Diploproctodaeum arothroni n. sp. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from the pufferfish Arothron hispidus (L.) (Tetraodontidae) from Suva, Fiji, with a revised key to the species of the genus

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-59

  Bray, Rodney A ^a   Nahhas, Fuad M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROTHRON HISPIDUS; DIPLOPROCTODAEUM AROTHRONI; DIPLOPROCTODAEUM HAKOFUGU; DIPLOPROCTODAEUM MOMOAAFATA; DIPLOPROCTODAEUM OVIFONNE; FIJI; PHARYNX; VITELLARIUM;

EID: 0031802668     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005982801820     Document Type: Article

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