Ocular lesions associated with attachment of the copepod Ommatokoita elongata (Lernaeopodidae: Siphonostomatoida) to corneas of Pacific sleeper sharks Somniosus pacificus captured off Alaska in Prince William Sound

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 474-481

  Benz, George W ^a   Borucinska, Joanna D ^a   Lowry, Lloyd F ^a   Whiteley, Herbert E ^a  

^a Tennessee Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE; LESION; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SHARK;

ABRASION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; EYE INJURY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATITIS; LENS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SHARK; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; COPEPODA; LERNAEOPODIDAE; SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA; SOMNIOSUS; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS; SOMNIOSUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 0036293237     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0474:olawao]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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