Ascocotyle (A.) Nunezae n. sp. (Digenea: Heterophyidae) from Yucatan, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-147

  Scholz, Tomás ^a,b   Vargas Vázquez, Joaquín ^a   Vidal Martínez, Victor Manuel ^a   Aguirre Macedo, Leopoldina ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CHEMOTAXONOMY; FISH; GILL; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HETEROPHYIDAE; MEXICO; PERCHES; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

ASCOCOTYLE; ASCOCOTYLE NUNEZAE; CASMERODIUS ALBUS; CICHLASOMA; CICHLIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; HETEROPHYIDAE; NANDOPSIS OCTOFASCIATA; THORICHTHYS MEEKI;

EID: 0030944959     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284333     Document Type: Article

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