Spiroxys hanzaki N. Sp. (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) collected from the giant salamander, Andrias japonicus (Caudata: Cryptobranchidae), in Japan

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 831-834

  Hasegawa, Hideo ^a   Miyata, Akira ^a   Doi, Toshio ^a,b  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kobe Municipal Suma Aqualife Park   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; JAPAN; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; THELAZIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; SPIRURINA; URODELA;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031849657     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284598     Document Type: Article

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