Infestation of the parrotfish Sparisoma cretense (Scaridae) by the fish louse Anilocra physodes (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) in the Canary Islands

Cybium

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-59

  Thorsen, Dean H ^a   Mille, Keith J ^b   Van Tassell, James L ^c   Hajagos, Janos G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anilocra physodes; ASE; Canary islands; Cymothoidae; Isopoda; Parasitism; Protandrous hermaphrodites; Scaridae; Sparisoma cretense

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034737202     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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