Anguillicoloides crassus

Fish Parasites: Pathobiology and Protection

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 310-326

  Lefebvre, François ^a,b   Fazio, Géraldine ^c   Crivelli, Alain J ^b  

^a MUSEUM OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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