A revision of Neoheterocotyle (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) with descriptions of the larvae of N. rhinobatis and N. rhynchobatis from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1041-1060

  Chisholm, Leslie A ^a,b   Whittington, Ian D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Heron Island Research Station   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Generic revision; Heterocotylinae; Monocotylidae; Monogenea; Neoheterocotyle; Rhinobatidae; Rhynchobatidae

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; LARVAL DESCRIPTION; PARASITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GILL; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; TAXONOMY; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; GILLS; LARVA; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SKATES (FISH); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, GREAT BARRIER REEF, HERON ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; MONOCOTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA; NEOHETEROCOTYLE BYCHOWSKYI; NEOHETEROCOTYLE FORFICATA; NEOHETEROCOTYLE INPRISTI; NEOHETEROCOTYLE NAGIBINAE; NEOHETEROCOTYLE RHINOBATIDIS; NEOHETEROCOTYLE RHINOBATIS; NEOHETEROCOTYLE RHYNCHOBATIS; NEOHETEROCOTYLE TRILOBATA; RHINOBATIDAE; RHINOBATOS TYPUS; RHYNCHOBATIDAE; RHYNCHOBATUS DJIDDENSIS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0030767709     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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