Gyrodactylus quadratidigitus n. sp. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae), a parasite of the leopard-spotted goby Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe) from the south-western coast of the UK

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-157

  Longshaw, Matt ^a   Pursglove, Mark ^a,b   Shinn, Andrew P ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FISHES; GREAT BRITAIN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLATYHELMINTHS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GYRODACTYLIDAE; GYRODACTYLUS; MONOGENEA; PANTHERA PARDUS; POMATOSCHISTUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS; THOROGOBIUS EPHIPPIATUS;

EID: 0038609344     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024059019691     Document Type: Article

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