Gray whale barnacles Cryptolepas rhachianecti infest white whales, Delphinapterus leucas, housed in San Diego Bay

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 377-385

  Ridgway, Sam H ^a   Lindner, Elek ^a   Mahoney, Kerry A ^a   Newman, William A ^a  

^a Research Development Test and Evaluation Division Code 524   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMENSALISM; CRUSTACEAN; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; WHALE;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CIRRIPEDIA; CRUSTACEA; CRYPTOLEPAS; CRYPTOLEPAS RHACHIANECHI; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; LEUCAS; MONODONTIDAE; THORACICA;

EID: 0031291217     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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