The copepod Balaenophilus manatorum (Ortíz, Lalana and Torres, 1992) (Harpacticoida), an epibiont of the Caribbean manatee

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 44, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 847-859

  Suárez Morales, Eduardo ^a   Morales Vela, Benjamín ^a   Padilla Saldívar, Janneth ^a   Silva Briano, Marcelo ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Balaenophilus manatorum; Caribbean manatees; Copepoda; Epibionts; Marine mammals

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; CRUSTACEAN; DATA SET; EPIBIONT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; JUVENILE; MARINE MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

CARIBBEAN COAST [MEXICO]; CHETUMAL BAY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINTANA ROO;

BALAENOPHILUS; CHELONIIDAE; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HARPACTICOIDA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS MANATUS;

EID: 77951050618     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222931003615711     Document Type: Article

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