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Developmental Stages of an Invasive, Non-indigenous Sea Louce Caligus sclerotinosus Roubal, Armitage and Rhode, 1983 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) Parasitic on Red Sea Bream Pagrus major (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) from Japan
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Lv, Ye, Sun, Yang, Dai, Di, Luan, Zhi-Lin, Lu, He-Yuan, Li, Cheng-Jie, Luo, Yi-Yang (2025): Developmental Stages of an Invasive, Non-indigenous Sea Louce Caligus sclerotinosus Roubal, Armitage and Rhode, 1983 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) Parasitic on Red Sea Bream Pagrus major (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) from Japan. Zoological Studies 64 (25): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-25, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970740
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