A description of Agema, a new monotypic pentastomid genus from the lungs of the African dwarf and slender-snouted crocodiles

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-217

  Riley, J ^a   Hill, G F ^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

AGEMA;

EID: 0030751645     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005803623648     Document Type: Article

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