ArticlePeerJ2021
Evolution of diverse host infection mechanisms delineates an adaptive radiation of lampsiline freshwater mussels centered on their larval ecology.
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- Trait-Based Drivers of Host Specificity in Freshwater Mussel-Fish Parasitic Interactions.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
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Abstract
North American watersheds contain a high diversity of freshwater mussels (Unionoida). During the long-lived, benthic phase of their life cycle, up to 40 species can co-occur in a single riffle and there is typically little evidence for major differences in their feeding ecology or microhabitat partitioning. In contrast, their brief parasitic larval phase involves the infection of a wide diversity of fish hosts and female mussels have evolved a spectrum of adaptations for infecting host fish with their offspring. Many species use a passive broadcast strategy: placing high numbers of larvae in the water column and relying on chance encounters with potential hosts. Many other species, including most members of the Lampsilini, have a proactive strategy that entails the use of prey-mimetic lures to change the behavior of the hosts,
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