Branchiura - A Compendium of the Geographical Distribution and a Summary of Their Biology

A compendium of current knowledge about the Branchiura presenting an overview of the group and reports of taxonomic changes. Characteristics of each genus, the geographical distribution of each species and aspects of the anatomy, physiology, host-parasite interactions and phylogeny are discussed.

About the author

Lourelle AM Neethling, Ph.D. (2016), Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg is an Assistant lecturer at that university. She has published various papers on Branchiura and the compendium flowed from work done for her thesis.

Annemariè Avenant-Oldewage, Ph.D. (1988), Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg is the Head of the Department and a Full Professor. She has published various papers on fish parasites and trained more than 50 Post graduate students.

Product details

• Authors: Annemariè Avenant-Oldewage, Lourelle Neethling
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2017
• EAN: 9789004346154
• ISBN: 978-90-04-34615-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Crustaceana Monographs
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology