Kroyeria deetsi n.sp. (Kroyeriidae: Siphonostomatoida), a parasitic copepod infecting gills of spinner sharks, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839), in the Indian Ocean

African Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-192

  Dippenaar, Susan M ^a   Benz, George W ^b   Olivier, Pieter A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b TN Aquarium SE Aquatic Res Inst ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean; Kroyeria deetsi; Kroyeriidae; Spinner shark

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINUS BREVIPINNA; CHONDRICHTHYES; COPEPODA; KROYERIA; KROYERIIDAE; SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA;

EID: 0008034242     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2000.11657089     Document Type: Article

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