Biacanthus pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939) gen. n., comb. n. (Copepoda: Taeniacanthidae), an ectoparasite of flatfishes from Japanese waters

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1071, 2005, Pages 47-60

  Tang, Danny ^a   Izawa, Kunihiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Izawa Marine Biological Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copepod; Flatfishes; Parasite; Taeniacanthidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; TAENIACANTHIDAE; TAENIASTROTOS;

EID: 33745248383     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1071.1.4     Document Type: Article

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