Occurrence of the internal parasite Portunion sp. (Isopoda: Entoniscidae) and its effect on reproduction in intertidal crabs (Decapoda: Grapsidae) from New Zealand

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1338-1344

  Brockerhoff, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DISEASE PREVALENCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOGRAPSUS LAVAUXI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FAUNA; FEMALE; HELICE CRASSA; HEMIGRAPSUS CRENULATUS; HEMIGRAPSUS SEXDENTATUS; HOST; INFECTION; INTERTIDAL ZONE; ISOPODA; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PORTUNION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; FEMALE; ISOPODA; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 14244258538     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-295R     Document Type: Article

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