Distribution and Size of Barnacle Chelonibia patula Fouling Blue Crab Callinectes amnicola in Southeast Nigeria

James Philip Udoh; Aniekan Johnny Otoh

doi:10.1515/cjf-2016-0017

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Distribution and Size of Barnacle Chelonibia patula Fouling Blue Crab Callinectes amnicola in Southeast Nigeria

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

Volume 74 (2016): Issue 3 (September 2016)

By: James Philip Udoh and Aniekan Johnny Otoh

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|Oct 2016

Abstract

The distribution and occurrence of epibionts on the dorsal carapace, ventral carapace and chela of 325 specimens of Callinectes amnicola (De Rocheburne, 1883) (103.4 - 138.7 mm carapace width) from the Qua Iboe (QIRE) and Imo River (IRE) estuaries in southeast Nigeria was determined. The only ectosymbiont observed was cirriped barnacle, Chelonibia patula, mostly of smaller sizes (2.25 mm), infesting only 25-29% of intermoult crabs, more on females and in the Imo River estuary, with an average of four barnacles per crab, presupposing low level of epibiont-host interaction. There was no significant difference (P>0.05) in spatial distribution but epibionts were highest in the dry season in low salinity IRE (0.53‰) and in wet season in the medium-salinity QIRE (17.4‰). No public health risk has been reported among crab consumers in the study area. This study highlights epibiont-host interaction in the study area largely unknown for proper management of the fishery.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cjf-2016-0017 | Journal eISSN: 1848-0586 | Journal ISSN: 1330-061X

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Language: English

Page range: 93 - 102

Submitted on: Oct 19, 2015

Accepted on: May 17, 2016

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