Fecampia erythrocephala Giard, 1886
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1983 or before (Bellon-Humbert, 1983; Kuris et al., 2002)
Rediscovered between: 2-7 May 2001 (Kuris et al., 2002:956)
Distribution
Europe
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Giard, M. A. (1886). Sur un rhabdocoele nouveau, parasite et nidulant (Fecampia erythrocephala). Comptes Rendus des l’Académie des Sciences 103: 499-501.
Other references:
Bellon-Humbert, C. (1983). Fecampia erythrocephala Giard (Turbellaria Neorhabdocoela), a parasite of the prawn Palaemon serratus Pennant: The adult phase. Aquaculture 31(2-4): 117-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/0044-8486(83)90307-1
Bruce, J. R., Colman, J. S. and Jones, N. S. (1963). Marine fauna of the Isle of Man. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
Brun, F. (1967). Sur la présence de Turbellariés parasites du genre Fecampia en Méditerranée. Bulletin du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 32: 141-145.
Caullery, M. and Mesnil, F. (1903). Recherches sur les Fecampia Giard, Turbellariés Rhabdoce'les, parasites internes des Crustacés. Annales de la Faculte¤ des Sciences de Marseille 13: 131-168.
Faubel, A. and Noreña, C. (2001). Turbellaria. In: Costello, M. J. et al. (eds.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: 123-136.
Kuris, Armand M., Torchin, Mark E. and Lafferty, Kevin D. (2002). Fecampia erythrocephala rediscovered: prevalence and distribution of a parasitoid of the European shore crab, Carcinus maenas. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 82(6): 955-960. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315402006446
Marine Biological Association. (1957). Plymouth marine fauna. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
Southward, A. J. (1950). On the occurrence in the Isle of Man of Fecampia erythrocephala Giard, a platyhelminth parasite of crabs. Marine Biological Station at Port Erin, Isle of Man Annual Report 1950: 27-10.
Torchin, M. E., Lafferty, K. D. and Kuris, A. M. (2002). Release from parasites as natural enemies: increased performance of a globally introduced marine crab. Biological Invasions 3: 333-345.
Tyler, S., Artois, T., Schilling, S., Hooge, M. and Bush, L. F. (eds). (2006-2022). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Fecampia erythrocephala Giard, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142963 on 2022-04-03