Population dynamics, infestation and host selection of Vexilla vexillum, an ectoparasitic muricid of echinoids, in Madagascar

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-255

  Vaïtilingon, Devarajen ^a,c   Eeckhaut, Igor ^b,c   Fourgon, Didier ^a,c   Jangoux, Michel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c Universite de Tulear   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Echinoidea; Host recognition; Infestation; Parasitism; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; ECTOPARASITE; GASTROPOD; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMETRA; ECHINOMETRA MATHAEI; GASTROPODA; MURICIDAE; TRIPNEUSTES; TRIPNEUSTES GRATILLA; VEXILLA VEXILLUM; VEXILLUM;

EID: 9944235539     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao061241     Document Type: Article

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