Mating behaviour of Arion lusitanicus Mabille, 1868 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae)

Kozłowski, Jan; Sionek, R.

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“…P. bidentata follows the second pattern, with both partners adopting the same position and both everting their genitalia, characteristic of most pulmonates (WÄCHTLER 1929, WIKTOR 1960, HERZBERG 1965, RIEDEL & WIKTOR 1974, BAILEY 1975, DZIABASZEWSKI 1975, KOSIÑSKA 1980, KILIAS 1985, GIUSTI & ANDREINI 1988, BAUR & BAUR 1992, REISE 1995, KORALEWSKA-BATURA 1999, KOZ£OWSKI 2000, KOZ£OWSKI & SIONEK 2001, MALTZ 2003. It copulates in a horizontal position which is typical for most helicids (GIUSTI & ANDREINI 1988, BAUR & BAUR 1992, MALTZ 2003.…”

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“…Likewise, the duration of sperm transfer in P. bidentata does not depart from such duration in other helicids (KORALEWSKA-BATURA 1999); the duration of post-copulation phase is relatively short (10 minutes) whereas among other pulmonates it varies widely from none (most slugs) to more than two hours (some members of Helix) (WIKTOR 1960, DZIABASZEWSKI 1975, KOSIÑSKA 1980, GIUSTI & ANDREINI 1988, REISE 1995, KORALEWSKA-BATURA 1999, KOZ£OWSKI & SIONEK 2001, MALTZ 2003). Another typically helicid character displayed by P. bidentata is spermatophore formation (TOMPA 1984),…”

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Life Cycle of Perforatella bidentata (Gmelin, 1791) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae)

Kuźnik-Kowalska¹,

Roksela²

2009

Folia Malacologica

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Laboratory and field observations made it possible to ascertain the following life cycle parameters of Perforatella bidentata (Gmel.): mating includes four phases, the longest being courtship; sperm is transferred in spermatophores. Eggs are laid in winter (November-February) and summer (May-September), in batches of 2-20. They are calcified, slightly oval, ca. 1.5 × 1.8 mm. Incubation takes 8-34 days, hatching is asynchronous. Growth from hatching to maturity lasts from ca. 3 to 9 months. In the wild the youngest age class appears in July. The maximum life span is 3 years. The activity is the greatest in spring and autumn; in all seasons it is greater in the night and early morning; juveniles are more active than adults. The individual mobility is up to 5 m/month.

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Life Cycle of Perforatella bidentata (Gmelin, 1791) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae)

Kuźnik-Kowalska¹,

Roksela²

2009

Folia Malacologica

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“…At first it was found only at locations to the east of Rzeszów (Albigowa, Markowa, Wysoka), but later came to be found at many other places in the Sub-Carpathian subregion (KOZ£OWSKI & KORNOBIS 1994, 1995. Twenty new sites were identified outside this subregion since 2000, and new sites are continuously found in other parts of the country (KOZ£OWSKI 2000a, 2001, 2008. A similar rate of spread of A. lusitanicus has been observed in other countries of Europe: in Austria (REISCHÜTZ 1984), Great Britain (DAVIES 1987, Sweden and Norway (VON PROSCH-WITZ 1992, VON PROSCHWITZ & WINGE 1994), and Switzerland (FRANK 1998.…”

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“…The location description included the name of the locality and province, geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) and reference to the square of Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM). The universal system of marking the location of slug sites was adopted (sequence of digits from 0 to 9) and the data from earlier papers were adapted to this system (KOZ£OWSKI 2001, SOROKA et al 2009). Within each marked site an estimate was made of the slug density and the degree of damage to selected plant species.…”

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Expansion of the invasive slug species Arion lusitanicus Mabille, 1868 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) and dangers to garden crops - a literature review with some new data

Kozłowski¹,

Kozłowski²

2011

Folia Malacologica

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The distribution of Arion lusitanicus Mabille and the damage caused by the slug were studied in 1993-2009. A total of 38 sites were examined, characterised in terms of location, time of appearance and density of the slug, type and size of crops affected, and degree of damage to plants. At the start of the 1990s A. lusitanicus occurred only around Rzeszów and in the Sub-Carpathian region. In 1997 it started to appear in other regions of Poland. The rate of its spread was found to have increased significantly, particularly in the past few years. The slug mainly colonises urban areas (30 sites), and much less often -other areas (8 sites). The slug densities were the greatest in cultivations. The degree of damage done by the slug varied among plant species. Brassicas, lettuce, beetroot, carrots, beans, strawberries, numerous ornamental flower plants and some weeds were the most damaged. The increase in the spread of A. lusitanicus poses a serious threat to the biodiversity of native habitats and to garden-cultivated plants.

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How can two soft bodied animals be precisely connected? a miniature quick‐connect system in the slugs, Arion lusitanicus and Arion rufus

Allgaier

2014

Journal of Morphology

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Among stylommatophoran gastropods, many species have simplified or reduced their copulatory organs, for example, within the Arionidae, many species lack penes. In this study, I ask two questions 1) How are soft bodied slugs which do not possess a penis connected during copulation? and 2) Is there a mechanical isolating barrier between related sympatric slug species? Observations on the mating behavior and the functional morphology of the distal genital apparatus were made in a mixed population of Arion lusitanicus and Arion rufus. The investigated Arion species exhibit an elaborate copulation process with a quick genital coupling. Prior to full eversion of the distal genitalia, the genital coupling proceeds inside the atrium cavity of one of the partners. This is in contrast to the symmetrical mutual eversion in penis-bearing species. The donor-recipient channels are tightly connected to one after another and fit precisely. During copulation, the jelly-coated spermatophore of the donor is pressed out into the connected channel of the partner, where it is implanted only with its frontal part. In the field, successful interspecific matings in terms of spermatophore transfer were rarely observed. The observations presented indicate a mechanical barrier which may profoundly influence the intraspecific and interspecific mating success.

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Mating behaviour of Arion lusitanicus Mabille, 1868 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae)

Cited by 12 publications

References 3 publications

Life Cycle of <i>Perforatella bidentata</i> (Gmelin, 1791) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae)

Life Cycle of <i>Perforatella bidentata</i> (Gmelin, 1791) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae)

Expansion of the invasive slug species <i>Arion lusitanicus</i> Mabille, 1868 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) and dangers to garden crops - a literature review with some new data

How can two soft bodied animals be precisely connected? a miniature quick‐connect system in the slugs, Arion lusitanicus and Arion rufus

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