A model for studying isolation mechanisms in parasite populations: The genus Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda, Caligidae)

• Published in: Journal of Experimental Zoology
• Main Authors: De Meeus, T., Renaud, F., Gabrion, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1990
• Subjects: Renaud; Turbot; Copepods
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.1402540213; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjez.1402540213; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jez.1402540213

Abstract In the Mediterranean, the parasitic copepod Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850 specifically infests turbot ( Psetta maxima L., 1758), whereas L. europaensis Zeddam, Berrebi, Renaud, Raibaut, and Gabrion, 1988 infests brill ( Scophthalmus rhombus L., 1758) and flounder ( Platichthys flesus...