A reassessment of the pentastomid genus Leiperia Sambon, 1922, with a description of a new species from both the Indopacific crocodile Crocodylus porosus and Johnston's crocodile C. johnsoni in Australia

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-66

  Riley, J ^a   Huchzermeyer, F W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCODYLUS JOHNSONI; CROCODYLUS POROSUS; LEIPERIA;

EID: 0029950342     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01531211     Document Type: Article

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