A new species of gnathiid (crustacea: Isopoda) parasitizing teleosts from Lizard Island, great barrier reef, Australia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1066-1075

  Ferreira, Maryke L ^a   Smit, Nico J ^a   Grutter, Alexandra S ^a,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

SEA WATER;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMOPARASITE; ISOPOD; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; PARASITE INFESTATION; REEF; SEAWATER; TELEOST;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEF; FEMALE; GNATHIA AUREAMACULOSA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOPODA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; GILLS; ISOPODA; MALE;

AUSTRALIA; LIZARD ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

CRUSTACEA; GNATHIA; GNATHIIDAE; ISOPODA; PISCES; SQUAMATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77749301739     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1920.1     Document Type: Article

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