FIRST DATA ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WATER-MITES OF THE GENUS UNIONICOLA AND FRESHWATER BIVALVES (UNIONIDAE) FROM THE KHINGANSKY RESERVE AND THE ADJACENT TERRITORIES

Sayenko E.M., Balan I.V.

Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 2010; (14): 61-66

Bivalves belonging to two pearl mussel species (subfamily Nodulariinae) and four anodontines (subfamily Anodontinae) were collected from the water-bodies of Khingansky Reserve and the adjacent territories. Larvae of water-mites Unionicola aculeata and female specimen of Unionicola ypsilophora were recorded for the first time in the Russian Far East in gills of anodontines from the genera Anemina and Amuranodonta.

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