Comparative morphology of three native lernaeids (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from amazonian fishes and descriptions of two new genera

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 300-308

  Thatcher, Vernon E ^a,c   Williams, Ernest H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Ministério de Ciência Tecnologia e Inovação Salvador   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZOLERNAEA SANNERAE; BEDSYLERNAEA COLLARIS; CICHLA MONOCULUS; CICHLA TEMENSIS; LERNAEA CYPRINACEA; PERULERNAEA GAMITANAE;

EID: 0031665467     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8667(1998)010<0300:CMOTNL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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