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    Green algal infection of American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) exoskeletal structures

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    2012-06
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    Braverman, Hillary  Concept link
    Leibovitz, Louis  Concept link
    Lewbart, Gregory A.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5471
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2012.06.002
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     Limulus polyphemus; Horseshoe crab; Green algae; Disease 
    Abstract
    Degenerative lesions in the dorsum of the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) exoskeleton, eyes, arthrodial membrane, and base of the telson were documented in a population of wild caught laboratory animals. The disease can lead to loss of tissue structure and function, deformed shells, abnormal molting, loss of ocular structures, erosion of interskeletal membranes, and cardiac hemorrhage. Microscopy, histopathology, and in vitro culture confirmed the causative agent to be a green algae of the family Ulvaceae. Further research may explain how green algae overcome horseshoe crab innate immunity leading to external and internal damage.
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    Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2012. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier B.V. for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 111 (2012): 90-93, doi:10.1016/j.jip.2012.06.002.
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    Preprint: Braverman, Hillary, Leibovitz, Louis, Lewbart, Gregory A., "Green algal infection of American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) exoskeletal structures", 2012-06, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2012.06.002, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/5471
     

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