Two new species of Uterotrema (Digenea: Spirorchidae) parasitic in Emydura krefftii (Testudines: Chelidae) from Australia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 307-311

  Platt, Thomas R ^a   Blair, David ^a,b  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TURTLES;

CHELIDAE; EMYDURA KREFFTII; SPIRORCHIDAE; TESTUDINES; UTEROTREMA; VITELLARIA;

EID: 0029945695     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284166     Document Type: Article

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