Redescription of Neobrachiella spinicephala (Ringuelet, 1945) parasitic on Pinguipes brasilianus Cuvier, 1829 from Argentina, with the first description of the male

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 290-293

  Etchegoin, Jorge A ^a,b   Timi, Juan T ^a,b   Lanfranchi, Ana L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Copepoda; Fish; Lernaeopodidae; Neobrachiella spinicephala; Pinguipes brasilianus

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; LERNAEOPODIDAE; NEOBRACHIELLA; PINGUIPES BRASILIANUS; SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA;

EID: 33846273142     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-006-0044-2     Document Type: Article

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