eccrinid

plural eccrinids

1. biologya member of the order Eccrinales

   In 1957, we collected in the seaward intertidal zone [...] both mole and mud crabs infested with eccrinids.

   1958 November 29, Eunice Thompson Cronin, T.W., Jr. Johnson, “A halophilic Enterobyrus in the mole crab Emerita talpoida Say”, in Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, volume 74, number 2, →JSTOR, pages 167–172

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   Species of Eccrinales, commonly referred to as eccrinids, are often found associated with terrestrial arthropods [...]

   1989, James F. White, Jr., Thomas N. Taylor, “A Trichomycete-like fossil from the Triassic of Antarctica”, in Mycologia, volume 81, number 4, →DOI, pages 643–646

2. biologya member of the order Eccrinida

   The possible reasons for the distribution of eccrinids in the crab-like decapod crustaceans of the Barents Sea are discussed.

   2018 November 29, “First finding of representatives of the Eccrinida order in the digestive tract of king crab specie from the Barents Sea”, in Doklady Biological Sciences, volume 483, number 2, →DOI, →PMID, pages 167–172

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   The eccrinid Enteromyces callianassae Lichtwardt, 1961 has been found in the guts of various decapod crustacean species [...]

   2022, Robert Perger, Jorge Cortés, Cristian Pacheco, “First reports of protists in land crabs of the family Gecarcinidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) suggest a relatively widespread phenomenon”, in Journal of Natural History, volume 56, numbers 1–4, →DOI, pages 149–156