RT Journal Article
T1 Invasion of the dark false mussel in shrimp farms in Venezuela: species identification and genetic analysis
A1 Lodeiros, César
A1 González Henríquez, Nieves
A1 Cuéllar Anjel, Jorge
A1 Hernández Reyes, Dailos
A1 Medina Alcaraz, Carolina
A1 Quinteiro Vázquez, Javier
A1 Rey Méndez, Manuel
K1 Dreissenidae
K1 Invasive alien species,
K1 Bivalve mollusks
K1 Shrimp culture
AB An inspection was carried out at shrimp farms located South West of Lake Maracaibo (Zulia State, Venezuela), with high incidences of mussel bivalve. Morphological and genetic analysis helped to identify the species as the dark false mussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata Conrad, 1831, and this is the first record of the species from tropical waters of northern South America. The highest incidences of mussels were detected in ponds and channels but no live mussels were observed in the coastal intertidal area surrounding the entrances of the farms, although empty shells were detected there, suggesting their former presence. The environmental conditions of the artificial system of shrimp culture, is a niche suitable for the proliferation of the bivalve. The consequences of the presence of this bivalve in the production of shrimp are discussed.
PB Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC)
SN 2242-1300
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21673
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21673
LA eng
NO Lodeiros C, González-Henríquez N, Cuéllar-Anjel J, Hernández-Reyes D, Medina-Alcaraz C, Quinteiro J, ReyMéndez M (2019) Invasion of the dark false mussel in shrimp farms in Venezuela: species identification and genetic analysis. BioInvasions Records 8(4): 838–847, https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2019.8.4.12
DS Minerva
RD 22 abr 2026