Gnathia trimaculata n. sp. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae), an ectoparasite found parasitising requiem sharks from off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-112

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

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; ISOPODA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SHARK;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; ISOPODA; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SHARKS;

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

EID: 58149199890     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-008-9158-2     Document Type: Article

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