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Natatory-stage cymothoid isopods: description, molecular identification and evolution of attachment.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Mar 2008
Jones Conor M, Miller Terrence L, Grutter Alexandra S, Cribb Thomas H
Abstract excerpt
Cymothoid isopods are parasites that have a biphasic life cycle comprised of free-swimming micropredatory stages that eventually attach permanently to fishes, on which they change sex and morphology. Thus, matching free-swimming and permanently attached life-history stages is difficult. We attemp...
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