Folia Parasitologica

A redescription of the adult male and praniza of Gnathia africana Barnard, 1914 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from southern Africa

Nico J. Smit, Jo G. Van As, Linda Basson

Folia Parasitologica 46 229-240 (1999)

A redescription of the adult male and praniza of Gnathia africana Barnard, 1914 is provided from material collected at three localities along the South African coast and from syntypes and other material deposited by the original author. This redescription is based on light and scanning electron microscopy.

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