Caudacanthus, a new genus for Caudacanthus narcini (Pillai 1963) comb. nov. (Poecilostomatoida: Taeniacanthidae), a parasitic copepod of batoid fishes (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Indo-West Pacific

Zoological Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-346

  Tang, Danny ^a   Johnston, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caudacanthus; Copepoda; Elasmobranch; Parasite; Taeniacanthidae

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; COPEPODA; ELASMOBRANCHII; PISCES; POECILOSTOMATOIDA; TAENIACANTHIDAE;

EID: 27944449245     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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