A new gnathiid (Crustacea: Isopoda) parasitizing two species of requiem sharks from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 608-615

  Coetzee, Maryke L ^a   Smit, Nico J ^a   Grutter, Alexandra S ^b   Davies, Angela J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPOD; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SHARK;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOS; ELASMOBRANCHII; GILL; GNATHIA GRANDILARIS; ISOPODA; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHARK; TRIAENODON OBESUS;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FISH DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; GILLS; ISOPODA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; QUEENSLAND; SHARKS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIZARD ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOS; CARCHARHINUS SPRINGERI; CRUSTACEA; ELASMOBRANCHII; GNATHIA; GNATHIIDAE; ISOPODA; PISCES; PRANIZA; SQUAMATA; TRIAENODON OBESUS;

EID: 47349091083     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1391R.1     Document Type: Article

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