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Sacculina is a
genus of
barnacles that is a
parasitic castrator of crabs. They
belong to a
group called Rhizocephala. The
adults bear no
resemblance to...
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Sacculina carcini, the crab
hacker barnacle, is a
species of
parasitic barnacle in the
family Sacculinidae, in
particular a
parasitic castrator, of crabs...
- of life.
Barnacles of the
superorder Rhizocephala,
including the
genus Sacculina, are
parasitic castrators of
other arthropods,
including crabs. The anatomy...
- reproduction. It is seen in
fiction in
Philip Frac****i's 2017
horror novella Sacculina,
named for a
genus of barnacle-like
crustaceans with this lifestyle. It...
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specialised barnacle genus Sacculina specifically cause damage to the
gonads of
their many
species of host crabs. In the case of
Sacculina, the
testes of over...
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Triangulidae Høeg & Glenner, 2019
Clistosaccus paguri (Akentrogonida)
Sacculina carcini on host (Kentrogonida) The
Rhizocephala have not so far been found...
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Loxothylacus aristatus,
Loxothylacus corculum,
Sacculina gordonae,
Sacculina robusta,
Sacculina spinosa and
Sacculina weberi. The meat of
Atergatis floridus,...
- Crab with egg sac of the
parasitic barnacle Sacculina carcini. The
parasite stops reproduction in its host, the crab, and
stimulates the
female crab to...
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taken to the
logical extreme in the
Rhizocephala crustaceans, like the
Sacculina,
where the male
injects itself into the female's body and
becomes nothing...
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conducted on
Sacculina carcini, a
parasitic barnacle, as a
potential biological control agent of C. maenas. In the laboratory,
Sacculina settled on, infected...
