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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...
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    Sacculina captiva Kossmann, 1872 Sacculina carcini Thompson, 1836 Sacculina carpiliae Guérin-Ganivet 1911 Sacculina cartieri Kossmann, 1872 Sacculina...
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    PMC 4275874. PMID 25657839. Hosie, A. M. (2008). "Crab hacker barnacle (Sacculina carcini)". MarLIN. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved...
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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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    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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    conducted on Sacculina carcini, a parasitic barnacle, as a potential biological control agent of C. maenas. In the laboratory, Sacculina settled on, infected...
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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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  • emergence (in case of males). Members of the order Rhizocephala such as Sacculina carcini alter male hosts' hormonal balance, to encourage nurturing behavior...
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    likely to be members of Multicrustacea.[citation needed] Copepod Sacculina Sacculina carcini (Rhizocephala) parasite of a crab. Anew Lepas anatifera (Lepadiformes)...
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    On the occurrence of Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus) and its parasite Sacculina carcini Thompson in Burma, with notes on the transport of crabs to new localities...
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    1960s demonstrated that the two were different species, Sacculina carcini on C. maenas, and Sacculina gibbsi on P. armata. Charles Fransen & Michael Türkay...
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    species 22 species 2 species 3 species 3 species 1 species 1 species Sacculina carcini 2 species Mychophilus roseus 6 species 8 species 6 species 8 species...
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