Name - Unionicola formosa

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:36169 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Unionicola formosa (Dana & Whelpley)

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Recent Publications

• Specificity of the host recognition behaviour of larval Unionicola (Acari: Unionicolidae): the effects of larval ontogeny and early larval experience.
• Genetic differentiation between Unionicola formosa and U. foili (Acari: Unionicolidae): cryptic species of molluscan symbionts.
• Geographic differences in host specialization between the symbiotic water mites Unionicola formosa and Unionicola foili (Acari: Unionicolidae).
• The symbiotic water mite Unionicola formosa (Acari: Unionicolidae) ingests mucus and tissue of its molluscan host.
• Mites of the freshwater Unionicola formosa (Dana & Whelpley, 1836) (Acari, Hygrobatoidea, Unionicolidae) parasites of the mussels Anodontites obtusus (Spix, 1840) and Anodontites crispatus (Bruguiere, 1792) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mycetopodidae) in Para state, Brazil.

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