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Klompmaker & Boxshall, 2015

Fossil Crustaceans as parasites and hosts

Klompmaker, A. A., Boxshall, G. A.
DOI
DOI10.1016/bs.apar.2015.06.001
Aasta2015
KirjastusElsevier
AjakiriAdvances in Parasitology
Kuulub kogumikkuDe Baets & Littlewood, 2015 (eds.)
Köide90
Leheküljed233-289
Tüüpartikkel kogumikus
Keelinglise
Id6604

Abstrakt

Numerous crustacean lineages have independently moved into parasitism as a mode of life. In modern marine ecosystems, parasitic crustaceans use representatives from many metazoan phyla as hosts. Crustaceans also serve as hosts to a rich diversity of parasites, including other crustaceans. Here, we show that the fossil record of such parasitic interactions is sparse, with only 11 examples, one dating back to the Cambrian. This may be due to the limited preservation potential and small size of parasites, as well as to problems with ascribing traces to parasitism with certainty, and to a lack of targeted research. Although the confirmed stratigraphic ranges are limited for nearly every example, evidence of parasitism related to crustaceans has become increasingly more complete for isopod-induced swellings in decapods so that quantitative analyses can be carried out. Little attention has yet been paid to the origin of parasitism in deep time, but insight can be generated by integrating data on fossils with molecular studies on modern parasites. In addition, there are other traces left by parasites that could fossilize, but have not yet been recognized in the fossil record.

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