Records of Loxothylacus texanus (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) parasitizing the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in Tamiahua Lagoon, Mexico

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-110

  Lázaro Chávez, Elba ^a   Alvarez, Fernando ^b   Rosas, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; LOXOTHYLACUS TEXANUS;

EID: 0030037952     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1548935     Document Type: Article

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