First record of the Indo-Pacific Cymothoa indica (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae), a Lessepsian species in the Mediterranean Sea

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-230

  Trilles, Jean Paul ^a   Bariche, Michel ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Cymothoa indica; Cymothoidae; Lebanon; Lessepsian species; Sphyraenidae

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; CYMOTHOA; CYMOTHOA INDICA; CYMOTHOIDAE; ISOPODA; SPHYRAENIDAE;

EID: 33749026612     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-006-0035-3     Document Type: Article

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