A new caligiform copepod (Siphonostomatoida: Dissonidae) parasitic on Seriola hippos from Western Australian waters, with new records and morphological variation for Dissonus nudiventris and Dissonus similis, and an updated key to the species of Dissonus

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 427-437

  Tang, Danny ^a   Kalman, Julianne E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COPEPOD; DISSONUS NUDIVENTRIS; DISSONUS SIMILIS; FEMALE; FISH; GENDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NEW RECORD (SPECIES); NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; SERIOLA HIPPOS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TROPICS;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; NOSE DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PERCIFORMES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

COPEPODA; DISSONIDAE; DISSONUS; DISSONUS NUDIVENTRIS; SERIOLA HIPPOS; SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA;

EID: 19944417926     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3370     Document Type: Article

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