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1623884 
Journal Article 
A Rickettsia of the blue king crab, Paralithodes platypus 
Johnson, PT 
1984 
Yes 
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
ISSN: 0022-2011
EISSN: 1096-0805 
44 
1 (1984) 
112-113 
A rickettsia was found in the hepatopancreatic epithelium of an immature female blue king crab, Paralithodes platypus , one of 10 crabs collected during September 1982 in the St. Lawrence Island area, eastern Bering Sea, Alaska (USA). Tissues had been fixed in Helly's solution (with zinc chloride) and stored in 70% isopropyl alcohol for histological examination by light microscopy. Results of the examination are provided. 
infectious diseases; Marine; Rickettsia; Paralithodes platypus