From: Macroparasite community in molluscs of a tidal basin in the Wadden Sea
Host species | Size (mm) | Year of sampling | No. sampling sites | No. host ind. sampled per site | Total no. host ind. investigated |
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Hydrobia ulvae | > 2 | 1997 | 4 | 363–470 | 1,681 |
Littorina littorea | > 14 | 2003, 2004 | 6 | 150–200 | 1,090 |
Crepidula fornicata | 20–45 | 2000, 2003 | 2 | 54–70 | 124 |
Cerastoderma edule | 21–47 | 2003, 2004 | 6 | 20–54 | 220 |
Mytilus edulis | 15–77 | 2003, 2004 | 6 | 30–54 | 234 |
Macoma balthica | 10–23 | 2004 | 4 | 16–96 | 167 |
Cerastoderma glaucum | 20–45 | 2002, 2004 | 2 | 30–32 | 62 |
Mya arenaria | 30–107 | 2004 | 3 | 18–22 | 60 |
Ensis americanus | 64–162 | 2003, 2004 | 2 | 4–40 | 44 |
Crassostrea gigas | 28–158 | 2003, 2004 | 3 | 20–54 | 104 |