Hatching rhythms in the capsalid monogeneans Benedenia lutjani from the skin and B. rohdei from the gills of Lutjanus carponotatus at Heron Island, Queensland, Australia

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1191-1204

  Ernst, Ingo ^a   Whittington, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benedenia lutjani; Benedenia rohdei; capsalids; circadian rhythmicity; egg hatching; eggs; hatching rhythm; Lutjanidae; Lutjanus carponotatus; monogeneans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; HATCHING; HELMINTHIASIS; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; SEA;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FISHES; GILLS; LARVA; LIGHT; OVUM; PACIFIC ISLANDS; QUEENSLAND; SKIN; TREMATODA;

HATCHING; PARASITE; PHOTOPERIOD;

AUSTRALIA, GREAT BARRIER REEF, HERON ISLAND; AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, HERON ISLAND;

BENEDENIA LUTJANI; BENEDENIA ROHDEI; LUTJANUS CARPONOTATUS; MONOGENEA;

EID: 0030274137     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00118-X     Document Type: Article

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