A new ergasilid copepod parasitic on the freshwater spiny eel, Mastacembelus armatus Lacépède, 1800 from the river Godavari, India

Crustaceana

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-434

  Vankara, Anu Prasanna ^a   Chikkam, Vijayalakshmi ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; EEL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE;

GODAVARI RIVER; INDIA;

COPEPODA; ERGASILIDAE; MASTACEMBELUS ARMATUS; NEOERGASILUS; NOTACANTHIDAE;

EID: 77950531743     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/001121610X492175     Document Type: Article

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