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Journal of Natural History Volume 47, 2013 - Issue 5-12: Selected papers presented at the 11th International Conference on Copepoda (Mérida, Mexico, 10–15 July 2011)
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Redescription of Lepeophtheirus acutus Heegaard, 1943 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on two elasmobranch hosts off Okinawa-jima Island, Japan

D. Tang Laboratory of Aquaculture, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8528, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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B.A. Venmathi Maran Marine Ecosystem Research Division, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, P. O. Box 29, Ansan, Seoul, 425-600, Korea; Takehara Marine Science Station, Setouchi Field Science Centre, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 5-8-1 Minato-machi, Takehara, Hiroshima, 725-0024, Japan
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Y. Matsumoto Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, 424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, 905-0206, Japan
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K. Nagasawa Laboratory of Aquaculture, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8528, Japan
Pages 581-596 | Received 10 Oct 2011, Accepted 08 Oct 2012, Published online: 11 Dec 2012

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