Description of gnathia maculosa and a new record of gnathia trimaculata (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae), ectoparasites of elasmobranchs from Okinawan coastal waters

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2114, 2009, Pages 50-60

  Ota, Yuzo ^a   Hirose, Euichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distribution range; Ectoparasite; Elasmobranchs; Gnathiids; New species

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; ELASMOBRANCHII; GNATHIA; GNATHIIDAE; ISOPODA;

EID: 66749097976     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2114.1.2     Document Type: Article

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