Invasive Specie by Irvin Rivas https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8 Crustaceans-Copepods en-us 2017-03-08 17:50:35 UTC 2024-06-11 23:45:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Crustaceans-Copepods s71836 https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/158754689 Scientific name - Lernaea cyprinacea : Also known as  anchor worm.]]> 2017-03-08 17:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/158754689 How Identified to identify the specie s71836 https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/158756466 Long, thin cylindrical shape with two pairs of hook-like appendages at one end.
Size: 6-11 mm]]> 2017-03-08 18:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/158756466 Where other than New mexico can this invasive specie can be found. s71836 https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/158762881 It can be found in 4 other states and they are California, Arizona, Oklahoma, Georgia,]]> 2017-03-08 18:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/158762881 Introduced to New Mexico and Impact s71836 https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/158765002 Likely introduced through the aquarium trade.  A minimum of 79 different native and exotic host fish species have been documented in North America many of which are found in the southeast.
They can kill fish by attaching to the gills of fish and eating away the scale of the fish, it enters the internal tissues.
]]> 2017-03-08 18:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/158765002 How they reproduce s71836 https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/158771311 In the fourth copepodid stage, both sexes become sexually mature. In this free-swimming stage the female becomes fertilized and the male dies without developing further. The females seek their second host. This is where the females form their egg sacs.]]> 2017-03-08 18:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/158771311 Predator s71836 https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/159350568 The anchor worm predator will be small fish. ]]> 2017-03-10 18:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/159350568 Management Plan s71836 https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/159800087 My management plan will be to take care of the fish and other specie that get affected by this anchor worms. When we see fish that are affected by anchor worms we should provide them with a treatment.  ]]> 2017-03-13 19:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s71836/5yjj4lbnqx8/wish/159800087