transformed only on the northern hogsucker. The period of glochidial encystment (i.e., until transformation into free-living juveniles) took...
- habitat such as copper, ammonia and chloride, particularly during their glochidial and juvenile life phases. This, along with loss of habitat has caused...