Calixolepis thuli n. g., n. sp. (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) from the wood duck Aix sponsa (Anatidae) in America

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-145

  Macko, J K ^a   Hanzelova V ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIX SPONSA; CALIXOLEPIS THULI;

EID: 0030874166     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005881709810     Document Type: Article

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