New host and ocean records for the copepod Ommatokoita elongata (Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae), a parasite of the eyes of sleeper sharks

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1271-1274

  Benz, George W ^a   Lucas, Zoe ^a   Lowry, Lloyd F ^b  

^a SE Aquatic Res Inst/Tennessee A ^*  (Canada)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPEPOD; CORNEA; GEOGRAPHY; HOST; INFESTATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OMMATOKOITA ELONGATA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; SHARK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CRUSTACEA; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHONDRICHTHYES; COPEPODA; LERNAEOPODIDAE; OMMATOKOITA; OMMATOKOITA ELONGATA; SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS; SOMNIOSUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 0032425680     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284688     Document Type: Article

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