Aspects of the morphology of the parasitic copepod Lernaea cyprinacea linnaeus, 1758 and notes on its distribution in Africa

Crustaceana

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 610-626

  Robinson, Jenny ^a   Avenant Oldewage, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; LABEO; LERNAEA CYPRINACEA; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 0029823267     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854096X00628     Document Type: Article

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