Nicothoe Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards, 1826 (Crustacea, Copepoda), a genus parasitic on Nephrops Leach, 1816 (Crustacea, Decapoda)

• Main Author: Kabata, Z.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1967
• Subjects: 42.74; Kabata; European lobster; Homarus gammarus
• Online Access: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318418; http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149704

INTRODUCTION The genus Nicothoe has been known until recently only from its type species, N. astaci Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards, 1826. This species is parasitic on the European lobster, Homarus gammarus (L., 1758), and has received a good deal of attention, in view of the economic importance of i...