A redescription of the adult male and praniza of Gnathia africana Barnard, 1914 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from southern Africa

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-240

  Smit, Nico J ^a   Van As, Jo G ^a   Basson, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gnathia africana; Morphology; Redescription; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GNATHIA AFRICANA;

EID: 0032713728     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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