Acanthocephala from Arabian Gulf fishes off Kuwait, with descriptions of Neoechinorhynchus dimorphospinus sp. n. (Neoechinorhynchidae), Tegorhynchus holospinosus sp. n. (Illiosentidae), Micracanthorhynchina kuwaitensis sp. n. (Rhadinorhynchidae), and Slendrorhynchus breviclaviproboscis gen. n., sp. n. (Diplosentidae); and key to species of the genus Micracanthorhynchina

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-210

  Amin, Omar M ^a,b   Sey, Otto ^c  

^a Institute of Parasitic Diseases Tempe   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf fishes; Kuwait; Marine Acanthocephala; New taxa

Indexed keywords

MICRACANTHORHYNCHINA KUWAITENSIS; NEOECHINORHYNCHUS DIMORPHOSPINUS; SLENDRORHYNCHUS BREVICLAVIPROBOSCIS; TEGORHYNCHUS HOLOSPINOSUS;

EID: 0029766960     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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