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Invasion of a South African Anguilla mossambica (Anguillidae) opulation by the alien gill worm Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae (Monogenea)

Denham ParkerDepartment of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University,P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa
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Olaf L.F. WeylSouth African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity,Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa;Centre for Invasion Biology South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity,Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140 South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Horst TaraschewskiZoologisches Institut (Ökologie/Parasitologie), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Kornblumenstrasse 13, 76128 Karlsruhe Germany
Pages 371-377 | Received 22 Feb 2011, Accepted 28 Sep 2011, Published online: 20 Apr 2015

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