REDESCRIPTION OF ARGULUS-MELANOSTICTUS (BRANCHIURA, ARGULIDAE), A PARASITE OF CALIFORNIA GRUNION (LEURESTHES-TENUIS, ATHERINIDAE), WITH NOTES REGARDING CHEMICAL CONTROL OF A-MELANOSTICTUS IN A CAPTIVE HOST POPULATION

Authors
BENZ GW OTTING RL CASE A
Citation
Gw. Benz et al., REDESCRIPTION OF ARGULUS-MELANOSTICTUS (BRANCHIURA, ARGULIDAE), A PARASITE OF CALIFORNIA GRUNION (LEURESTHES-TENUIS, ATHERINIDAE), WITH NOTES REGARDING CHEMICAL CONTROL OF A-MELANOSTICTUS IN A CAPTIVE HOST POPULATION, The Journal of parasitology, 81(5), 1995, pp. 754-761
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
The Journal of parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223395
Volume
81
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
754 - 761
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3395(1995)81:5<754:ROA(AA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Adult male and female Argulus melanostictus Wilson, 1935 are redescrib ed based on detailed examinations of a syntype and recently obtained s pecimens of both sexes collected from California grunion, Leuresthes t enuis, captured in nearshore Pacific waters at Monterey, California A 14-16-hr seawater bath containing 0.5 mu l/L trichlorfon administered once weekly for 3 wk killed A. melanostictus while not noticeably harm ing grunion.