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Parasitic Copepods

Parasitic Copepods is a taxonomic and functional group within the subclass Copepoda characterized by their adaptation to a parasitic lifestyle on marine hosts, distinguishing them from free-living copepod relatives through specialized morphological and physiological traits enabling host attachment, nutrient acquisition, and evasion of host immune responses.

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The polychaete worms. Definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera

Kristian Fauchald · 1977 · 805 citations · Full text

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Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes

Crustaceana · 1965 · 285 citations

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Aspects of the biology of the parasitic copepods <i>Lepeophtheirus salmonis</i> and <i>Caligus elongatus</i> on farmed salmonids, and their treatment

R. Wootten, John W. Smith, E. A. Needham · Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section B Biological Sciences · 1982 · 265 citations

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The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts

Charles Branch Wilson · Bulletin of the United States National Museum · 1932 · 249 citations

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Pollution monitoring with meiofauna, using the ratio of nematodes to copepods

Dave Raffaelli, C.F. Mason · Marine Pollution Bulletin · 1981 · 238 citations

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  1. GA
    Geoffrey A. Boxshall

    Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

    44 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. JH
    Ju‐Shey Ho

    California State University, Long Beach, United States

    48 publications · 876 citations

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    Z. Kabata

    Marine Scotland, United Kingdom

    27 publications · 847 citations

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  4. CB
    Charles Branch Wilson

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    17 publications · 988 citations

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  5. RH
    Rony Huys

    Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 317 citations

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  1. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    42 publications

    957 citations

  2. California State University, Long Beach

    Long Beach, United States

    17 h-index

    42 publications

    747 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    63 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. Norwegian Institute of Marine Research

    Bergen, Norway

    14 h-index

    32 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    658 citations

  6. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Hiroshima University

    Hiroshima, Japan

    13 h-index

    50 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

    Plön, Germany

    12 h-index

    29 publications

    874 citations

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  1. Journal of Parasitology

    46 publications · 984 citations

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  2. Parasitology

    46 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Journal of Natural History

    33 publications · 692 citations

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  4. Marine Biology

    21 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. Canadian Journal of Zoology

    30 publications · 664 citations

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