Cirripedia thoracica associated with Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in the northern Aegean Sea

Crustaceana

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 403-409

  Kitsos, M S ^a   Christodoulou, M ^a   Kalpakis, S ^b   Noidou, M ^b   Koukouras, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Wildlife Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; EPIBIONT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEW RECORD; TURTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AMPHIBIA; BALANUS; BALANUS PERFORATUS; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIBIA; CHELONIBIA PATULA; CIRRIPEDIA; CRUSTACEA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; THORACICA;

EID: 0042849175     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854003322033816     Document Type: Article

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