New species of parasitic copepods of the Genus Acusicola (Poecilostomatoida: Ergasilidae) from gill filaments of coastal and freshwater Brazilian fishes, and proposition of Acusicola rogeri n. sp. for A. tenax sensu Cressey & Collette (1970)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 324, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-193

  Da Motta Amado, Maria Auxiliadora Pinto ^a   Da Rocha, Carlos Eduarde Falavigna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acusicola; Brazil; Copepoda; Ergasilidae; Fish parasites; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACUSICOLA ROGERI; ACUSICOLA TENAX;

EID: 0029761223     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00016390     Document Type: Article

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