Parasites of Offshore Big Game Fishes of Puerto Rico and the Western Atlantic

[Micotil]

by Ernest Herbert Williams

Pages: 382 pages
Publisher: University of Puerto Rico] (1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0963341820
ISBN-13: 978-0963341822


Contents

REVIEWERS 4
INTRODUCTION 5
Definitionsand conventions 7
PROTOZOA (PROTOZOANS) 11
MYXOZOA (MYXOZOANS) 11
FUNGI (FUNGUS) 19
PLATYHELMINTHES (FLATWORMS) 22
Udonellidea (copepod worm) 22
Digenea (flukes) 24
Didymozoidea (tissue flukes) 64
Monogenea (gillworms) 79
Cestoda (tapeworms) 103
NEMATODA (ROUNDWORMS) 133
ACANTHOCEPHALA (SPINY-HEADED WORMS) 156
CRUSTACEA (CRUSTACEANS) 163
Ostracoda (seed shrimp) 163
Copepoda (copepods) 165
Branchiura (fish lice) 223
Cirripedia (barnacles) 224
Isopoda (isopods) 228
PISCES (FISHES) 239
Petromyzontiformes (lampreys) 241
Squaliformes (cookiecutter sharks) 242
Perciformes (remoras and pilotfish) 247
OTHER DISEASES AND CONDITIONS 260
DISCUSSION 267
Harmcaused byparasites 267
Transmission of parasites 268
Usefulness of parasites 270
HOST SUMMARIES AND HOST-DISEASE CHECKLISTS 275
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Assistance 341
Illustration sources 342
BIBLIOGRAPHY 344
INDEX 363
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 381

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