On the taxonomic status of Balaenophilus umimegacolus Ogawa, Matsuzaki & Misaki, 1997 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), a symbiont of manatees and sea turtles

Crustaceana

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1145-1150

  Suárez Morales, Eduardo ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; SIRENIAN; SYMBIONT; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

BALAENOPHILUS; CHELONIIDAE; COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; TESTUDINES; TRICHECHIDAE;

EID: 34748819997     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854007782008568     Document Type: Article

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