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The copepod Balaenophilus manatorum (Ortíz, Lalana and Torres, Citation1992) (Harpacticoida), an epibiont of the Caribbean manatee

Eduardo Suárez-Morales El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Unidad Chetumal, A.P. 424, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, 77000, MexicoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Benjamín Morales-Vela El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Unidad Chetumal, A.P. 424, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, 77000, Mexico
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Janneth Padilla-Saldívar El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Unidad Chetumal, A.P. 424, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, 77000, Mexico
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Marcelo Silva-Briano Laboratorio de Ecología, Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20100, Mexico
Pages 847-859 | Received 29 Oct 2009, Accepted 12 Jan 2010, Published online: 15 Mar 2010

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