Gnathia nubila n. sp. and a new record of Gnathia grandilaris (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) that parasitizes elasmobranchs from Okinawan coastal waters, Japan

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2238, 2009, Pages 43-55

  Ota, Yuzo ^a   Hirose, Euichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectoparasite; Elasmobranch; Gnathiids; Larva; New species

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; ELASMOBRANCHII; GNATHIA; GNATHIIDAE; ISOPODA;

EID: 70349802002     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2238.1.4     Document Type: Article

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