A new bomolochid copepod parasitic on bullseye puffer Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns) from Mexico, with reassignment of some species of Acantholochus Cressey and Hamaticolax Ho & Lin

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2336, 2010, Pages 36-50

  Morales Serna, F N ^a   Gomez S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acantholochus zairae; Bomolochidae; Cyclopoida; Fish parasite; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BOMOLOCHIDAE; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; SPHOEROIDES ANNULATUS; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 77953995954     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2336.1.3     Document Type: Article

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