A review of the Caligus productus species group, with the description of a new species, new synonymies and supplementary descriptions

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2271, 2009, Pages 1-26

  Boxshall, Geoff A ^a   El Rashidy, Hoda H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Key to species; New species; New synonyms; Parasite; Sea lice; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CALIGUS; CALIGUS PRODUCTUS; LETHRINIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 70350509816     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2271.1.1     Document Type: Review

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