A new genus of parasitic copepod (Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) from the razorback scabbardfish, Assurger anzac (Trichiuridae) off New Caledonia

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-358

  Boxshall, Geoffrey A ^a   Justine, Jean Lou ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Caligidae; Fish host; Parasitic copepod; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ASSURGER ANZAC; CALIGIDAE; COPEPODA; EURYPHORIDAE; EURYPHORUS; SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA; TRICHIURIDAE;

EID: 29144491850     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2005.048     Document Type: Article

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