New species of Potorolepis spasskii (cestoda : hymenolepididae) parasitic in dasyurid marsupials from New Guinea

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 95-102

  Vaucher, C ^a   Beveridge, I ^b  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cestodes; Dasyuridae; Hymenolepididae; Marsupials; New Guinea; Potorolepis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008225239     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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