Six species of Acanthobothrium (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea) in stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Myliobatoidei) from Ecuador

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 475-484

  Marques, Fernando ^a   Brooks, Daniel R ^a   Barriga, Ramiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESTODE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ECUADOR; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; ECUADOR; FISH DISEASES; SKATES (FISH);

NEW SPECIES; PARASITES; STINGRAYS; TAXONOMY;

ECUADOR;

ACANTHOBOTHRIUM; DASYATIS LONGUS; EUCESTODA; MYLIOBATOIDEI; TETRAPHYLLIDEA; UROTRYGON CHILENSIS;

EID: 0030616369     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284414     Document Type: Article

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