Records of Caligus (crustacea: Copepoda: Caligidae) from marine fish cultured in floating cages in Malaysia with a redescription of the male of Caligus longipedis Bassett-Smith, 1898

Zoological Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 797-807

  Maran, B A Venmathi ^a   Seng, Leong Tak ^b   Ohtsuka, Susumu ^a   Nagasawa, Kazuya ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LTC Consultancy   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Caligus; Cultured fish; Gill filaments; Malaysia; New hosts

Indexed keywords

CALIGIDAE; CALIGUS; CALIGUS PUNCTATUS; CALIGUS ROTUNDIGENITALIS; CITRUS MAXIMA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; LATES CALCARIFER; LUTJANUS ERYTHROPTERUS; LUTJANUS JOHNI;

EID: 79952153556     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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