Aphanomyces astaci Schikora
(Crayfish Plague - causative organism)

Interactions where Aphanomyces astaci is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
infects Astacus leptodactylus Turkish Crayfish Decapoda: Astacidae Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Leptolegniaceae/Aphanomyces astaci/Aphanomyces astacicrayfish plague - causative organism Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Astacidae/Astacus leptodactylus/Astacus leptodactylusTurkish crayfish
infects Austropotamobius pallipes Freshwater Crayfish, Atlantic Crayfish, Freshwater White-clawed Crayfish Decapoda: Astacidae Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Leptolegniaceae/Aphanomyces astaci/Aphanomyces astacicrayfish plague - causative organism Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Astacidae/Austropotamobius pallipes/Austropotamobius pallipesfreshwater crayfish, Atlantic crayfish, freshwater white-clawed crayfish
infects Pacifastacus leniusculus Signal Crayfish Decapoda: Astacidae Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Leptolegniaceae/Aphanomyces astaci/Aphanomyces astacicrayfish plague - causative organism Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Astacidae/Pacifastacus leniusculus/Pacifastacus leniusculussignal crayfish

Author & YearTitleSource
Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005FungiNew Naturalist, 96, 594pp, HarperCollins

Aphanomyces astaci (Crayfish Plague - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAphanomyces astaci (Crayfish Plague - causative organism)
GenusAphanomyces (a genus of water moulds)
FamilyLEPTOLEGNIACEAE (a family of water moulds)
OrderSAPROLEGNIALES (water moulds)
ClassPERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
PhylumOOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aphanomyces astaci (Crayfish Plague - causative organism)

Aphanomyces astaci (Crayfish Plague - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Control

Stebbing, P.D., Watson, G.J., Bentley, M.G., Fraser, D., Jennings, R., Rushton, S.P. & Sibley, P.J. 2004 Evaluation of the capacity of pheromones for control of invasive non-native crayfish Research Reports EN Report no 578.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Aphanomyces astaci (Crayfish Plague - causative organism):

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