Ichthyoxenus fushanensis, new species (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), parasite of the fresh-water fish Varicorhinus barbatulus from northern Taiwan

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 917-923

  Tsai, Min Li ^a   Dai, Chang Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARASSIUS AURATUS; CYMOTHOIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; ICHTHYOXENUS; ICHTHYOXENUS FORMOSANUS; ICHTHYOXENUS FUSHANENSIS; ISOPODA; VARICORHINUS BARBATULUS;

EID: 0033229769     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549311     Document Type: Article

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