Gnathia pantherina sp. n. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae), a temporary ectoparasite of some elasmobranch species from southern Africa

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-151

  Smit, Nico J ^a   Basson, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Description; Elasmobranchii; Gnathia; Gnathiidae; Morphology; Parasite

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DISCOPYGE OMMATA; ELASMOBRANCHII; FELIDAE; GNATHIA; GNATHIA PANTHERINA; GNATHIIDAE; HAPLOBLEPHARUS EDWARDSII; ISOPODA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PORODERMA; PORODERMA PANTHERINUM; PRANIZA; TORPEDO; TORPEDO FUSCOMACULATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; ELASMOBRANCHII; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; GILL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; ISOPODA; LARVA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ELASMOBRANCHII; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; ISOPODA; LARVA; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036362788     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2002.025     Document Type: Article

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