Furcohaptor cynoglossi n. g., n. sp., an ancyrocephaline monogenean gill parasite with a bifurcate haptor and a note on its adhesive attitude

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-76

  Bijukumar, A ^a,c   Kearn, G G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NSS College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYNOGLOSSUS MACROSTOMUS; CYNOGLOSSUS PUNCTICEPS; FURCOHAPTOR; FURCOHAPTOR CYNOGLOSSI; MONOGENEA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0029952105     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01531213     Document Type: Article

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