Parasitic castration of the stenopodid shrimp Stenopus hispidus (Decapoda: Stenopodidae) induced by the bopyrid isopod Argeiopsis inhacae (Isopoda: Bopyridae)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-309

  Calado, Ricardo ^a   Bartilotti, Cátia ^b   Goy, Joseph W ^c   Dinis, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^c HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argeiopsis inhacae; Bopyrid isopods; Parasitic castration; Stenopus hispidus

Indexed keywords

CASTRATION; CRUSTACEAN; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTION; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ARGEIOPSIS INHACAE; BOPYRIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ISOPODA; STENOPODIDAE; STENOPUS HISPIDUS;

EID: 41149162552     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408000684     Document Type: Article

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