Redescription of Dollfusentis heteracanthus (acanthocephala: illiosentidae) from bonefish, Albula vulpes, in the West Indies

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-34

  Amin, Omar M ^a,b   Dailey, Murray D ^c  

^a Institute of Parasitic Diseases Tempe   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Albula vulpes; Dollfusentis heteracanthus; Redescription; West Indies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001905001     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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