Relationships between the parasitic isopods Stegias clibanarii Richardson, 1904 and Bopyrissa wolffi Markham, 1978 (Bopyridae) and the intertidal hermit crab Clibanarius tricolor (Gibbes, 1850) (Anomura) in Bermuda

Ophelia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-42

  McDermott, John J ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal and branchial isopods; Trichomycetes

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

BERMUDA; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CARAPACE; CLUTCH SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SEX RATIO;

BERMUDA;

BOPYRISSA WOLFFI; CLIBANARIUS TRICOLOR; DECAPODA; ISOPODA; STEGIAS CLIBANARII;

EID: 0036065945     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.2002.10409487     Document Type: Article

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