Immature Polyacanthorhynchus rhopalorhynchus (Acanthocephala: Polyacanthorhynchidae) in Venton, Hoplias malabaricus (Pisces) from Moca Vie River, Bolivia, with notes on its apical organ and histopathology

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-119

  Amin, Omar M ^a,b   Heckmann, Richard A ^c   Inchausty, Victor ^d   Vasquez, Rene ^d  

^a Institute of Parasitic Diseases Tempe   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Technical University of Beni   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Apical organ; Bolivia; Cystacanths; Histopathology; Hoplias malabaricus; Paratenic host; Polyacanthorhynchus rhopalorhynchus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005919383     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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