A new species of copepod (Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) parasitic on the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur) from Western Australian waters

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-80

  Tang, Danny ^a   Newbound, Dennyse R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIGIDAE; CALIGUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; COPEPODA; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COPEPOD; EYE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SHARK;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; EYE; FEMALE; MALE; SHARKS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 2942601689     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SYPA.0000023853.90011.17     Document Type: Article

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