Mytilicola intestinalis explained

Mytilicola intestinalis is an internal copepod parasite of mussels native to the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. It invaded the Wadden Sea in the 1930s and since then has slowly expanded its distribution throughout the Wadden Sea. This spread has been northward and towards the southwest. In these two separate expansions local adaptation has occurred.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Feis . Marieke E. . John . Uwe . Lokmer . Ana . Luttikhuizen . Pieternella C. . Wegner . K. Mathias . Dual transcriptomics reveals co-evolutionary mechanisms of intestinal parasite infections in blue mussels Mytilus edulis . Molecular Ecology . March 2018 . 27 . 6 . 1505–1519 . 10.1111/mec.14541. free .

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