Echinocephalus janzeni n. Sp. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) in Himantura pacifica (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Mexico, with historical biogeographic analysis of the genus

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 571-581

  Hoberg, Eric P ^a   Brooks, Daniel R ^a,b   Molina Ureña, Helena ^a,c   Erbe, Eric ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FISH; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIFE CYCLE; MEXICO; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; THELAZIA;

ANIMALS; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; MALE; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; SKATES (FISH); SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; SPIRURINA;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; ECHINOCEPHALUS; ECHINOCEPHALUS DAILEYI; ECHINOCEPHALUS DIAZI; ECHINOCEPHALUS JANZENI; GNATHOSTOMATIDAE; HIMANTURA PACIFICA; INVERTEBRATA; MYLIOBATIFORMES; NEMATODA; POTAMOTRYGONIDAE; THELAZIA;

EID: 0031842241     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284726     Document Type: Article

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