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Review of the fish-parasitic genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia, with description of two new species

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Martin, Melissa B., Bruce, Niel L., Nowak, Barbara F. (2015): Review of the fish-parasitic genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 3963 (3): 251-294, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.3.1

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