title: Parasitizing of trematodes provokes warts on the hinge plate of the bivalve mollusk Macoma balthica Linnaeus, 1758 (Veneroida, Tellinidae).
abstract: The hypothesis on non-random correlation between abnormalities in the structure of hinge plate and infection of mollusks Macoma balthica with trematodes of the family Gymnophallidae has been tested on the basis of material from the Barents Sea. Significant correlation between the presence of warts and infection was established upon intraand interpopulation comparison. The hypothesis states that parasitizing of trematodes in the extrapallial cavity of mollusks influences the mantle functioning and provokes abnormalities in the hinge plate structure.
authors.affiliation: Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia. mgantsevich@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gantsevich
authors.affiliation: St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Strelkov
authors.affiliation: St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Basova
authors.affiliation: Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.|Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, 690090, Russia.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Malakhov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014860:Warts / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology