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A review of the genus Caligus (Copepoda: Caligidae) from South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2004-09)
English: The ichthyoparasitic and fish louse copepod genus, Caligus Müller, 1785, is the most abundant
copepod genus, found in almost any part of the world’s oceans, with the exception of one
freshwater species. More ...
Fish myxosporeans from the Okavango Delta, Botswana and the south coast of South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2003-12)
English: Myxozoans form a diverse and economically important group of endoparasites that
have been intriguing researchers ever since the early1800's. These parasites are
notorious, having been associated with the devastating ...
Parasites of Barbus species (Cyprinidae) of southern Africa
(University of the Free State, 2015-07)
English: The fish family Cyprinidae is represented by eight genera and 80 species in southern African rivers, consisting of a few large fish genera of the genus Labeo Ruppëll, 1836 and the yellow fish species Labeobarbus ...
Phylogeny of the African genus Ergasilus (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida)
(University of the Free State, 2014-01)
English: The exactness of species descriptions in taxonomy, taking only morphology into account, has long been debated over. This is evident in the systematics of parasitic copepods that are mostly based on morphological ...